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Urban High School Students Present Original Science Research

Last Thursday afternoon, approximately 100 New York City high school students presented original scientific research at the American Museum of Natural History.

From left, high school seniors Alejandro Schmieder and Tatyana Graham with their mentor, Dr. Claudia Wultsch (Photo by Lois Elfman)

Professor Promotes ‘Digital Detox’ at Liberty University

In 2014, Dr. Sylvia Frejd established the Center for Digital Wellness at Liberty University “to make technology serve us; not us serve technology.”

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Trump Puts Focus on Wisconsin’s Growing Apprentice Program

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker once told then-candidate Donald Trump “we don’t need an apprentice in the White House.” But on Tuesday the president and his daughter Ivanka Trump will join Walker to tour Waukesha County Technical College and talk about the importance of providing on-the-job training to workers in industries that sometimes struggle […]

Video Shows Penn State Frat Pledge in Agony After Fall

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Security camera footage played Monday at a hearing for Penn State fraternity members shows a pledge in apparent agony in the hours after falling down basement steps — and members of the fraternity he had just joined trying to physically restrain him. Selections from the grainy footage began with 19-year-old Tim Piazza […]

Hood College to Offer Mixed-gender Housing in Fall

FREDERICK, Md. — A Maryland college will allow upperclassmen the option to live in mixed-gender dorms. The Frederick News-Post reports Hood College students of different genders can live together in pairs at the same dorm rooms inside the school’s three upper-class residence halls starting in fall. Same-gender floors will exist for upperclassmen as well, so […]

Lawsuit Amid College’s Coed Fraternity Rule Goes to Trial

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Testimony has gotten underway in a lawsuit against a private liberal arts college in Connecticut over its revocation of a fraternity’s housing status after the school required fraternities to admit women. The Hartford Courant reports that Wesleyan University President Michael Roth testified Thursday that he shut down Delta Kappa Epsilon because he […]

Fraternity Brothers Due in Court in Pledge’s Fatal Fall

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Members of a Penn State fraternity facing charges related to the death earlier this year of a pledge after a night of heavy drinking are due in court Monday for a hearing about whether there’s enough evidence to head to trial. Prosecutors in the case against the now-shuttered Beta Theta Pi chapter […]

Paris Prosecutor Charges Notre Dame Attacker

PARIS — The hammer-wielding man who attacked police officers patrolling in front of Notre Dame Cathedral appears to have radicalized himself through the internet and was unknown to French police and intelligence services, the chief prosecutor in Paris said Saturday. The Paris prosecutor’s office said the 40-year-old Algerian doctoral student was given preliminary charges Saturday […]

Israel University Heads Lash Out at Code of Ethics Plan

JERUSALEM — Israel’s university leaders have lashed out at the nationalist education minister’s plan to impose a code of ethics they say is aimed at limiting their academic freedom. The umbrella organization of Israel’s university heads says they “vehemently object” to Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s guidelines calling on professors to refrain from expressing political opinions […]

Bias Suit Against Community College of Philadelphia Tossed

A federal judge has thrown out a race and gender discrimination suit against the Community College of Philadelphia by an African-American filmmaker who wasn’t hired for a full-time position in the English Department.

Study: Students Paying Price for Lack of Banking Knowledge

A new study by NerdWallet highlights how university-sponsored banks are charging college students more than $795 million on overdraft and late payment fees alone.

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Advocacy Group Challenges HBCUs to be LGBTQ Friendly

In an era where attitudes are shifting — albeit slowly — when it comes to securing rights for LGBTQ people, the National Black Justice Coalition is pushing HBCU leaders to step up by addressing the visages of homophobia still visible on their college campuses.

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