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Vanderbilt Adds Transgender Surgeries to Student Insurance

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Vanderbilt University officials say the school’s student insurance will start covering transgender-related surgeries in order to make the campus a more inclusive environment for students who previously had gone without necessary care. Vanderbilt Vice Provost for Learning and Residential Affairs Cynthia Cyrus tells The Tennessean that the change was made after a […]

Judge Dismisses Fordham Suit Over Mental Health Records

ALBANY, N.Y. ― A federal judge has dismissed a graduate student’s discrimination lawsuit against Fordham University over demands for mental health records before she could be readmitted following a medical leave. Judge Jesse Furman says Emily Pierce’s complaint fails to show she was treated differently than other students due to her disability. Pierce, who was […]

Former Yale Basketball Captain Sues School Over Expulsion

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the Ivy League university of wrongfully expelling him over a sexual assault allegation. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Connecticut, says Montague was punished over what he believes was consensual sex. It says Montague had a relationship with the […]

Faculty & Staff

Doctors Ask for Investigation of University of Arizona’s Phoenix Medical School

PHOENIX ― Arizona doctors are calling for an investigation into the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix following the departure of a long-serving dean and several top officials. After eight years as the college’s dean, Stuart Flynn resigned in April to lead a new Fort Worth, Texas, medical school created by Texas Christian University and […]

Stanford Put on Defensive Over Assault Prevention Efforts

SAN FRANCISCO ― Campus policies put in place to prevent and respond to sexual assaults worked about as well as Stanford University officials expected, after a member of the school’s swimming team was spotted by a garbage bin on top of an unconscious woman. Two graduate students passing by on bicycles interrupted the attack, chased […]

Leadership & Policy

Newspaper: Audits Found Policy Violations at Kennesaw State

ATLANTA ― Georgia University System auditors have found breaches in conflict-of-interest and ethics policies by some officials at Kennesaw State University, according to an Atlanta newspaper. An audit report said Randall Shelton, Kennesaw State’s administrator over dining halls and food services vendors, did consulting work for one of the school’s current vendors and charged the […]

Magic Johnson Helping S.C. State Raise $2.5M

ORANGEBURG, S.C. ― NBA great Earvin “Magic” Johnson will work with South Carolina State University to raise $2.5 million for scholarships that bear his name. The university announced in a release Monday that the Earvin “Magic” Johnson Endowed Scholarship Fund will help students seeking business degrees at the state-supported, historically Black university in Orangeburg. Johnson […]

Leadership & Policy

Williston State President Resigns Earlier than Announced

WILLISTON, N.D. ― Williston State College President Raymond Nadolny resigned effective Monday, a year ahead of the date he previously announced. Nadolny originally announced the resignation to staff on May 16, saying he’d continue serving in the role until the end of his contract period on June 30, 2017. He had said with aging parents […]

Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania Universities Faculty Contract Talks to Resume

PHILADELPHIA ― Negotiations between Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities and the union representing faculty members are due to resume this month. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that negotiating sessions are scheduled for Friday and for June 24. Faculty at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities have been working without a new contract since the last […]

Christian Groups Challenge N.C. University’s Speech Permits

RALEIGH, N.C. ― A federal judge on Thursday quizzed attorneys for North Carolina’s largest public university why constitutional free-speech protections allow the school to require students who want to engage others in extended debate or proselytizing to secure a permit. Lawyers for North Carolina State University argued in court that the rules are in place […]

Fraternity Returns to Tennessee After Ban Over Alcohol

KNOXVILLE ― A fraternity suspended from a Tennessee university after a student was hospitalized from what police said was an alcohol enema is returning this fall. The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity said in a statement Thursday that it will be back on the University of Tennessee campus for the fall semester after a four-year absence. […]

UCLA Shooter’s ‘Kill List’ had Dead Minnesota Woman, 2 Professors

LOS ANGELES ― A former UCLA graduate student killed a woman in Minnesota before carrying two semi-automatic pistols and a grudge back to the Los Angeles campus, where he fatally shot a young professor he once called a mentor then killed himself, police said Thursday. The attack came after Mainak Sarkar, 38, had composed a […]

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