(HAMPTON, Va.) -- Incoming freshmen at Virginia's Hampton University will be the recipients of a large-scale school donation through the digital investing platform Stackwell Capital aimed at decreasing what research has shown is a yawning racial wealth gap.According to Federal Reserve data, white households... Read More.
(NEW YORK) -- Part-time faculty on strike at The New School university in New York City will stop receiving wages and premiums for health care benefits on Wednesday, three weeks into its strike.The workers are paid on a monthly basis, so they will not... Read More.
January 5 will mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Bruce Springsteen's debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., and to mark the occasion, a daylong symposium featuring some of the musicians who played on the record is being held at New Jersey's Monmouth University.The... Read More.
(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) -- Two Yale University students and Elis for Rachel, an advocacy and support group at the university, filed a lawsuit against the school Wednesday, alleging the school discriminates against students with mental health disabilities by failing to provide necessary accommodations and... Read More.
(LOS ANGELES) -- Fifteen days into a strike across University of California system campuses, academic researchers and postdoctoral scholars have reached tentative agreements which include wage increases that reflect the cost of living, the United Auto Workers announced Tuesday.Postdocs and academic researchers said they... Read More.
(PHILADELHPIA) -- Philadelphia police are investigating a string of armed home invasions involving Temple University students at off-campus housing.The most recent incident occurred Monday around 6:18 a.m., when police say two men dressed in all black entered a home on the 1900 block of... Read More.
(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- The 22-year-old University of Virginia student accused of gunning down three classmates allegedly shot one of the victims as he slept, according to prosecutors.The three slain students, Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D'Sean Perry, were all members of the football... Read More.
(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- As classes resume at the University of Virginia on Wednesday, a 22-year-old student is due in court for allegedly gunning down three classmates in a mass shooting on campus.Two other students were injured in the shooting that unfolded on a bus... Read More.
(LOS ANGELES) -- Thousands of University of California graduate students, academic researchers and postdoctoral scholars are holding a system-wide labor strike at all 10 UC campuses. Their demands include higher wages, improved leave for parents and caregivers, childcare support and full funding for public... Read More.
(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- A suspect is in custody after three football players were killed and two other students were injured in a mass shooting at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on Sunday night, authorities said.The shooting took place on a bus full of... Read More.
(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- The University of Virginia is in mourning after three members of the football team were killed in a mass shooting on the Charlottesville campus Sunday night.Two other students were injured in the shooting which unfolded on a bus as it returned... Read More.