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UT officials admit mistakes in not reporting lab miscues

AUSTIN University of Texas officials have acknowledged they failed to report 10 out of 13 laboratory accidents to federal authorities in the last seven years.

September 16, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Maryland Investigates Possible Hate Crime After Noose Discovered Hanging in Tree

COLLEGE PARK, Md. University of Maryland police on Monday were investigating as a possible hate crime what appeared to be a noose hanging in a tree near a building that houses several black campus groups.

September 10, 2007

Governor Troubled That Virginia Tech Gunman’s Paper Wasn’t Shared

RICHMOND, Va. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said that he is troubled that Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho’s violent class essays, including one with a narrative similar to the massacre he carried out, were not widely shared with law enforcement and university officials.

August 30, 2007

E-mails slow to alert UI campus of bomb threat

IOWA CITY Iowa It took up to two hours for e-mails to reach all users in the University of Iowa’s database, warning people about a bomb threat.

August 14, 2007

CSU officers say community policing keeps crime low

FORT COLLINS Colo. Colorado State University police say a community policing program has kept campus crime low.

August 12, 2007

University of Iowa on alert after threats of pipe bombs

IOWA CITY Iowa The University of Iowa was placed on alert Monday after an employee received two anonymous e-mails saying four pipe bombs were on university property and that anyone who approached the bombs would activate them and be killed, university officials said.

August 12, 2007

4 promising students symbols of scourge of Newark’s violence

NEWARK N.J. The four college-age friends who were hanging out in a schoolyard late on a Saturday night were the type of children who make hometowns proud, especially hard-luck hometowns like this one.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Delaware State Mourns Loss of Students

NEWARK, N.J. In a city where gun violence has become an all too common part of daily life, these shootings were enough to chill even the most hardened residents: Four young friends shot execution-style in a schoolyard just days before they were to head to college.

August 6, 2007

Community Colleges

Indiana University police academy certifies students as officers

BLOOMINGTON Ind. About 30 cadets will become part-time police officers for Indiana University next month after completing training that certifies IU students as law enforcement officers as they earn their college degrees.

July 27, 2007

Judge strikes down Hazleton’s illegal immigrant law

HAZLETON Pa. A federal judge on Thursday struck down the city of Hazleton’s tough crackdown on illegal immigrants, ruling unconstitutional a law that has been emulated by towns and cities around the nation.

July 26, 2007

Disheveled college applications causes bomb scare

CHARLESTON Ill. Here’s a tip for aspiring college students: make sure your applications don’t warrant a visit from the bomb squad.

July 22, 2007

Gun Rights Activists: Firearms Ban Would Make MSU More Dangerous

BOZEMAN Mont. Montana State University plans to restrict firearms and ban concealed weapons from campus, steps that gun-rights activists argue would make students more vulnerable if a Virginia Tech-style gunman were to threaten the MSU campus.

July 18, 2007

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