Global March 2018

Police Chief: 4th Bombing Shows 'Different Level Of Skill' [Beyond Education]

Texas' capital city was rocked by the fourth bombing this month, which injured two people and which the police chief says was caused by a tripwire and showed "a different level of skill" than the package bombs used in the three prior attacks.

Financing March 2018

UW Looks For $15M To Fill Science Building Funding Gap [Education News]

University of Wyoming officials will have to find an additional $15 million to build a new facility they hope will make the school a top research institution after lawmakers approved just $85 million for the project. UW president Laurie Nichols said school officials were pleased with the funding that resulted from a compromise by state lawmakers.

Financing March 2018

Louisiana Allocates $1.5M Early Childhood Education Grant [On A Positive Note]

Louisiana's education department has divvied up a $1.5 million federal grant aimed at improving early childhood education to eight parishes. The department says the grant will help pay for teachers at low-performing early childhood education centers with training aimed at helping improve classroom instruction and kindergarten readiness.

Legal March 2018

Supreme Court Won't Upend Arizona Licenses For Immigrants [Beyond Education]

The Supreme Court is rejecting Arizona's plea to stop issuing driver's licenses to young immigrants known as "Dreamers" who are protected from deportation. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place an appeals' court decision in favor of the immigrants who sought licenses.

Global March 2018

Storms Strike College, Leave Trail Of Damage Across South [Education News]

Daybreak Tuesday revealed widespread damage after a night of violent weather in the Deep South, with a college campus shattered by an apparent tornado and thousands of buildings and vehicles battered by hail as large as baseballs. The area around Jacksonville State University was among the hardest hit .

Global March 2018

Investigators Suspect FedEx Bomb Is Tied To Austin Bombings [Beyond Education]

A package bomb that authorities believe is linked to the recent string of Austin bombings exploded early Tuesday inside of a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio, leaving one worker with minor injuries. Hours later, police sent a hazardous materials team to a FedEx facility in Austin to check on a suspicious package there.

Technology March 2018

Self-Driving Uber Vehicle Strikes And Kills Pedestrian In Arizona [Beyond Education]

A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in the first death involving a fully autonomous test vehicle — a crash that could have far-reaching consequences for the new technology. The fatality Sunday night in Tempe was the event many in the auto and technology industries were dreading but knew was inevitable.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Needs Go Unmet 6 Months After Maria Hit Puerto Rico [Beyond Education]

Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria exactly six months ago, and the U.S. territory is still struggling to recover from the strongest storm to hit the island in nearly a century. Crews already have restored water to 99 percent of clients and power to 93 percent of customers, but more than 100,000 of them still remain in the dark and there are frequent power outages.

Global March 2018

Sheriff Official: 3 Injured In Maryland High School Shooting [Education News]

A shooting at a Maryland high school Tuesday wounded three people, including the shooter, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. Authorities said the situation was "contained" as deputies and federal agents converged on the crime scene. St. Mary's County Sheriff spokeswoman Cpl. Julie Yingling said three people hurt, including the shooter. All three were taken to hospitals and none were killed.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Emails Show FEMA Silent Amid Chaos After Hurricane Maria [Beyond Education]

Emails and text messages made public Tuesday in a letter sent by the top Democrat on the House oversight committee describe frantic efforts by officials at Walmart and the Puerto Rican government to get fuel for generators to prevent food from going bad. From the Federal Emergency Management Agency came only silence.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Peru President Undone By Corruption Scandals He Vowed To End [Beyond Education]

He took office in 2016 as a political outsider boasting that his strong business credentials would buoy Peru's economy while sweeping away endemic corruption. But with his offer of resignation, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski joins a long list of recent Peruvian presidents undone by scandals that have destroyed voters' trust in their elected officials.

Global March 2018

Tornado Damage Closes Alabama University Until Early April [Education News]

The Jacksonville State University president says the school will be closed until April 2 as officials assess the damage of Monday's tornado. Standing in front of a roofless freshman dorm at a Wednesday news conference and surrounded by downed trees and power lines, university president John Beehler said the school will come back "stronger than we were before, more beautiful than we were before."

Global March 2018

Troopers To Patrol At Florida School Where Massacre Happened [Education News]

Already heightened security was being bolstered Thursday at the Florida high school that became the scene of a massacre last month, with Gov. Rick Scott ordering eight highway patrol troopers to help secure the grounds. The move came after the shooting suspect's brother was arrested on campus, two students were caught carrying knives and another made online threats.

Global March 2018

Free New York City Bilingual & Diversity Job Fair This April [Beyond Education]

The New York City Bilingual & Diversity Job Fair will be taking place at the Radisson Martinique on Broadway on Wednesday, April 18 from 9:30 AM through 3:00 PM ET. This professional job fair is free, and additional information including a list of attending companies is available at https://diversityjobs.com/c/events/new-york-city-bilingual-diversity-career-fair/

Technology March 2018

Northwestern Joins Big Ten Universities To Launch Joint Cybersecurity Operations Center

Indiana University (IU), Northwestern University, Purdue University, Rutgers University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced the launch and activation of OmniSOC, a specialized, sector-based cyber Security Operations Center (SOC) that provides trusted, rapid, actionable cyber intelligence to its members. The OmniSOC is designed to reduce the time from first awareness of a cybersecurity threat anywhere to mitigation everywhere for members.