Latest Universities Headlines
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Relatives of Auburn University Football Shooting Victims Sue Gunman
Jul 3 2014 // Relatives of two former Auburn University football players shot to death at a party and a third man who was wounded are suing the suspected gunman. Desmonte Leonard faces capital murder and other charges in the killings of...
Alabama State Suit Against Auditor Dismissed by California Court
Jul 3 2014 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Alabama State University against the auditing firm that’s reviewing the school’s finances. An attorney for Forensic Strategic Solutions said that Los Angeles...
University of Alabama Researchers Show Small Changes Can Make Big Difference During Tornadoes
Jun 16 2014 // Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can...
Court Rules Searchable Database Is ‘Fair Use’ of Copyrighted Books
Jun 15 2014 // Universities and research libraries that created a searchable online database for millions of books did not violate copyright protections belonging to authors whose works were scanned, a U.S. appeals court ruled last...
Obama, NFL, NCAA Get Behind Research into Concussions in Youth Sports
May 29 2014 // President Barack Obama will announce $86 million in projects to improve detection of concussions in children and research their effects, an effort to reassure parents concerned by the rise of brain injuries in youth...
Data Breach Impacts Pennsylvania College Students
May 20 2014 // Students at a northwestern Pennsylvania medical school are being urged to monitor their credit after their names and Social Security numbers were inadvertently posted online. The Erie Times-News says the data breach...
Museum in D.C. Features Florida University’s Hurricane Simulator
May 20 2014 // Florida International University’s 12-fan “Wall of Wind” hurricane simulator is on display at the National Building Museum in Washington. The “Designing for Disasters” exhibit explores new...
NCAA Athletes Drop Image-Use Damages Claim, Pursue Future Earnings
May 19 2014 // Ex-National Collegiate Athletic Association players suing to gain a share of the $800 million of annual broadcast revenue reaped by the organization said they won’t seek damages for past use of their images, instead...
University Of Nevada Dorms Raise Quake Safety Concerns
May 5 2014 // The more than a century-old Manzanita and Lincoln resident halls at the University of Nevada, Reno are steeped in history, but their vulnerability in the event of an earthquake is causing some concern about the students...
U.S. Investigating How 55 Colleges Handle Sexual Assault Charges
May 2 2014 // The U.S. Education Department is investigating 55 colleges for failing to prevent and respond to sexual assaults and harassment on campus. The colleges are being probed for violations of Title IX, the law that bars gender...
White House Task Force Urges Colleges Report on Sexual Assault
Apr 29 2014 // A White House task force called for U.S. colleges to conduct mandatory surveys to reveal the frequency of sexual assault on their campuses and student attitudes toward such misconduct. The Obama administration will provide...
Student’s Suit Alleges Columbia University Mishandled Sexual Misconduct
Apr 28 2014 // Columbia University and Barnard College mishandled incidents of sexual assault and misconduct on campus, according to a complaint filed yesterday with the U.S. Education Department by 23 students. The complaint alleges...
University of California and Former Surgical Director Settle For $10M
Apr 25 2014 // The University of California has agreed to pay $10 million to a former surgical chairman who says he was the victim of retaliation after pointing out conflicts of interest at UCLA’s medical school. The Los Angeles...
University of Kentucky Turns to Cameras, ID Cards to Fight Crime
Apr 24 2014 // Campus police at the University of Kentucky say new surveillance cameras are helping them fight crime. UK Police Chief Joe Monroe told WKYT-TV that the school has 400 cameras installed so far and another 1,600 are...
Students at 5 Texas Universities Receive Insurance Council Scholarships
Apr 17 2014 // Twenty four insurance and risk management students at five Texas universities were recently awarded academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation. The students attend Huston-Tillotson...
Tennessee Colleges Report Drop in Crime
Apr 9 2014 // A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report says overall crime on college campuses has dropped by more than 11 percent. The Chattanooga Times Free Press cited the data in reporting that the number of assaults and thefts...
Oregon State University Pays $101K Settle Campus Paper Suit
Apr 4 2014 // Oregon State University has paid $1,000 plus $100,000 in legal fees to a former student to settle a lawsuit over the confiscation of distribution boxes for a conservative-leaning student newspaper. The Oregonian reported...
Mississippi Extends Trade Secret Protections for Research
Apr 1 2014 // Mississippi lawmakers have extended trade-secret protections to universities and community colleges by exempting materials tied to any commercial, scientific or technical research from the state’s Open Records Act...
JPMorgan Snub, Lloyd’s Insurance Threat Spurred Change at SAE Fraternity
Mar 27 2014 // Early this month, JPMorgan Chase & Co. stopped managing an investment account for a prominent client: the charitable foundation of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one of the nation’s largest fraternities. The bank was...
University of Nevada Earthquake Lab Now World’s 2nd Biggest
Mar 24 2014 // There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on at the University of Nevada, Reno. UNR’s seismic-simulation facility became the largest in the United States and second largest in the world in March with an...
