Author: Matt Weeks
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Meeting for the minds: Professors visit classes in area school systems
Had it been any other day, the professor and the 11-year-old may never have met. …
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Florida State College aims to limit excessive student borrowing
Under a new program, Florida State College at Jacksonville students receiving excessive federal student loans…
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Providence mayor proposes taxing colleges to help fill budget gap
Angel Taveras, the mayor of Providence, R.I., has made a revolutionary proposal to tax nine…
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Under new budget restrictions, limited staff layoffs possible
A limited number of UGA staff members may face layoffs during fiscal year 2012 due…
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Helping hands
When graduate students work with professionals doing public service and outreach work, the student, the…
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Employee aims to make UGA a home for international scholars
For international scholars coming to UGA for the first time, everyday necessities—finding housing, riding buses,…
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University of California, Berkeley plans to keep its baseball team
The University of California, Berkeley, announced plans to continue its baseball program despite an earlier…
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Undocumented residents can qualify for in-state tuition in Maryland
Maryland legislators approved a law this month that would make their state the 11th in…
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Marquette U. will offer domestic partner benefits for employees
The Roman Catholic institution Marquette University has pledged to offer medical, dental and vision benefits…
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Arizona to allow guns on campuses
A new bill passed by Arizona lawmakers allows people to carry firearms, whether openly or…
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Chapman U. starts film company
Chapman University, a private nonprofit institution in Orange, Calif., has announced plans to create a…
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Richard B. Russell Award
When you walk into a large lecture course taught by Wesley Allen, you may notice…
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UCLA to open Center for Lab Safety
The University of California at Los Angeles announced it will open a Center for Laboratory…
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Ohio’s Antioch College hires three faculty as it moves to re-open
Antioch College, a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, has filled half of…
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Pulitzer-winning author urges UGA students to embrace art
Drawing from some of his most pivotal beliefs about art and life, Junot Díaz, the…
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Cabinet updates campus smoking policy
Cabinet revised policy at its March 24 meeting that bans smoking in all UGA buildings…
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Navy Supply Corp School property transferred to UGA
The university ceremoniously acquired the campus of the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens in…
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Former trustee gives $5 million to University of South Carolina
Longtime University of South Carolina philanthropist Darla Moore, who was recently removed from the institution’s…
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You can go home again
Journalism means getting personal—and being fair.
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All aboard
To hear Catherine Teare-Ketter tell it, everything is the program’s fault: the astoundingly low drop…
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Piedmont College hires new president
Danny Hollingsworth, the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Carson-Newman College in Jefferson,…
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Southern California receives record-setting gift from alumnus
The University of Southern California received its largest donation ever, $200 million, this month from…
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UGA to hold Minority and Small Business Expo March 28
The University of Georgia will hold its Minority and Small Business Expo III, “Building Purchasing…
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Duke University receives $80 million to renovate three of its buildings
The Duke Endowment, a philanthropic organization based in Charlotte, N.C., donated $80 million to Duke…
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