Global January 2018

Coppin State U Senior Starts GoFundMe Campaign Raising More Than $26K for Students in Need [On a Positive Note in Education]

After some Baltimore public school students had to wear their coats and hats in cold classrooms amid severe winter weather, Coppin State University senior Samierra Jones started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for space heaters, hats, coats and gloves. By Thursday afternoon, the fundraiser had collected more than $26,000.

Global September 2016

University Suggests Students Not Drink Water Because of Lead

Rowan University in New Jersey has disconnected water fountains and handed out bottled water in dorms after finding elevated lead levels. The school found the elevated lead levels after reports of discolored water in an administrative building in July. It then tested and found elevated levels in other buildings, including two residence halls.

Financing September 2016

Research shows Head Start pays for itself, pays off for children

Expanding Head Start is good public policy and will pay for itself, according to new research by faculty in the University of California, Berkeley’s economics department and Goldman School of Public Policy. The UC Berkeley researchers found that every dollar invested generates $2 in future earnings for children enrolled in the program.

Global September 2016

Maker Space to Support New Program, Creativity in the Library

The University of Texas Libraries and the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin are launching a new productivity space. “The Foundry,” a new maker space set to open in the Fine Arts Library (FAL), will provide tools within a space where students can gather to create independently or collaboratively.

Financing September 2016

SC State Getting $900,000 from Feds to Upgrade Labs

South Carolina State University is receiving almost $900,000 from the federal government to upgrade laboratory space at the Orangeburg school. The grant is part of about $19 million the U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding to improve food science labs at historically black land-grant colleges and universities.

Financing August 2016

Georgia State Researchers Get Grant to Study What Helps, Hinders Post-Disaster School Recovery

Georgia State University researchers have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how schools can recover and return to operations faster following natural disasters. The $293,000 grant will be used to examine how 400 Texas public schools recovered after Hurricane Ike in 2008.

Global August 2016

University of South Carolina Collects Books for Louisiana

The University of South Carolina's College of Information and Communications is collecting books to help rebuild elementary school libraries devastated by the Louisiana floods. New books and school supplies are being gathered through Thursday. Donations may be dropped off at the Center for Children's Books and Literacy, at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and at the School of Library and Information Science.

Global August 2016

Rice ranked No. 1 for happiest students and lots of race/class interaction

The happiest students in the country are at Rice University, according to the Princeton Review’s 2017 edition of “The Best 381 Colleges.” The new college guide ranks Rice No. 1 for happiest students and for lots of race/class interaction. Rice is also No. 9 for best quality of life.

Health Care January 2018

Arkansas Higher Education Institution to Lay off 258, Cut 600 jobs Amid $30M Shortfall

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences said Monday that it can no longer depend on its reserves to pull it through budget shortfalls and was laying off 258 people, including some doctors and faculty members, to address a $30 million hole in its $1.5 billion budget. Another 350 jobs will remain unfilled.

Health Care January 2018

New University Medical Program Seeks to Diversify Physicians in Omaha

Two local University of Nebraska institutions have teamed up to create a program to diversify Omaha's physician population. The Urban Health Opportunities Program will provide tuition and other benefits to undergraduate students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha who want to be doctors in Omaha, particularly in the northeast and southeast parts of the city.

Global January 2018

Higher Education Institution in Springfield to Open Its 1st Student Union; Ribbon Cutting at $21.75M Building Sunday

The University of Illinois Springfield is opening its first student union. A ribbon cutting is scheduled Sunday at the $21.75 million building, which includes a coffee shop, ballroom and student leadership center. The 50,000-square-foot (4,645-square-meter) student center will be a social hub for students on the growing campus.

Financing January 2018

Investor to Donate $75M to Higher Education Philosophy Program

William H. "Bill" Miller III is donating $75 million to Johns Hopkins University's philosophy department in a record-setting gift to the university's humanities programs. Miller's donation will be used to increase the department's full-time faculty and create nine endowed professorships. $10 million will be allocated for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and the university anticipates offering new undergraduate courses.

Financing January 2018

Boston Higher Education Institution Receives $10M Gift from Alumnus

A graduate of Suffolk University has pledged a record $10 million to the school for a scholarship fund for students in need from Massachusetts. The gift is the largest single alumni donation in the university's history. Suffolk will name a new classroom building after the donor, Leonard Samia.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Higher Education Student in US Illegally Free after Weeks in Custody

A University of California, Berkeley student has been released after nearly three weeks in an immigration facility near the U.S.-Mexico border. His attorney says Luis Mora was released unconditionally from the Otay Mesa Detention Facility on Wednesday. Officials say Mora overstayed his visa while visiting the U.S. from Colombia as a child and is not authorized to be in the country.

Health Care January 2018

Arizona Higher Education Institution, State Split $2.2M Grant for Opioid Overdose Training

The University of Arizona and the state health department have been awarded a $2.2 million grant to train rural firefighters and police officers in how to recognize and treat opioid overdoses. The federal grant announced Wednesday will help pay for the university's Center for Rural Health and the state Bureau of Emergency Services to provide the training.