Jessica Ruf (EDU)Jessica Ruf is a writer and copy editor for the print magazine at Diverse. She can be reached at [email protected].SportsDue to COVID-19, NCAA Extends Spring Sports Eligibility, ScholarshipsAs COVID-19 cuts short athletic seasons at colleges across the country, the Division I Council of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced yesterday that it will allow spring sports student athletes an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of eligibility. The council said it would not extend an extra year […]March 31, 2020COVID-19After Campus Reopens, at Least One Liberty U Student Tests Positive for COVID-19Last week, in the face of widespread criticism, nearly 1,900 students were allowed to return to Liberty University after spring break, and now at least one of those students has tested positive for COVID-19, reported The New York Times. The physician who runs Liberty’s student health service told the Times that after 11 Liberty students […]March 30, 2020COVID-19Higher Ed Institutions Lay Off Workers, Tighten Budgets Amid Coronavirus CrisisAs college faculty and administrators slide into their slippers and prepare to work online, other campus workers who can’t carry out their duties remotely – namely members of dining, housing and maintenance operations – face layoffs as various institutions across the country are reeling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.March 29, 2020News RoundupCoalition for a Diverse Harvard Nominates Governing CandidatesThe Coalition for a Diverse Harvard, an alumni group dedicated to increasing diversity at the school, endorsed five candidates for this year’s Board of Overseers election and six candidates for an elected director position on the board of the Harvard Alumni Association, reported The Harvard Crimson. The Board of Overseers is the school’s second-highest governing […]March 26, 2020News RoundupU of Michigan Hires New Law Firm to Investigate Abuse AllegationsThe University of Michigan (UM) has hired a new law firm to lead an investigation into allegations that a deceased doctor, Robert E. Anderson, molested hundreds of people, reported ABC News. After learning that some attorneys at the law firm Steptoe & Johnson represented “high-profile” clients accused of sexual misconduct, the school cut connections with […]March 26, 2020COVID-19Syracuse Students Protesting Bias Incidents Reverse Decision to Continue OccupationProtestors at Syracuse University last week reversed their decision to continue occupying a campus administrative building as the coronavirus emergency progressively worsens in the U.S. The group, #NotAgainSU, began occupying the building on Feb. 17 to protest the more than 20 hate-inspired incidents that have occurred on campus since November 2019. But, roughly a month […]March 26, 2020SportsIdaho Legislature Passes Bill Banning Trans Girls From Competing in Female College AthleticsThe Idaho state legislature recently passed a bill, 24-11, banning trans and intersex girls from competing as females in school and college athletics, despite there being no reported trans athletes competing in the state, reports Vox. If signed by Gov. Brad Little, the bill would require high school and college female athletes to “undergo invasive […]March 20, 2020News RoundupSt. Ambrose University Priest Suspended From Teaching After Sexual Misconduct AllegationA priest teaching at St. Ambrose University has been suspended from teaching after sexual misconduct allegations were made against him, stated the Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, according to KCRG news. The priest, Rev. Robert “Bud” Grant, has served on the faculty of St. Ambrose University since 1994. The allegation against him involves a matter […]March 20, 2020Latest NewsMedieval Studies Struggles Against White Supremacist Elements in the FieldAs the International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS) planned its 2019 convention in Kalamazoo, Michigan, scholars noticed a common theme among the rejected presentations: “Race and the Medieval,” “Decentering Privilege,” “How to be a White Ally in Medieval Studies 101,” “Globalizing Medieval Pedagogy,” “Translations of Power: Race, Class, and Gender Intersectionality in the Middle Ages” […]March 18, 2020News RoundupFirst Black Graduate of UVA’s School of Law Dies at 87John F. Merchant, the first Black graduate at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law and the first African American to serve on the United States Golf Association’s executive committee, died earlier this month at 87, reports The Richmond Free Press. Born in 1933, Merchant paved a way out of poverty by pursuing education. […]March 18, 2020Previous PagePage 29 of 43Next Page
