Tag: University
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University of Minnesota, Under Federal Scrutiny, Limits Its Political Speech
Read Latest News The University of Minnesota, which President Trump’s Justice Department is scrutinizing for its handling of antisemitism on campus, largely barred itself on Friday from issuing official statements about “matters of public concern or public interest.” The policy, in the works for months, was not a direct response to the Trump administration’s February…
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Consumer sentiment drops in March to 57.9, according to University of Michigan survey, worse than expected
Read Latest News An employee restocks the shelves in the meat section of a supermarket in Monterey Park, California, on February 12, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images Consumer sentiment took another hit in March as worries intensified over inflation and a slumping stock market, according to the University of Michigan’s latest…
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D.H.S. Agents Search Two Dorm Rooms at Columbia University
Read Latest News Department of Homeland Security officials searched two dorm rooms at Columbia University, days after the immigration authorities arrested and moved to deport a pro-Palestinian activist and recent graduate of the university. Columbia’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, said in a note to students and staff late Thursday that the officials had presented federal…
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Fraternity Member Charged With Manslaughter in Hazing Death of University Student
Read Latest News The police in Baton Rouge, La., on Friday announced the first of a series of expected arrests in the fraternity hazing death of Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old Southern University student who they said was repeatedly punched with boxing gloves at a warehouse last week and was unresponsive when he was dropped off…
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Columbia University Loses $400 Million in Federal Grants and Contracts
Read Latest News Marco Rubio was incensed. Here he was in the Cabinet Room of the White House, the secretary of state, seated beside the president and listening to a litany of attacks from the richest man in the world. Seated diagonally opposite, across the elliptical mahogany table, Elon Musk was letting Mr. Rubio have…
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Columbia University Loses $400 Million in Federal Grants and Contracts
Read Latest News Almost since Amtrak’s creation in 1971, the 21,000-mile U.S. intercity passenger rail service has been fighting calls that it should be privatized. Now it may have met one of its most aggressive and powerful skeptics yet. Speaking at a tech conference on Wednesday, Elon Musk added Amtrak to the list of government-funded…
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Michael Astorino’s ‘entrepreneurial and creative spirit’ paying off at Wesleyan University
Read Latest News Michael Astorino recently walked into his favorite campus smoothie shop with two things in mind: an order and an offer. He cued up his laptop and gave the owner a pitch deck presentation, which was meant to benefit his Wesleyan University basketball teammates while also helping drum up business for the store.…
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Police in Louisiana Investigate Hazing Episode After University Student’s Death
Read Latest News The police in Baton Rouge, La., are investigating whether a hazing episode at a fraternity may have played a role in the recent death of a 20-year-old Southern University student, university officials said Wednesday. The student, Caleb Wilson, of New Orleans, died at 12:27 a.m. on Feb. 27, the East Baton Rouge…
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Lawsuit Accuses University of California of Allowing Race to Factor in Admissions
Read Latest News Over the last few months, University of California officials have boasted that they have admitted the most racially diverse class ever to their sprawling system. They have managed to do this, they say, despite a 28-year-old state ban on considering race in college admissions, known as Proposition 209. But a lawsuit filed…
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Biden forgives $4.5 billion for 261,000 borrowers from Ashford University
Read Latest News Headquarters of Ashford University in San Diego, a for-profit university belonging to Bridgepoint Education. Frank Duenzl | Picture-Alliance | DPA | AP The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would forgive $4.5 billion in student debt for 261,000 borrowers who attended the now-defunct Ashford University. Borrowers who qualify for the relief…
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Southern Methodist University Wants to Sever Ties to Its Church. Can the Church Stop It?
Read Latest News The Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a battle over whether Southern Methodist University can separate from the United Methodist Church. The university, founded in Dallas by Methodists in the early 20th century, has been trying to extricate itself since 2019, a period of intense turmoil in the denomination…
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Pittsburgh Man Who Threw an Explosive at University Police Gets 5 Years
Read Latest News A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Pittsburgh man to five years in prison and his wife to three years of probation over their involvement in detonating an explosive that injured police officers at a 2023 campus protest over transgender rights at the University of Pittsburgh. The man, Brian DiPippa, 37, “ignited…
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BioNTech settles with U.S. agency, University of Pennsylvania over Covid vaccine royalties
Read Latest News Vials containing the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are displayed before being used at a mobile vaccine clinic, in Valparaiso, Chile, January 3, 2022. Rodrigo Garrido | Reuters BioNTech has entered into two separate settlement agreements with the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the University of Pennyslvania over the…
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University of California Resolves Civil Rights Complaints Over Gaza Protests
Read Latest News Five schools agreed to changes after reports that they failed to protect students from antisemitism and anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here!…
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University of Michigan May Fire D.E.I. Official Over Antisemitism Claim
Read Latest News The official, an administrator of multicultural programs, was accused of making antisemitic remarks in a private conversation. She has denied the allegations. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds…
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Panic at Pepperdine University in Malibu as Wildfires Threaten City
Read Latest News No structures were damaged and no one was injured, but students spent a frantic night sheltering in place as thousands of nearby residents evacuated. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s…
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University of Utah video game program fuels $2 billion industry
Read Latest News Rice–Eccles Stadium, an outdoor college football venue at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, stands against a stunning mountain backdrop. University of Utah This article is part of CNBC’s Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have transformed into business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit and attracted capital, companies…
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University of Michigan Ends Required Diversity Statements
Read Latest News The school, a bastion of D.E.I., will no longer require the statements in hiring decisions and is considering a broader shift in its policies. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s…
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University of Michigan Weighs Changes to Its Diversity Program
Read Latest News The school is one of higher education’s biggest supporters of D.E.I. Now it’s considering a new approach as critics question the program’s success and impact on campus life. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s…
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Pam Bondi, a $25,000 Donation and Trump University: Questions Remain
Read Latest News Ms. Bondi, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for attorney general, declined to investigate allegations of fraud against his for-profit school when she was Florida’s attorney general. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about!…
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Physicist Who Made Superconductor Claims Exits University of Rochester
Read Latest News Journals had retracted papers on superconductors that worked at room temperature and materials science that involved Ranga Dias. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here! Don’t miss…
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Why Did Ben Sasse Resign as President of the University of Florida?
Read Latest News Florida’s star president, Ben Sasse, was among the best paid university presidents ever. He promised a conservative overhaul, but then he resigned, leaving controversy and an embarrassing drop in the U.S. News rankings. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to…
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University of Virginia Suspends Tours Criticized for Emphasizing Ties to Slavery
Read Latest News A group of conservative alumni said the student-led tours were overly focused on the school’s history of using enslaved laborers. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here!…
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University of Maryland to Review Plagiarism Claims Against President Darryll J. Pines
Read Latest News The university’s president, Darryll J. Pines, who studies aerospace engineering, was accused of copying significant portions of a paper in 2002. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are…
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Man Arrested in Shooting That Killed One at Tuskegee University
Read Latest News The shooting, which wounded 12 people, happened early on Sunday as crowds gathered at the historically Black school to celebrate the final day of its 100th homecoming week. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s…
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University of Tennessee Fined Millions for Cash Payments to Athletes
Read Latest News The N.C.A.A. said Tennessee had a culture of wrongful payments to athletes, including cash for hotels, meals and car payments, among other things. The university was fined $8 million but avoided a postseason ban. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click…
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Brown University Will Vote on Divesting from Companies Tied to Israel
Read Latest News The university made a deal with pro-Palestinian students last spring to consider their demands if they ended a protest encampment. But the university board voted against divestment. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking…