Special Reports
- Bogues to direct Slavery and Justice Center at Brown University
- B. Anthony Bogues, the Harmon Family Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, has been named inaugural director of the University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Creation of the center was among the recommendations made in the Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice.
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- Jobs Scarce, Grad Students Flock to Unpaid Internships
- Confronting the worst job market in decades, many college graduates who expected to land paid jobs are turning to unpaid internships to try to get a foot in an employer's door.
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- Soaring Costs of College Straps Students With Unprecedented Financial Burden
- With more than $1 trillion in student loans outstanding in this country, debt is no longer confined to dropouts from for-profit colleges or graduate students, some of the overextended debtors in years past. As prices soar, a college degree statistically remains a good lifetime investment, but it often comes with an unprecedented financial burden.
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- State-of-the-art Large Animal Care at Penn Vet’s Moran Critical Care Center
- The goal of a hospital it to make patients well, but hospital-acquired infections can result in just the opposite. That's why infection control has become a top priority in medical facilities - and, increasingly, in veterinary settings as well.
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- Italy police close in on school bombing suspect
- Police investigating the school bomb attack in the southern Italian city of Brindisi have closed in on a suspect they believe set off the device that killed a 16-year-old girl, sources close to the investigation said on Monday.
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- At least 11 Albanian university students killed in bus crash
- At least 11 Albanian university students were killed and 22 others injured when their bus plunged hundreds of feet into a ravine on Monday, police said.
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- When Pomp and Circumstance Collide: College Graduates and the March Back Home
- This month, thousands of college graduates are walking across the stage to shake hands, smile for the camera, and pick up their diplomas. Many of those newly minted American college graduates are moving out of their dorm rooms and back into their childhood bedrooms.
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- Washington and Lee Celebrates Commencement, Baccalaureate May 23–24
- Washington and Lee University celebrates its 225th undergraduate commencement on Thursday, May 24, by awarding bachelor's degrees to slightly more than 400 students.
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- W&L Course Examines Effect of Public Policy in Two Richmond Schools
- Proposals for education reform in the United States sometimes work in the real world of classrooms and sometimes don't, according to Timothy Diette, assistant professor of economics at Washington and Lee University's Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics.
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- Former Diplomat Gives W&L Students Real-World Lessons
- With hostilities bubbling up again in the South Caucasus, Georgia and Azerbaijan have asked the United Nations to step in because of concerns over Russia's forces mobilizing on the border.
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- U.Va. Names Art Museum for Cynthia and Heywood Fralin
- Cynthia and W. Heywood Fralin, longtime supporters of the arts in the commonwealth of Virginia, have announced their intention to donate their collection of American art to the University of Virginia Art Museum. The 40-piece collection, which includes works by John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt and Robert Henri, is the largest single gift of art in the University's history.
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- Obama Adviser Praises U.Va.'s STEM Education and Research Efforts
- Speaking on a visit to the University of Virginia, John Holdren, President Obama's chief science and technology adviser, said the research being done at the nation's universities is a key engine in the drive for economic recovery.
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- Rain fails to dampen Emory's 167th Commencement celebration
- Despite sullen gray skies and a steady morning drizzle, it was with "undampened enthusiasm" that Emory President James Wagner welcomed guests to the University's 167th Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 14.
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- The College of William & Mary Awards Biddy Martin an Honorary Degree
- Amherst College President Biddy Martin recently returned to her undergraduate alma mater, The College of William & Mary, to receive an honorary degree.
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- The fluid nature of art in Nigeria's Benue River Valley comes alive at Stanford
- Complementary programs include New York Times art critic Holland Cotter discussing the impact and influences of non-Western art in the American art museum, and a Nigerian "Nollywood" film festival.
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- Harvard University Elects James W Breyer to Corporation
- The Harvard University announced that James W. Breyer, a leading venture capitalist, will join the President and Fellows of Harvard College, also known as the Harvard Corporation, on July 1, 2013.
- Sacred Heart University Names Bobby Valentine Athletics Director
- The Sacred Heart University sports community gets a shot in the arm with the joining of Bobby Valentine, a big name in baseball circle. On Tuesday he was named executive director of Intercollegiate Athletics by the university.
- Eastern Michigan University to Host Unplug Event
- The Eastern Michigan University will observe an unplugged event on Wednesday, Feb 27 at 5 p.m in the Multi-Cultural Lounge of King Hall on Ypsilanti campus of Eastern Michigan University.
- Energy Secretary Chu to Resume Teaching Physics at Stanford University
- United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will head back to the Stanford University to join the faculty after he demits his office this year.
- John F Kerry Will Make First Policy Speech at University of Virginia
- US Secretary of State, John F. Kerry will speak at the University of Virginia on Feb 20. It's said to be his first public remarks after succeeding Hillary Clinton earlier this year.
- EMU Marching Band to Perform on Detroit Public TV Music Show
- The Eastern Michigan University Marching Band will be featured on the nationally syndicated television show, "Ariel, Zoey, & Eli, Too," aired on Detroit Public Television (WTVS), Friday, Feb. 15, at 5 p.m, said the university.
