Associated PressNews RoundupStabbed Student Stable, Roommate in CustodyFAIRFIELD, Al. — A Miles College student has been stabbed in Alabama and his roommate is in custody, police said. Fairfield Police Chief Nick Dyer told AL.com that the student is in stable condition at a hospital in Birmingham. He was stabbed several times in the body and the head Sunday morning inside his dorm […]February 5, 2018News RoundupGeorgia Student, 19, Found Dead in DormTIFTON, Ga. – A freshman at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Georgia has been found dead. The Tifton Gazette cites a college release that went out to students Saturday morning that says 19-year-old Jeremy Bailey was found dead in a dormitory Friday night. The Morrow native’s death is under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of […]February 5, 2018News RoundupTom Brokaw Collection Opens to Public at University of IowaIOWA CITY, Ia. — Longtime NBC journalist Tom Brokaw has given the University of Iowa thousands of documents spanning his career, and they’re now available to the public. The collection includes a notebook with interview questions for Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev and press badges from Saudi Arabia and the 1992 Republican National Convention. A […]February 4, 2018SportsAthlete’s Civil Rights Suit Against Mississippi University in JeopardyHATTIESBURG, Ms. — The University of Southern Mississippi wants to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit filed by a former football player. Deven Hammond of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sued in federal court there in November, saying he was barred from the football team after coaches learned he had only one kidney. He also says USM violated […]February 4, 2018News RoundupJesuit College: We’re Keeping Controversial NameWORCESTER, Ma. — After months of discussion, the Board of Trustees at the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Ma., said Saturday that they have decided to continue to be known as the Crusaders. “While we acknowledge that the Crusades were among the darkest periods in Church history, we choose to associate ourselves with the […]February 4, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Michigan Investment Practices Raise ConcernsDETROIT – The University of Michigan has invested $4 billion in companies that have donated hundreds of millions of dollars to the university, a newspaper has found. The Detroit Free Press investigation found that the university invested in more than 30 companies co-run or owned by university donors, including members of a group that advises the […]February 1, 2018News RoundupUPenn Scrubs Wynn Name, Rescinds His and Cosby’s DegreesPHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that it will remove casino mogul Steve Wynn’s name from a campus plaza and revoke honorary degrees given to him and comedian Bill Cosby in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against both men. The school’s president, Dr. Amy Gutmann, and chair of its board of trustees, David Cohen, […]February 1, 2018News RoundupNYC College Creates State’s First Slavery History DatabaseNEW YORK — A City University of New York college says it has compiled the state’s first slavery records index. The New York Slavery Index , created by students and professors in CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, provides records dating from 1525 through the Civil War. WNBC-TV reports the database includes records, documents, […]February 1, 2018News RoundupCalifornia Senate Approves Medication Abortion on CampusesCalifornia would be the first state to require public universities to offer medication abortion under legislation approved in the state Senate Monday, a bill that if signed into law would mark a vast expansion of a service that’s rare on college campuses. None of the 34 University of California or California State University campuses currently […]January 31, 2018MSIsAccused of Smearing Body Fluids on Roommate’s Stuff, Coed Seeks ProbationHARTFORD, Conn. — A White former Connecticut university student accused of smearing body fluids on her Black roommate’s belongings asked a judge Tuesday to allow her into a probation program that could erase criminal charges from her record. Brianna Brochu, 18, a former University of Hartford student from Harwinton, applied for accelerated rehabilitation during an […]January 31, 2018Previous PagePage 36 of 569Next Page