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3 Fraternities at University of North Carolina Suspended for Hazing
Dec 14 2017 // Three fraternities at a University of North Carolina campus have been suspended for hazing and other infractions. The Charlotte Observer reports that the UNC Charlotte’s Office of Student Conduct says Delta Chi,...
Pool Re, UK’s Cranfield University Co-Fund Terrorism Risk Mgmt. & Resilience Professorship
Dec 6 2017 // Pool Re and Cranfield University announced the appointment of Professor Andrew Silke as the professor of Terrorism Risk Management and Resilience at Cranfield University. This is a new position that will be co-funded by...
Trump Protester Struck by Car in California Sues City, Driver and University
Dec 1 2017 // A woman who was hit by a car while protesting against President Donald Trump on a San Diego freeway is suing the driver, the city, the state and a nearby university. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported 19-year-old Maria...
Ex-Ohio State Star Spielman Widens Lawsuit over Commercial Use of Image
Nov 30 2017 // A former Ohio State and NFL star is asking a judge to let him expand a class-action lawsuit over allegations that marketing campaigns for dozens of big-time colleges and universities improperly used the images of thousands...
New Sensors Tracking Earthquakes Across Texas
Nov 29 2017 // Note: This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune. Three years ago, a series of quakes rattled North Texas — and some residents’ nerves. Larry Walden, a Parker County commissioner, remembers a public...
Baylor University Honors The Nitsche Group with Community Commitment Award
Nov 28 2017 // Independent insurance agency, The Nitsche Group, based in Giddings, Texas, has been presented the 2017 Community Commitment Award by Baylor University’s Institute for Family Business. This distinction is awarded by...
Why Employees Cheat
Nov 22 2017 // It can happen in the branch office or the boardroom. Volkswagen did it to pass emissions tests. Wells-Fargo did it to squeeze more profits from their customers. Some school districts have it done it to boost their...
Rolling Stone Slams Defamation Claim in University of Virginia Rape Story
Nov 20 2017 // Rolling Stone is defending itself against a defamation lawsuit over a discredited article about a University of Virginia gang rape by arguing that members of a school fraternity knew about discrepancies in the...
Georgia College Expanding Commercial Truck Driver Training Program
Nov 16 2017 // A Georgia college is expanding its training program for commercial truck drivers as the U.S. faces a national trucker shortage. WALB-TV reports Albany Technical College plans to increase the number of seats in its...
Insurance Council of Texas Scholarships Top $1 Million Mark
Nov 14 2017 // On November 15, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation will join the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton to celebrate the Education Foundation’s surpassing $1 million dollars in scholarships...
3 Workers Injured in Fire on Louisiana State University Campus
Nov 6 2017 // A spokeswoman for Louisiana State University says three workers were injured when an “electrical issue” sparked a fire that prompted the evacuation of the university’s law school. LSU spokeswoman Alison...
University of North Carolina, Plaintiffs Square Off Again Over Academic Lawsuit
Oct 4 2017 // Attorneys for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and athletes who played for the school argued in a state court on Friday whether a lawsuit filed against the school in connection with an academic scandal...
Police at California University Get to Use Pepper Spray at Violent Protests
Sep 14 2017 // The Berkeley City Council this week gave police permission to use pepper spray to repel demonstrators attacking officers and others during violent protests of the kind that have repeatedly hit the city this year. The 6-3...
Global Study Finds No Increased Lung Cancer Risk for Hard Metal Workers
Aug 30 2017 // Workers in the hard metal industry are not at increased risk for lung cancer or any of 63 other potential causes of death, concluded the largest study on this population to date. The University of Pittsburgh Graduate...
New Lawsuit Filed Over Alleged Baylor Rape Policy Failures
Aug 23 2017 // A woman who reported that she’d been sexually assaulted filed a lawsuit on Aug. 21 against Baylor University, alleging questions she faced from the university shifted blame away from her attacker toward her. The...
Clemson University Fraternity Hazing Death Settled for $250K
Aug 22 2017 // A judge has approved a $250,000 settlement between Clemson University and the family of a student who died during a fraternity pledge run nearly three years ago. Judge Robin Stilwell on Thursday approved the deal that...
Baylor Settles with Woman Who Said University Ignored Rape
Aug 17 2017 // The first woman to sue Waco, Texas-based Baylor University over allegations the nation’s largest Baptist school ignored or mishandled rape allegations has settled her case, her attorney said. Jasmin Hernandez sued...
How Herbicide Dicamba Was Approved Without Independent Testing: Reuters
Aug 9 2017 // As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away. The photographs served as early...
South Carolina’s Clemson University Settles Lawsuit Over Fraternity Pledge Death
Aug 9 2017 // The family of a university student in South Carolina who died falling off a bridge during a pledge run has settled its lawsuit against Clemson University and the fraternity. Court records filed Thursday show Tucker...
Instructor Files Suit Against Wisconsin College Over Tenure Matter
Aug 7 2017 // An art instructor is suing Edgewood College in Wisconsin for terminating her tenure in violation of policy after she moved to Indianapolis. Agnieszka Ligendza filed the lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court. She alleges the...
