UNM hits ‘reset’ on teacher education
Source: abqjournal.com Posted By: Len WIS...4216 days ago
Campus: University of New Mexico-Main Campus
The University of New Mexico’s College of Education dean stepped down Tuesday in what administrators say is the beginning of a multimillion-dollar revamp with the goal of improving the quality....
University of Minnesota is set to ban smoking campus-wide
Source: startribune.com Posted By: Cat BEC...4216 days ago
Campus: University of Minnesota-Duluth
Justin LaMachia trekked across the cold, rainy University of Minnesota campus Friday clutching a cigarette. He’s a smoker — has been for six years. But he wouldn’t mind if the campus banned....
Boston College warns students of possible mumps outbreak
Source: Boston Globe Posted By: Cat BEC...4221 days ago
Campus: Boston College
Boston College has warned students of a possible mumps outbreak on campus, university officials said, though no cases have been confirmed. “Clinical evaluations suggest the likelihood of....
Number of Boston University Student Deaths 'Staggering'
Source: ABC News Posted By: Maxcy JON...4222 days ago
Campus: Boston University
By the time student newspaper editors learned that a student had died in a fire just off the Boston University campus over the weekend, they knew the drill. Over the next few days, they confirmed....
Duke University Withdraws From Online Course Group
Source: New York Times Posted By: Maxcy JON...4223 days ago
Campus: Duke University
Duke University has pulled out of Semester Online, an education consortium that will offer online undergraduate courses for credit, after faculty members objected. The consortium announced....
University of Oklahoma president 'guardedly optimistic' about higher education funding
Source: newsok.com Posted By: Erin HER...4223 days ago
Campus: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Although he said he is “guardedly optimistic†about budget talks in the Legislature, University of Oklahoma President David Boren painted a dire picture Tuesday of the state's long-term future....
How MIT Became the Most Important University in the World
Source: bostonmagazine. Posted By: Billy TAM...4223 days ago
Campus: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Last November, with great fanfare, Harvard celebrated the opening of its sparkling new $20 million Innovation Lab. A soaring 30,000 square-foot testament to contemporary architecture built right....
UT could lose up to $18 million for research under sequestration
Source: statesman.com Posted By: Anna CEC...4224 days ago
Campus: The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas graduate student Joe Hanson has shaped his lifestyle to accommodate the meager salary he earns as a genetic engineering biology researcher. He supplements his income with....
Hunt for next University of Michigan president likely to be an intricate, top-secret search
Source: annarbor.com Posted By: Anna CEC...4224 days ago
Campus: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Many unknowns surround the search for the University of Michigan's next president — from the list of contenders to the process that will guide regents as they look— but one thing is for sure:....
Dartmouth College Cancels Classes After Protest
Source: ABC News Posted By: Mary PER...4229 days ago
Campus: Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is canceling classes for a day after students who staged a protest decrying homophobia, sexual assault and racism on campus were threatened online. Hundreds of high school....
Auburn U. cutting down poisoned oaks
Source: CNN Posted By: Renee HIC...4230 days ago
Campus: Auburn University Main Campus
Two years of rescue efforts could not save them. So, Tuesday, Auburn University cut down two iconic trees that a disappointed fan of its intrastate rival poisoned after his team lost a game to....
University system cuts while reserve fund grows to $177 million
Source: bangordailynews Posted By: Benny Penito..4230 days ago
Campus: University of Maine System Central Office
Four years ago, when the University of Maine System was cutting programs to save money, officials were criticized for not instead making up the shortfall by taking money from system reserves. At....
PECO, Temple University Give Jolt To Scholars
Source: philadelphia.cb Posted By: Benny Penito..4230 days ago
Campus: Temple University
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – This afternoon, PECO and Temple University will applaud more than a dozen students whose college careers come with what you might call a power boost. The PECO Scholars....
Chinese graduate student remembered at Boston University service
Source: USA Today Posted By: Nellie DIX...4230 days ago
Campus: Boston University
Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old graduate student from China who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings, was remembered at a Boston University memorial service Monday as a smart, energetic girl who....
Bend having four-year university could boost central Oregon tourism
Source: oregonlive.com Posted By: Chris BAL...4231 days ago
Campus: Oregon State University (OSU)
Officials in Bend say expansion of Oregon State University-Cascades Campus into a four-year university could enhance local tourism, and area attractions in turn could attract students to campus. Proposed....
Outpouring of grief for third Boston victim, Chinese university student
Source: usnews.nbcnews. Posted By: Lillie SIM...4235 days ago
Campus: Boston University
An outpouring of grief from friends and strangers across two countries followed the news Wednesday that the third victim of the Boston Marathon bombings was a Boston University graduate student....
University of Michigan faculty call for greater focus on campus diversity
Source: annarbor.com Posted By: Bailey COS...4237 days ago
Campus: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The University of Michigan faculty government is calling on the administration to improve student diversity at the school. Faculty noted that there haven't been increases in minority enrollment....
Boston University student among those critically injured
Source: Boston Globe Posted By: Bill 4237 days ago
Campus: Boston University
A Boston University student was among those critically injured in Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon, BU President Robert A. Brown reported this evening. In an email to staff and students,....
Duke University evacuates building for bomb threat
Source: Fox News Posted By: Renee HIC...4237 days ago
Campus: Duke University
Police are checking a bomb threat reported at the student center at Duke University in Durham. Duke spokesman Mike Schoenfeld said Durham police received an anonymous call early Tuesday and....
Texas College Knife Attack Suspect to Be in Court
Source: ABC News Posted By: Ronny FLI...4242 days ago
Campus: Lone Star College System
A man accused of stabbing more than a dozen people at a Houston-area college is set to make his first court appearance since being charged in the attack. Dylan Quick was to be in a Houston....