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University of Dallas hires St. Louis University official as new president

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Roommate Warned University Officials Before Saudi Student Murdered Professor...

DrudgeSiren.com - All Stories (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Roommate Warned University Officials Before Saudi Student Murdered Professor...

• “I said he was acting...like a terrorist,” said the Roommate of Jihadi that Murdered Jewish Convert Professor - Atlas Shrugs
• Binghamton University Professor Murdered by Grad Student - Solomonia
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Senator Grassley Raises Concerns About Integrity of Finances at University of California System

POGO Blog (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

Yesterday, Senator Charles Grassley sent a letter to the President of the University of California (UC) System, calling on him to respond to allegations of financial discrepancies at the University of California at San Francisco’s School of Medicine (UCSF). Shortly...

Binghamton Student Warned University in Professor's Death -- By: Candace de Russy

Phi Beta Cons (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

I've noted that apartment-mates of Abdulsalam S. al-Zahrani, charged with murder in the stabbing death of Professor Richard T. Antoun , reported many indications of worrisome behavior on the part of the suspect. In a new revelation, according to the New York Times , one of these roommates, Souleymane Sakho, stated he had warned university officials of his misgivings: [he] said that he...

• “I said he was acting...like a terrorist,” said the Roommate of Jihadi that Murdered Jewish Convert Professor - Atlas Shrugs

Kalyani University Result | 2009

MoviesKlix (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Kalyani University has announced the results of BA, BSc and BCom Part-III exams (honours and major) under the 1+1+1 system BA, BSc and BCom Part-II tests (honours and major) under the 2+1 pattern will be declared today. The results can be checked at the following sites : Kalyani University Result 2009 Kalyani University official website The marksheets can be collected from...

Va. Tech officials waited to alert faculty, students

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

Virginia Tech administrators locked down the president's office and notified their family members more than an hour before they alerted faculty and students to a shooting on campus, a supplement to the state's report on the April 2007 mass killing shows. The details released Friday offer new insight into what university officials did and didn't do after Seung-hui Cho shot students Emily...

Some Virginia Tech officials notified families of massacre before notifying campus

On Deadline (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

An amended and updated official report on the 2007 Virginia Tech massacres says that university officials locked down buildings and some officials tipped their own families about the first shootings well before notifying the rest of the campus.

Virginia Tech Shooting Report: University Staff Warned Their Families Before Campus

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

... to live with this on his brain." The report adds to the long list of apparent missteps by university officials before, during and after the 2007 rampage by Seung-Hui Cho. The mentally ill student shot two students to death in a dorm, then three hours later chained the doors of a classroom building and killed 30 more people before committing suicide. A state-appointed panel that...

Former Cal State official was improperly reimbursed, audit finds

L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

David J. Ernst, who was chief of IT services and is now at UC, collected more than $150,000 he shouldn't have, the state says. CSU is scolded for lack of oversight. Ernst challenges the audit. A former high-ranking California State University official collected more than $150,000 in improper expense reimbursements, including claims for unnecessary trips to Amsterdam and Shanghai, meals...

• Audit shows $152,441 wrongly paid to CSU official - Sacramento Bee

VA Tech officials alerted their families, but not public, as shooting unfolded

Raw Story (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

During the April, 2007, massacre that took the lives of 32 people, officials at Virginia Tech alerted their own family members that a gunman was on the loose, but kept the information from the student body for a full hour-and-a-half, the New York Times reported Friday morning. The newspaper also stated that a revised report from [...]

University Urged to Mandate Sit-Ups and Seitan

The PETA Files (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

aitkencollege / CC Pennsylvania's Lincoln University recently caused quite an uproar with the news that it requires obese students to enroll in—and complete—a fitness course before they can graduate. PETA applauds the school's effort to promote healthier lifestyles, but—let's face it—mandating fitness classes will have little or no impact if students continue to chow...

Mark Mangino Resigns as Kansas Football Coach, Does University Owe Explanation?

The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

Mark Mangino resigned as Kansas football coach , after an internal investigation into claims he abused players emotionally and mentally. The settlement (he was due $6.6 million) and reasons for his dismissal were undisclosed. Since Mangino was a state employee, perhaps they should have been . For those defending his actions, firing him would have been a no-brainer had it been any other university...

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Heliogenic Climate Change (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

"University of Arizona professor Malcolm Hughes , a nationally recognized climate change researcher, has received a letter from Senator James Inhofe requesting him to preserve e-mails regarding an ever increasing scandal becoming dubbed Climategate. Many e-mails which date back to the 1990's indicate that leading climate change researchers have been manipulating or suppressing scientific...

In line with national trend, more Chinese students studying at 'U'

The Michigan Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

A new report shows that the number of Chinese international students attending United States colleges is on the rise — and University officials say the trend is especially true at the University.

Student protesters take over building at SF State

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday

A group of students at San Francisco State University have barricaded themselves inside a classroom building to protest budget cuts and fee hikes. University officials say about 20 students entered the business administration building around 5 a.m. Wednesday,...

• Protesters Take Over SFSU Building - SFist