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More Former College Football Players Join Concussion Lawsuits Against NCAA
Jul 11 2016 // The latest round of class action concussion lawsuits against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) were filed by former college football players from Stanford, Boston College, North Carolina, Wake Forest and...
Florida Agents Putting New Law to Work to Attract Millennials to Insurance Careers
Jul 11 2016 // Florida insurance agents are trying to bolster the industry’s track record in attracting college graduates by employing a new state law that aligns college courses with the state’s licensing requirements. The...
In Move to Block Campus Carry Law, University of Texas Profs Sue
Jul 8 2016 // Three University of Texas professors have filed suit in federal court, seeking to block the state’s “campus carry” law before it takes effect next month. The July 6 court filing came from sociology...
Construction Worker Electrocuted on University Campus in West Virginia
Jul 8 2016 // Officials say a construction worker has died after being electrocuted while working at a site on the campus of Shepherd University. Shepherd University officials said in a news release that the man was killed on campus on...
How to Identify Older Adults at Risk for Unsafe Driving
Jul 7 2016 // Almost half of all drivers on the nation’s roads are over the age of 65 and this number is projected to increase to 77 percent in the next 30 years. Adults over the age of 65 have the highest crash rate per mile...
University of North Carolina Settles Football Hazing Case for $795K
Jul 7 2016 // The University of North Carolina has reached a settlement after a college football player said he suffered a concussion during an off-campus hazing incident. Citing a copy of the settlement it obtained June 21, the News...
Death of Lifeguard Trainee on Cape Cod a Reminder That Saving Lives Requires More Than Being Fit
Jul 5 2016 // On the Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend, Jack Jakubek, 22, was in the middle of the swim portion of the Nauset Beach lifeguard test that should have been a walk in the park for him. Jakubek was supremely fit, a...
95% of Post-Recession Jobs Went to College Educated: Study
Jun 30 2016 // Out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post-recession economy, 11.5 million went to workers with at least some college education, according to newly research from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the...
How Medical Schools Are Altering Their Training to Address Opioid Epidemic
Jun 30 2016 // At first, the woman tried to hide her painkiller problem. She told the doctor that she still had pain from her past pregnancy, and that she just wanted a refill on her pain medication. After a few questions, though, she...
Judge Dismisses Distillery’s Trademark Case Against University of Kentucky
Jun 27 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed an Appalachian distillery’s lawsuit in a trademark dispute with the University of Kentucky, but the moonshine maker vowed to fight on. The case pits the state’s flagship university...
More Women Sue Baylor University over Handling of Rape Allegations
Jun 17 2016 // Three more women filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Baylor University on June 15, saying the school did nothing to help them after they reported being sexually assaulted on or near campus. The Baptist school in...
University of Kentucky Developing Concussion Protocol for Jockeys
Jun 16 2016 // The University of Kentucky is developing the first ever concussion protocol for jockeys. The university announced a three-year study on Monday in partnership with the Jockeys’ Guild and several thoroughbred...
Jury Finds for University of Florida in Hiring Discrimination Suit
Jun 9 2016 // The University of Florida has prevailed in a lawsuit brought by a former faculty member. In the 2013 lawsuit Dana Peterson claimed he was denied a promotion to a director’s position because it was given to a...
Casualty Actuarial Society Honors 4 Universities
Jun 8 2016 // The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) has selected four universities to receive the 2016 CAS University Award, an honor created to recognize schools doing exemplary work in preparing students for a career in the...
West Virginia University Says 5-Year Fracking Study Off to Successful Start
Jun 8 2016 // Those involved in a West Virginia University fracking project are praising its success after the first year. The Exponent Telegram reports WVU began the Marcellus Shale Energy Environmental Laboratory project last...
University of Tennessee Title IX Lawsuit Gets May 2018 Trial Date
Jun 6 2016 // The Title IX lawsuit filed against the University of Tennessee over its handling of sexual assault complaints has a scheduled trial date of May 22, 2018. The offices of lawyers from both sides of the suit confirmed Friday...
Judge: Plaintiffs in University of Tennessee Discrimination Suit Owed $460K in Fees
May 27 2016 // A federal judge has recommended that former Tennessee associate director of sports medicine Jenny Moshak and two ex-Lady Volunteers strength coaches should recover more than $460,000 in attorneys’ fees as part of the...
What University of Washington’s Climate Risk and Insurance Summit Has in Common with Paris
May 26 2016 // It may not be a climate change summit for the ages like last year’s Paris meeting in which world leaders hashed out a historic agreement to reduce carbon emissions, but it does have two things in common with the 2015...
Ex-Texas Coach Mack Brown Testimony Sought in Discrimination Suit
May 23 2016 // A former University of Texas track coach’s sex and race discrimination lawsuit has new life, and her lawyers are still pursuing long-sought testimony from former football coach Mack Brown and prominent current and...
Industry Partners with University of Alabama on Tornado Preparedness Guide
May 23 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has partnered with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Alabama Department of...
