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Police investigate shooting death of UC student in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO Police are searching for clues in the execution-style killing of a University of California, Berkeley student.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Montana regents discuss university enrollment declines

BILLINGS Mont. Maintaining enrollment numbers at the state’s colleges and universities was a recurring topic of discussion at the state Board of Regents meeting here.

September 22, 2007

Profanity about Bush forces college paper to make cutbacks

FORT COLLINS Colo. Colorado State University’s student newspaper has lost $30,000 in advertising and had to cut pay and other budgets by 10 percent because of fallout from the use of a four-letter word in an editorial about President Bush, the Coloradoan reported Saturday.

September 22, 2007

Texas A&M’s master’s degree program teaches cowboys how to run a complex business

KINGSVILLE Texas Once upon a time, in the Wild West, all it took to raise cattle was land, grass and cowboys who knew how to rope the critters. Now, it may take an MBA.

September 22, 2007

Atkinson leads Tigers to 34-3 win over Fort Valley State

TUSKEGEE Ala. Jacary Atkinson threw for 156 yards and three touchdowns Saturday in leading Tuskegee to a 34-3 victory over Fort Valley State.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Delaware State officials say Virginia Tech inspired fast response when 2 students shot

DOVER Del. Alex Bishoff heard five gunshots from inside his dorm room at Delaware State University and looked out his window to see people scattering. He immediately thought of the Virginia Tech shootings in April.

September 22, 2007

Purdue nanotech network gets $18 million grant

WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. A Purdue University-based system that allows nanotechnology researchers to use complex computer simulations online has received a five-year, $18.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

September 22, 2007

Two interceptions for TDs lead N.C. Central past N.C. A&T

GREENSBORO N.C. Derrick Ray and Jeffe Henderson returned interceptions for touchdowns in the fourth quarter, leading North Carolina Central to a 27-22 victory over North Carolina A&T Saturday night.

September 22, 2007

Delaware State students point to tension among rival groups before shooting wounded 2

DOVER Delaware Tension between rival groups of friends from New Jersey and Washington, D.C., preceded the late-night shooting at Delaware State University that wounded two people, students said.

September 22, 2007

Appeals court rules Ohio State must pay O’Brien $2.4 million

COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio State must pay former men’s basketball coach Jim O’Brien more than $2.4 million for his wrongful firing in 2004, an appeals court ordered Thursday.

September 20, 2007

Couple’s $5 million to fund cancer research at Carnegie Mellon

PITTSBURGH Carnegie Mellon University is establishing a new research center to help fight cancer with the help of a $5 million donation.

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

NYC officials asks Columbia University to cancel speech by Iranian president

NEW YORK Columbia University is providing Iran’s president with a forum for his “hate speech” and should withdraw its invitation to have Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speak at the prestigious university, the head of New York City’s City Council said Thursday.

September 20, 2007

Gates Foundation gives Notre Dame $20 million to study malaria

SOUTH BEND Ind. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the University of Notre Dame a $20 million grant Thursday to support research aimed at evaluating and improving malaria control programs.

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

SIU discloses Poshard’s contract as university system’s president

Details of Glenn Poshard’s contract as president of the 35,000-student Southern Illinois University system:

September 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Board of Higher Ed gives tentative nod to president pay raises

MINOT N.D. Members of North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education are raising questions about new pay standards that would make the university system’s campus presidents eligible for hefty salary increases. One president compared the changes to being generous with a team’s coach while shortchanging its players.

September 20, 2007

Presidents of Brown, RISD to formalize dual-degree program

PROVIDENCE R.I. Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design will formalize a new partnership.

September 20, 2007

OSU files response to motorist’s lawsuit against Sutton

STILLWATER Okla. Oklahoma State University has filed a response to a lawsuit by a Perry woman who was injured in a traffic collision last year with former basketball coach Eddie Sutton.

September 20, 2007

Univ. of Michigan president gives back salary hike

ANN ARBOR Mich. University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman says she honored but says she will give back a 3 percent pay raise.

September 20, 2007