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University of Chicago Countersues Over Withdrawn $100M Gift

CHICAGO — The University of Chicago is countersuing a benefactor that pledged a $100-million donation but wants to void the commitment. The Thomas L. Pearson and The Pearson Family Foundation has asked a federal court in Oklahoma to void the deal and recoup the nearly $23 million already given to the university to establish The […]

Chance the Rapper to Address Dillard University’s 2018 Grads

Grammy Award-winning artist Chance the Rapper will deliver this year’s commencement address to graduates of Dillard University in New Orleans. The school’s 82nd Commencement ceremonies for more than 200 graduates will be held Saturday, May 12, at 8 a.m. on the campus’ historic Avenue of the Oaks. Dillard President Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough says Chance […]

Ohio State Revokes Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degree Amid Retrial

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State University has revoked an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby when he spoke at commencement in 2001. University trustees on Friday approved rescinding the degree for the 80-year-old comedian, whose retrial in a sexual assault case began Monday with opening statements in suburban Philadelphia. An Ohio State spokesman says Cosby […]

Advocates Say School Gun Clubs Teach Discipline, Not Violence

DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Their classmates took to the streets to protest gun violence and to implore adults to restrict guns, seeming to forecast a generational shift in attitudes toward the Second Amendment. But at high school and college gun ranges around the country, these teens and young adults gather to practice shooting and talk about […]

Howard University Students End Sit-In Protest

WASHINGTON — The occupation of a university administration building in Washington, D.C. by students making demands to school officials has ended. News outlets report Howard University students and officials announced Friday afternoon a deal ending the protest that began March 29. Parts of the agreement include students will be involved in reviewing the adequacy of […]

Shaw University Hosts Memorial Service, Luncheon for President Emeritus

Shaw University will host a memorial service and luncheon April 14 to celebrate Dr. Talbert O. Shaw, the university’s 12th president. Shaw, who later became president emeritus and died in January, is credited with leading the university through difficult financial times and restoring its reputation. He became president in 1987, when the university’s finances were […]

Cultural Diversity Highlights 2018 List of Guggenheim Fellows

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced Thursday its 2018 recipients of annual Guggenheim Fellowships, with a total of 173 being awarded in the United States and Canada across the fields of science, scholarship, writing and the arts. Among recipients is Dr. Carol C. Anderson, an African-American historian and Charles Howard Candler Professor and Chair […]

Howard Faculty ‘No Confidence’ Voting Ends Friday

During a three-day balloting period that began Wednesday and ends Friday, Howard University’s full-time faculty will decide whether or not embattled university President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick and other top leaders at the school get a “no confidence’ vote. This comes in the midst of a student takeover of the administration building that is entering […]

Turkey: 4 Staff Members Killed in Attack at University

ANKARA, Turkey — A research assistant shot and killed four staff members at a university in central Turkey, the university’s president said Thursday. Prof. Hasan Gonen of Osmangazi University, in the city of Eskisehir, some 250 kilometers west of Ankara, told reporters that the gunman shot and killed a deputy dean, a secretary and two […]

University Police Shoot Student Wielding Metal Pipe

CHICAGO — Officials say a University of Chicago police officer responding to a call about a burglary shot and seriously wounded a student who was wielding a metal pipe. The Chicago Tribune reports that university officials said in an email that three university officers responded just before 10:15 p.m. Tuesday in the city’s Hyde Park […]

Illinois Governor Donates ‘Godfather’ Papers to Dartmouth

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has donated his collection of “The Godfather” author Mario Puzo’s papers to his alma mater, Dartmouth College. The New Hampshire school says in a news release it was “an offer they couldn’t refuse,” echoing one of the movie’s famous lines. The 50 boxes of papers donated by Rauner […]

Arkansas State University Gets $10 Million From Alumnus

JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas State University is renaming its business college to honor an alumnus who donated $10 million to his alma mater. The university announced the gift Tuesday from Neil Griffin, who lives in Kerrville, Texas. The 91-year-old World War II veteran graduated from Arkansas State in 1948 with a degree in business administration. […]

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