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Researchers in Canada and the United States report that screening students for infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as universities re-open this fall could reduce the burden of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the broader community. The team conducted a model-based analysis to estimate the impact that […]
CLOSE The University of Kentucky will not have a spring break in 2021. Citing the need to keep students on campus as much as possible during the coronavirus pandemic, UK announced the change Thursday, which is on par with decisions from multiple universities around the country. UK wants to make sure […]
ANN ARBOR, MI — The University of Michigan’s faculty senate was divided on a vote of ‘no confidence’ in President Mark Schlissel Wednesday afternoon. According to multiple sources, the vote was 957 in favor, 953 against and 184 abstentions. The vote requires 50% of all votes to be in favor […]
CLOSE The University of Michigan filed a complaint and motion in Washtenaw County Circuit Court on Monday, requiring the Graduate Employee Organization to return to work. U-M is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the graduate instructors union’s strike. On Sunday, 80% of union members voted to […]
Students walk on the Oval at the University of Montana on Tuesday. The university released their enrollment numbers for Fall semester on Wednesday. BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian The University of Montana reported a 4.5% decrease in student enrollment Wednesday, attributing the drop to the coronavirus pandemic that shifted student plans […]
A strike over conditions during the coronavirus pandemic at the University of Michigan ended this week after two proposals and legal action from the institution. But students and staff are continuing to demand change. GEO, the union representing over 2,000 graduate student instructors and graduate staff assistants at the school’s […]
On September 16, 2020, the University received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education requesting information about Princeton’s nondiscrimination practices. The letter was the Department’s reaction to President Eisgruber’s update to the University community outlining the steps we are taking to address systemic racism at Princeton and beyond. Princeton has […]
As the number of coronavirus cases exploded across the University of Georgia’s Athens campus in late August, some faculty began asking department heads about shifting from in-person classes to an online curriculum. After fielding several requests, one faculty chair emailed a dire warning to members of his department: the university […]
International rankings of universities are big business and big news. These systems order universities on the basis of a variety of criteria such as student to staff ratio, income from industry, and reputation as captured through public surveys. Universities around the world use their rankings as marketing material and parents […]
A Duquesne University professor who used the N-word in a class video is on paid leave, pending investigation, the university confirmed Friday evening. A university spokesman confirmed the faculty member in the video, Professor Gary Shank, is no longer teaching and another professor is taking over the course. The course […]
Newcastle University is being held to ransom by cyber criminals in an attack which has been disrupting IT systems since the beginning of the month. The cyber crime group behind the attack – known as DoppelPaymer – previously leaked documents online relating to Elon Musk’s companies SpaceX and Tesla. The […]
BUDAPEST — Nearly 100 students have occupied a key building of a prestigious Hungarian university for the past week to protest what they see as a takeover of their school by the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a demonstration that has become a symbol of resistance to the […]
ANN ARBOR, MI – While more than 70% of the University of Michigan’s classes are being taught online this fall, Kathleen Brown was quick to question which types of instructors would feel the pressure to teach in-person. The second-year PhD student in UM’s American Culture Department said it’s natural to […]
CLOSE Here are 5 tips to stay safe at college during the pandemic. USA TODAY Indiana University officials took the extraordinary step on Thursday of recommending that all Greek houses on its Bloomington campus be closed, citing an “increasingly alarming” rate of positive results during mitigation testing for COVID-19. It’s […]
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with mathematical biologist Joanna Masel of the University of Arizona about how the university is testing and tracing students for COVID-19. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Colleges and universities are opening up and sometimes quickly shutting down as the coronavirus takes hold on campus. So what is a […]
The school has had a slow and steady increase in cases in recent weeks, though most of the positives have been off campus and there has yet to be a singular, large outbreak. The initial spike in cases was driven by off-campus parties, UW officials have said, which have prompted […]
Newcastle University has been hit by a cyberattack that it says will take weeks to fix – and while the institution hasn’t confirmed the nature of the incident, a ransomware gang is threatening online to leak the personal data of students. The university first started reporting issues with IT systems […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – One of Governor Ivey’s CARES Act allocations was a $72 million check towards higher education. Oakwood University in Huntsville received $1.4 million of those funds. Oakwood University President Dr. Leslie Pollard said they were fortunate to be one of the schools that received a larger grant. Pollard […]
This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author’s own. At the request of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Oakland University is supporting a new statewide public education campaign called “Spread Hope, Not COVID.” The goal of the campaign is to unite all Michiganders to take […]