Financing March 2019

WVU Professor Wins $500K

A professor at WVU has won the CAREER award, which is a $500,000 grant, from the National Science Foundation. The grant will go towards her work on cybersecurity techniques.

Hispanic Community March 2019

Spanish-Language Learning At Dartmouth

Dartmouth College’s 250th anniversary is a time to reflect on the school and its accomplishments, including at an immersive Spanish-language program involving organic farming.

Global March 2019

SUNY Launches New Diversity Initiative

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and The State University of New York (SUNY) is launching a new initiative PRODiG - Promoting, Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth.

Global March 2019

Investigating College Bribery Scheme

The U.S. Education Department is investigating if the schools embroiled in the bribery scandal violated rules surrounding the management of federal student aid or federal law.

Financing March 2019

Free Tuition For Community Colleges?

A new bill recently signed by Republican Gov. Jim Justice will allow West Virginia residents to attend community college tuition free. Requirements including maintaining a 2.0 GPA.

Financing March 2019

Oracle’s $2,125 Scholarship Is Open

The Oracle Corporation’s $2,125 scholarship is open for applications. The scholarship is available for full-time undergraduate students.

Global March 2019

Eliminating Special Olympics Funding?

Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, is defending a plan to eliminate Special Olympics funding as part of roughly $7 billion in budget cuts for next year.

Global March 2019

Yale Ex-Coach Expected To Plead Guilty

Rudy Meredith, a former coach at Yale University, is expected to plead guilty to taking bribes in connection to the wide-ranging school admissions bribery scandal.

Arts and Media March 2019

Professor Wins $165K Poetry Prize

For the first time one of the writers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has won a Windham-Campbell Prize. English professor Kwame Dawes has one $165,000 for his poetry.

Legal March 2019

Parents Headed To Court In College Scandal

Parents charged in the nationwide college bribery scandal are due to appear in court. Authorities say the parents paid to have their children’s test scores rigged and to bribe coaches.

Arts and Media March 2019

‘One Day At A Time’ And ‘Jane The Virgin’

The cancellation of Latino-themed programs like the reboot of “One Day at a Time,” as well as “Jane the Virgin,” demonstrate the challenges such projects still encounter.

Arts and Media March 2019

Rita Moreno Wins Peabody

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors has chosen Rita Moreno to receive the Peabody Career Achievement Award. Moreno will become one of three PEGOT winners.

Global April 2019

Netflix’s ‘One Day At A Time;’ Top 3 Stories

The cancellation of the Cuban-American reboot of “One Day At A Time” dominated the top trending stories on our Facebook page in March.

Arts and Media April 2019

‘The Prayer’ Concerto For Venezuela

Alfonso Tenreiro has composed a concerto called “The Prayer” that’s inspired by the political unrest in Venezuela. Tenreiro’s concerto is to be performed at an upcoming festival.

Technology April 2019

Food Delivery Robots On Campus

Northern Arizona University students can now have robots deliver food to them from Cobrizo Mexican Grill, Einstein Bros. Bagels and others.