Associated PressStudents4 Johns Hopkins Students Overdose at Fraternity PartyBALTIMORE — Officials say four Johns Hopkins University undergraduates were hospitalized for apparent opioid overdoses following a fraternity house party. The school mentioned the overdoses in a public safety advisory emailed to its student body Tuesday evening. According to the email, the Delta Phi fraternity has been suspended by its national organization and is not […]May 10, 2017StudentsSanta Fe University Begins its Layoffs, 176 Students to StaySANTA FE, N.M. — The Santa Fe University of Art and Design has laid off 15 staff workers as it prepares to close. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported Monday that more cuts are expected in the coming weeks. The university will shut down in spring 2018. A university spokeswoman says 176 juniors, 79 percent […]May 9, 2017StudentsCedarville University Could be 1st in Ohio to Allow Concealed WeaponsCEDARVILLE, Ohio — A small Ohio school could become the first college in the state to allow concealed weapons on campus. The proposal at Cedarville University would allow faculty and staff with permits to carry concealed weapons. The Dayton Daily News reports university trustees will announce a decision this coming week. A new Ohio law […]May 8, 2017StudentsNoose Found Hanging at Kansas State University CampusMANHATTAN, Kan. — State police are investigating the hanging of a noose at Kansas State University – another apparent racist attack on campus. The Manhattan Mercury reports the university’s Office of Institutional Equity was notified Friday that the noose was hanging from a tree near King Hall on the Manhattan campus. The department fosters inclusiveness […]May 8, 2017Faculty & StaffUniversity Law school Dean Settles with School, Drops SuitCINCINNATI — The dean of the University of Cincinnati’s law school has resigned as dean in a settlement with the university worth $600,000 and agreed to drop her lawsuit that alleged UC violated her contract and her constitutional rights. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Jennifer Bard was granted two years of academic leave at her full […]May 8, 2017StudentsSorority Ousts 25 Members at University of NebraskaLINCOLN, Neb. — National officials have dismissed 25 members from the Delta Delta Delta sorority at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln following reports of underage drinking. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the national sorority office began an investigation in February after university officials raised concerns about a student taken to a hospital over an incident […]May 7, 2017StudentsJudge: UNC Does Not Have to Provide Sexual Assault FindingsCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A judge says the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill does not have to release the names of students and employees that its administrative procedures determined were responsible for sex offenses. Local media outlets report Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour issued a ruling Wednesday in a lawsuit filed […]May 7, 2017StudentsAmerican University Student President Targeted with Online HarassmentWASHINGTON — American University in Washington is providing campus police officers to protect the student body president and her family now that she’s getting harassed online after enduring racist taunts earlier this week. AU officials say a “White supremacist” wrote a post asking people to harass Taylor Dumpson. She’s the first Black woman to be […]May 7, 2017StudentsIllinois State University Pursues College for Foster YouthsNORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State University is creating a program to help high schoolers in foster care prepare for college. The university’s First Star Academy, the second one in Illinois, will be funded by $250,000 in grants from the Department of Children and Family Services and a private donor, the Pantagraph reported. The program will […]May 7, 2017Faculty & StaffAAUP May Soon End Censure of U. of Illinois Over Salaita CaseURBANA, Ill. — An academic censure of the University of Illinois over a professor who lost his job offer after a series of anti-Israel tweets could end next month, officials with the American Association of University Professors say. Delegates to the national AAUP meeting in June are scheduled to take up the Steven Salaita case […]May 7, 2017Previous PagePage 81 of 569Next Page