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10 People at Clark Atlanta University Treated After Chemical Spill in Science Building
Jun 24 2019 // At least 10 people had to be decontaminated after a worker at a university in Atlanta spilled a chemical, creating a white cloud inside a science building. News outlets report everyone was evacuated Friday from the...
NFL Passing Player Injury Prevention Research and Ideas Onto Colleges
Jun 20 2019 // The NFL’s top medical experts are asking college football physicians and trainers to help make the game safer. They want the NCAA to pitch in, too. Dr. Allen Sills and Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice...
Ohio College: $44M Jury Award to Business Not ‘Final Outcome’
Jun 17 2019 // An Ohio college ordered to pay $44 million in damages to the owners of a market who said the school ruined their business by branding them as racists said the jury awards are “not the final outcome.” “We...
Geneva Association Elects 4 Board Members from Ping An, Prudential, PICC and Aviva
Jun 17 2019 // The Geneva Association, the global organization of insurance and reinsurance chief executive officers (CEOs), announced the election of four new board members. They are: Yuansiong Lee, co-CEO, Ping An Insurance Co. of...
16 More Alumni Sue Ohio State Over Abuse by Team Doctor
Jun 14 2019 // Sixteen more Ohio State University alumni have sued the university over how school officials dealt with a team doctor who an investigation recently concluded had sexually abused at least 177 young men between 1979 and...
Scientists Vow to Report Flood Risk for Every U.S. Property for Free
Jun 14 2019 // In a major research undertaking, a group of scientists and a technology nonprofit technology organization have set a mission to calculate the past, current and future flood risk of every property in America. While...
11 Texas Colleges to Share $1.1M in Safety Education Grants from Texas Mutual
Jun 12 2019 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it is awarding $1.1 million in grants to 11 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the general public. The company said it began its...
Former UCLA Gynecologist Pleads Not Guilty to Patient Sex Abuse
Jun 12 2019 // A retired gynecologist who worked at the University of California, Los Angeles for decades has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing two patients during examinations and the campus is asking anyone who may have other...
Duke University to Pay $54M to Settle Suit Over Hiring Agreement with UNC
Jun 7 2019 // Duke University is agreeing to pay $54.5 million to settle claims that it and nearby University of North Carolina conspired to hold down salaries of medical professors by agreeing not to hire staff away from each...
University of Alaska, Former Professor Sued over Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Jun 3 2019 // A lawsuit has been filed against a retired University of Alaska Anchorage anthropology professor who is banned from campus over sexual misconduct allegations by multiple women. David Yesner is named in the federal lawsuit...
Father Testifies in J&J Opioid Marketing Trial on Death of His College Football Star Son
May 30 2019 // Austin Box was a home-grown football star at the University of Oklahoma in 2010 when back surgery to repair an injury got him started on powerful opioid painkillers that would end his life at 22, his father testified...
Nebraska’s Creighton University Launches FinTech Degree Program
May 29 2019 // Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, announced its Heider College of Business has launched what the university says is the first of its kind Finance and Technology (FinTech) major, a degree program that combines...
Attorneys Say Ohio State Must Reveal Who Knew About Abuse by Team Doctor
May 23 2019 // Administrators at Ohio State University should release the names of all coaches, trainers and personnel who knew of but failed to act on complaints about a now-dead team doctor who sexually abused male students for nearly...
University of Alaska, Former Professor Sued over Sexual Misconduct Allegations
May 22 2019 // A lawsuit has been filed against a retired University of Alaska Anchorage anthropology professor who is banned from campus over sexual misconduct allegations by multiple women. David Yesner is named in the federal lawsuit...
Billionaire Paying Off College Students’ $40 Million Debt Has Ties to Insurance Industry
May 20 2019 // The billionaire technology investor and philanthropist who has promised to assume the $40 million student debt of the entire graduating class at Morehouse College has ties to the insurance industry. Robert F. Smith, who...
South Carolina Passes Ridesharing Safety Bill Prompted by College Student’s Murder
May 13 2019 // Legislators passed a ridesharing safety act that requires those services to display their license plate numbers on the front of their vehicles. The bill requires ridesharing drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft to...
University Of Alaska Reaching out to People Hit by Data Breach
Apr 30 2019 // The University of Alaska is attempting to contact people who may have been affected by a computer data breach. The Daily News-Miner reported Sunday that hacking between January and February 2018 may have compromised email...
30 Texas University Students Receive Insurance Council Scholarships
Apr 26 2019 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation has awarded a total of $40,000 in academic scholarships to 30 students studying insurance and risk management at five Texas universities. The students attend the...
Murder of South Carolina College Student Prompts Uber Safety Changes
Apr 22 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. said it was rolling out new safety features to help riders avoid fake rideshare drivers, two weeks after the murder of a college student who got into her killer’s car mistakenly believing it...
Pennsylvania Insurance Department to Hold NextGen Academy for College Students
Apr 17 2019 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman has announced that her department, along with a working group of stakeholders, will this summer hold the Pennsylvania NextGen Insurance Academy to provide college students...
