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Strike averted at University of Manitoba – Winnipeg
The University of Manitoba Faculty Association has reached a tentative deal with their employer to avoid a potential strike. The union and the University of Manitoba went back to the bargaining table Sunday after the original deadline passed the night before. UMFA has reached a tentative agreement with University of […]
Sydney university meeting in ‘chaos’ after student makes personal donation of $50,000 | Australian universities
A meeting at the University of Sydney descended into “chaos” on Tuesday night after one student made an unprecedented personal donation of $50,000 to the student council, after being criticised for not doing enough in her elected job. Arts/law student Abbey Shi made the surprising announcement after she had been […]
University to rename Special Collections Research Center in honor of Hanna Holborn Gray
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Zimmer opened the virtual event by acknowledging Gray’s “profound impact” on generations of students, scholars and administrators as well as her far-reaching contributions to the University, the arts and humanities, and the Academy. “She has remained a prominent and vocal advocate for the core mission of universities themselves, as institutions […]
Virginia Wesleyan University dean resigns after calling Biden supporters ‘ignorant’
Virginia Wesleyan on Monday said Ewell had resigned from his roles as professor and dean. A campus spokeswoman did not say if Ewell resigned because of the comments he made online. Ewell, who was a tenured professor, apologized for his remarks on his personal Facebook page, said Stephanie Smaglo, a […]
Facing a federal complaint, the University of Illinois pledges to protect Jewish and pro-Israel students
(JTA) — Weeks after publication of a federal complaint alleged an anti-Semitic climate at the University of Illinois, the university announced it would work with Jewish groups to improve conditions for Jews and pro-Israel students on campus. The campus in Champaign-Urbana, home to 34,000 undergraduates and some 3,000 Jewish undergraduate […]
University of California reaches a $73M settlement against former gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct
Heaps had worked part-time as a gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles’s (UCLA) student health center from about 1983 to 2010, and was hired by UCLA Health in 2014. He was arrested in June 2019 and charged with sexual battery of two former patients in 2017 and 2018, […]
Capilano University’s legacy canoe takes first sea journey
Rainy skies and choppy waters weren’t enough to stop the launching ceremony of Capilano University’s Legacy Canoe. The ceremony was postponed in March when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Launching the canoe, named Skw’cháys, this month was symbolic of having the strength to move forward in “troubled waters,” explained Joel Cardinal, […]
University of Manitoba Faculty Association’s bargaining unit to hold strike vote – Winnipeg
The union representing faculty at the University of Manitoba is moving one step closer to a strike at the province’s largest post-secondary institution. The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) says members of its bargaining unit will start voting this week on whether or not to take a job action […]
Air University assistant professors win ILA award for research on positive student feedback > Maxwell Air Force Base > Display
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Two Air University assistant professors received high honors for their research paper examining why students continually give remarkably positive feedback for one of the university’s courses. Dr. John Hinck and Dr. Steven Davis won the International Leadership Association’s 2020 SAGE Most Publishable Leadership Education […]
How the University of Maine set the stage for campuses during COVID-19
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Quinn Galletta is a fourth-year political science and journalism student at the University of Maine in Orono. She currently serves as the editor in […]
University of Pittsburgh Hosts Its 50th Jazz Seminar and Concert
Over the past five decades, the University of Pittsburgh’s annual Jazz Seminar and Concert has become a staple of the Pittsburgh music scene. It began under the leadership of the late Nathan Davis, founding director of Pitt’s jazz studies program, and continued under the late Geri Allen, the program’s second […]
22 shot dead at Kabul University
KABUL, Afghanistan — Islamic State militants in Afghanistan stormed Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador, sparking an hours-long gunbattle and leaving at least 22 dead and 22 wounded at the war-torn country’s largest school. Most of the casualties were students and […]
Clemson University finds 600 unmarked graves on campus. Who were they?
CLOSE A time lapse showing 604 newly discovered unmarked graves at Woodland Cemetery. More info: https://www.clemson.edu/about/history/woodland-cemetery/index.html Greenville News This story was updated Oct. 29,2020, to clarify historical references and research methodologies. They were buried more than 100 years ago, their bodies laid to rest on a steep hillside without tombstones. But these eternal resting […]
Howard University honors alumna Kamala Harris’s historic campaign
“May God Bless!!,” wrote Wayne A.I. Frederick, president of the university. Harris has been outspoken about Howard and the ways the school has shaped her life and career. She arrived on the Washington campus in the 1980s, eager to build a community of students like herself. Now, Howard is honoring […]
Howard university celebrates Kamala Harris
Hundreds of people gathered on the campus of Howard University to celebrate their sister Kamala Harris after her announcement as Vice President-Elect. WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people gathered on the campus of Howard University to celebrate their sister Kamala Harris after her announcement as Vice President-Elect. “When you come to […]
Edinboro University to cut the equivalent of dozens of faculty jobs in spring
EDINBORO — Edinboro University plans to eliminate the equivalent of 56 full-time faculty jobs next spring. © GREG WOHLFORD FILE PHOTO/ERIE TIMES-NEWS The Edinboro University campus is shown in this Sept. 9 photo. Affected faculty members were notified by the university Friday. Load Error The cuts include 21 tenured or tenure-track faculty […]
Advent Technologies Announces Appointment of Katherine E. Fleming, Provost of New York University, to Board of Directors
Advent Technologies Announces Appointment of Katherine E. Fleming, Provost of New York University, to Board of Directors Business Wire CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — November 12, 2020 Advent Technologies, an innovation-driven company in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology space, today announced the appointment of Katherine E. Fleming as a new Member […]
New JDRF Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan
NEW YORK, and ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Michigan Medicine, through its Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute (EWCDI), and JDRF are collaborating to establish the JDRF Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan. The goal of the Center of Excellence (COE) is to yield safer day-to-day […]
Brown University students create “Burn Brown Book,” outlining racism and activism on campus
A group of students at Brown University recently released the “Burn Brown Book,” a guide outlining the history of racism, capitalism and activism on campus. After two years of research and writing for a class project, the group released the 175-page guide this summer as protests against racial injustice spread […]