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Faculty member shot and killed in a campus building, says University of North Carolina official
Crime Law enforcement and first responders gather on South Street near the Bell Tower on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Kaitlin McKeown/The News & Observer via AP By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, Associated Press August 28, 2023 | 6:54 PM CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — […]
Slashing its budget, West Virginia University asks, what is essential?
Schools The state’s flagship school will no longer teach world languages or creative writing — a sign, its president says, of the future at many public universities. The budget cuts have ignited debate about some of the biggest issues facing higher education. Kristian Thacker for The New York Times By Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times […]
Worcester State University issues shelter-in-place alert after shooting incident
Local News The school will be closed Saturday. All events on and off campus have been canceled, according to the university’s website. Worcester State University issued a shelter-in-place alert at 2:49 a.m. Saturday morning after a double-shooting, according to officials. “Immediately proceed to a secure location on the interior of the building. Please do not […]
Boston University police investigating 2 reported sexual assaults
Local News Two students reported separate incidents on Thursday night of being inappropriately touched by a person on a bicycle. Blake Nissen/ Boston Globe Boston University Police issued an alert on Friday after two students reported separate incidents of being sexually assaulted by a person on a bicycle on Thursday night. Police said the first […]
Cambridge police investigate sexual assault on Lesley University campus
Crime The September assault was reported to police this past weekend, police said. A sexual assault is reported to have happened on Lesley University’s campus in Cambridge in September. Steve Annear/The Boston Globe Cambridge police are investigating a sexual assault reported to have happened on Lesley University’s campus in September. According to the university, the […]
Man reportedly arrested after 2 sexual assaults at Boston University
Local News Boston University police said they believe the suspect was connected to two separate sexual assaults that occurred on campus Tuesday. Marsh Plaza on Boston University’s Campus on April 17, 2020. Blake Nissen/ Boston Globe The Boston University Police Department arrested an individual allegedly involved in back-to-back reports of sexual assault on Tuesday. According […]
Donovan Wadley totals 3 TDs in Merrimack’s 39-0 win over Long Island University
College Sports Wadley scored twice through the air and once on a kick return. By Associated Press October 21, 2023 | 7:45 PM BC football runs away from Georgia Tech for third straight victory BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Donovan Wadley returned the second-half kickoff 90 yards for a score and had two touchdown catches as […]
Boston University names Dr. Melissa Gilliam as next school president in historic appointment
Local News Gillam, who will come to Boston from The Ohio State University, will be the university’s first female and first Black president. Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam, the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University, will be Boston University’s next president. Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe Boston University announced Wednesday that […]
Sacred Heart University, other colleges snap up unused office space in a slumping market
Business Not that all the students at Sacred Heart University were aware that their classes were in the former home of a multinational conglomerate or were even familiar with the name General Electric. The East and West Building of the former global headquarters of General Electric, which were purchased and transformed into the West Campus […]
Baltimore Police say multiple people have been shot on campus of Morgan State University
National News By Associated Press updated on October 3, 2023 BALTIMORE (AP) — Multiple people were shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday, police said. The Baltimore Police Department said officers were on the scene for an “active shooter situation” on the campus of the historically Black university. The address given for the […]