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Leadership & Policy
UMass Chief Marty Meehan Giving $4M Campaign Fund to Education Foundation
BOSTON ― Former U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan is closing his congressional campaign committee and donating its remaining $4 million to an educational foundation. Meehan, who is now president of the University of Massachusetts system, started the committee when he first ran for Congress and was elected in 1992. He represented Massachusetts as a Democrat until […]
June 30, 2016
Sports
NCAA: Baruch College Gave Players More Than $255K in Improper Benefits
NEW YORK ― Baruch College gave 30 student-athletes more than $255,000 in improper benefits over the course of five years, NCAA officials said in a decision issued Thursday. The NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions said the school’s former vice president for student affairs and enrollment management and its former head women’s basketball coach both […]
June 30, 2016
Faculty & Staff
University of Washington Virus Researcher Faces Discipline
SEATTLE ― The University of Washington says a microbiology professor faces possible discipline for violating sexual harassment policies. As detailed in a report on BuzzFeed this week, university investigations found Dr. Michael Katze demanded and received sexual favors from an employee in his lab. Investigators found that the woman, who had little prior job experience […]
June 30, 2016
Military
38% Female: Coast Guard Academy Sets Record
Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy marked the milestone at a ceremony June 27 as it welcomed a class with a record 38 percent of female cadets. The enrollment rate for women has not been matched at the Naval Academy, the Military Academy at West […]
June 30, 2016
Home
Park Service Gives $250,000 to Preserve Early NY Battle Sites
Two municipalities, a veterans’ group, a college and an Indian tribe are splitting more than $250,000 in federal grants to study and protect battlefields in upstate New York.
June 30, 2016
Military
Indiana Veterans Bond to Help Others Readjust
As a calvary scout, Dustin Everhart was the “eyes and ears” of the U.S. Army, keeping his comrades up to date on battlefield conditions.
June 30, 2016
Latinx
University of New Mexico Starts Chicano Studies Online Plan
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ― Facing a growing Latino student population and pressure to increase its graduation rates, the University of New Mexico is launching an online degree program in Chicana and Chicano Studies beginning this fall just as ethnic studies programs are facing challenges in neighboring Arizona. Officials say the online classes will allow nontraditional students […]
June 29, 2016
Students
Dowling College Losing its Accreditation
OAKDALE, N.Y. ―A small liberal arts college on eastern Long Island struggling to survive has been told it is losing its accreditation Aug. 31. Newsday reports that the Middle States Commission on Higher Education is withdrawing accreditation to Dowling College. The independent agency measures the quality of more than 500 colleges and universities. It made […]
June 29, 2016
African-American
University of Connecticut Revokes Cosby’s Honorary Degree
STORRS, Conn. ― The University of Connecticut on Wednesday revoked an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby, saying he engaged in conduct “incongruent” with the university’s values. Trustees voted unanimously to rescind the Doctor of Fine Arts given to Cosby in 1996. Officials said it was the first time UConn has revoked an honorary degree. […]
June 29, 2016
Campus Climate
University of Kansas, Student Newspaper Resolve Lawsuit
LAWRENCE, Kan. ― A lawsuit alleging that administrators at the University of Kansas allowed the Student Senate to illegally slash the student newspaper’s funding has been dismissed after the reductions were reversed. Both parties stated that the case had been resolved to “their satisfaction” in a document filed Monday in federal court, the Lawrence Journal-World […]
June 29, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Illinois Governor, Leaders Negotiating Stopgap Budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ― Illinois lawmakers and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner were trying to craft a short-term budget deal Wednesday to ensure public schools open this fall and other services are funded while a fight over a full spending plan continues. The House and Senate were expected to be in session Thursday with the expectation that […]
June 29, 2016
Students
Team Chosen to Review University of Missouri After Turmoil
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ― A former system president and a wealthy university donor will help review the University of Missouri following last year’s turmoil. GOP House Speaker Todd Richardson named former system president Gary Forsee and Jeanne Sinquefield to an eight-member review commission Wednesday. Sinquefield and her husband, conservative donor Rex Sinquefield, have given millions […]
June 29, 2016
STEM
New UCLA-based Manufacturing Institute Puts Academia on Economic Map
Incorporating more than 200 partners across industry, academia and the nonprofit sector, the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute aims to disrupt a dated, inefficient manufacturing sector.
June 29, 2016
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African-American
South Carolina State Names James E. Clark President
South Carolina State University looked within its ranks and named Board of Trustees member James E. Clark the 12th president of the historically Black institution on Wednesday.
June 29, 2016
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Home
Experts Give Federal Student Aid System a Failing Grade
Despite ongoing efforts to make it more efficient, the federal student aid system was lambasted Wednesday as being “untenable” and overly complex.
June 29, 2016
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Blogs/Opinion
The Supreme Court Exposed the Anti-Abortion Sham of “Protecting Women’s Health”
The Supreme Court struck down two Texas restrictions on abortion providers in a landmark case on Monday, offering the strongest affirmation of the constitutional right to safe, legal, accessible abortion since Roe v. Wade. Justice Stephen Breyer’s majority opinion in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is an unequivocal rejection of the mistruths at the heart […]
June 29, 2016
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Other News
More people in less space: rapid urbanisation threatens global health
The global population looks set to rise to 9.7 billion people by 2050, when it is expected that more than two-thirds of humanity will be living in urban areas. The global health community is bracing itself. Compared to a more traditional rural existence, the shift in lifestyle and inevitable increase in exposure to pollution will […]
June 29, 2016
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Other News
Why You Shouldn’t Put Baby Powder Down There
African-American women who reported regular use of body powder were at greater risk for ovarian cancer compared to their peers who didn’t use talc, a new study shows. Regular use of powder was associated with ovarian cancer regardless of where the women used it, the researchers report. Users of genital powder had more than a […]
June 29, 2016
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