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UNC-Chapel Hill sees two COVID outbreaks in reopened dorms
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — School is back in session this week at many North Carolina college campuses, and so is the coronavirus. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced on Friday it had two separate clusters of COVID-19 occur among residents of Ehringhaus Community and Granville Towers. At...
Oklahoma college students request 'gap year' amid pandemic
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — New students at Oklahoma's two largest universities are deferring enrollment due to uncertainty and fear about their college experience during the coronavirus pandemic. As of Aug. 8, 89 students at the University of Oklahoma and 75 students at the Oklahoma State University had requested...
Minnesota urges college students to stay home, avoid bars
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As students prepare to return to Minnesota's colleges and universities, health officials made a plea Friday for them to stay home and avoid crowded bars, house parties and road trips during what's left of their summer vacation so that they don't bring the coronavirus to campus. "Lay low...
Columbia, Barnard cancel in-person classes for the fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University and Barnard College on Friday joined a growing list of schools that have backed off holding in-person classes in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. The two New York City schools announced that all undergraduate classes will be conducted remotely. The Ivy...
University of Oregon to cover racist library murals
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The University of Oregon will cover four murals in a library after years of outcry from students, staff, faculty and community members who felt the murals’ language and portrayal of Indigenous people was racist. One mural in the Knight Library, titled the “Mission of a...
IU President McRobbie to retire next year after 14 years
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University President Michael McRobbie announced Friday that he plans to retire in June 2021 after a 14-year tenure as one of the school's longest-serving leaders. McRobbie had informed the school's trustees several months ago that he intended to step down, the school said...
Iowa State says 75 more students test positive for COVID-19
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Another 75 students have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus as they moved back to campus at Iowa State University, the university announced Friday. The university is testing all students living in residence halls or on-campus housing at they move in before classes start Monday. The 75...
Filing: Kansas prof's prosecution criminalizes job disputes
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — The prosecution of a Kansas researcher ensnared in a U.S. government crackdown on Chinese economic espionage and trade secret theft opens the door to criminalizing workplace disagreements, his attorneys argued Friday in a motion asking a court to throw out the charges. Feng...
University of Wyoming approves revised reopening plan
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming approved a revised reopening plan less than two weeks before classes are due to resume. When the semester starts on Aug. 24, all courses will be online, officials said. Students who are not on campus will be encouraged not to come. Currently, there are...
UMass taps lawyer to probe Alex Morse misconduct allegations
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts state university has hired a prominent Boston lawyer to conduct an independent review into allegations of inappropriate conduct by Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, a former adjunct professor who is running for Congress. The University of Massachusetts Amherst said Friday that...
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