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For the last 100 years Georgian Court University has been a female only university, except for specific evening classes that allow men to attend. Now however, the school will open its doors to male students full time. The private Catholic university will begin enrolling male students at the start of the Fall 2013.
School officials say the need to become coed arises from a heavy drop in enrolment over the last few years coupled with state budget cuts. [Read more...]
A University of Iowa environmental research center has been given a federal grant of $7.9 million to aid the school’s research into agricultural and rural environmental health issues. School officials announced Monday that they had been given the grant, which is to be spread over the next five years, by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
With the new funding the center will be able to conduct detailed research into how businesses working within alternative energy, manufacturing and agriculture sectors impact our health. [Read more...]
After more than ten years of litigation with Paul Jackson, the artist who created a tiger mosaic that was used in the school’s Lowry Mall, the University of Missouri has decided to pay the artist $125,000 to stop the litigation and allow the university to completely remove the mosaic. Jackson began the litigation process in 2001 because he said the school wasn’t complying with his maintenance instructions, which led to the mosaic deteriorating. [Read more...]
88 Year old Richard Murie has become the oldest student to graduate from the University of Arkansas. Murie said he has worked hard the last five years towards his Master of Arts in Spanish and is pleased to have accomplished one of his last goals in life. This is not Murie’s first degree however, he also has an Analytical Chemistry Ph.D. and a Bachelor of Science. [Read more...]
A spokesman for the University of Oregon has stated that the suspected cause of death of one of the school’s students is bacterial meningitis. The name of the student has not yet been publicly released. University officials are working with Lane Public Health towards locating any other individuals who may have been in contact with the student. A number of people have been given preventative medicine just to make sure. [Read more...]
3 Boston University students have died and another 5 are left injured after their minibus crashed whilst travelling in New Zealand on Saturday. The students who lost their lives have been named as; 21 year old Austin Brashears, 20 year old Daniela Lekhno and Roch Jauberty, who was aged 21.
The New Zealand police are still investigating into the details of the crash, which happened close to the town of Taupo at about 7:30am, but have said the van swerved towards the edge of the road and rolled over when the driver tried to correct it. [Read more...]
The University of Minnesota has decided to advance its relationship with Fairview Health Services by teaming up to construct a new on-campus Health clinic. In 2008, a similar proposition was being discussed, but was eventually shelved, until now that is. The new construction will be smaller than the previously discussed building and is expected to cost less.
The clinic will cover four stories and cost about $182 million to build, $132 million of which will be borrowed by the university from a bank. University officials say the investment is essential for the school to be able remain accredited and offer up to date facilities to their students. [Read more...]
A student from the University of West Georgia has lost her leg after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria. Aimee Copeland suffered a cut on her leg after having an accident whilst using a home-made zip wire. However the injury didn’t get any better and on Friday she was diagnosed as having Aermonas hydrophila, which had also spread to her thigh and hip. [Read more...]
A Boston University led expedition team has discovered the oldest variation of the Mayan calendar, written on what can only be described as an ancient blackboard. The calendar, which notes precise lunar data, includes images and columns of numbers depicting certain dates. The discovery was made within a 1,100-year-old Mayan city, Xultun.
The calendar is thought to be about 500 years older than any found before it and continues way past the 2012 mark, where other Mayan calendars have finished. [Read more...]
A date has been set for the layoff of about 800 members of staff at the University of Miami medical center. Donna Shalala, president of the University, has said the layoffs are necessary because of a loss of funding from the state and Jackson Health System. The staff to be laid off are to be notified by the end of this month. [Read more...]
No matter what your age there are always certain thing you can do to keep your brain sharp and your memory in a great condition. Just like your body, your brain can deteriorate if you don't exercise it in the correct way and by doing so you can also … [Read More...]
Procrastination. Let’s face it—we’ve all been there. Sweaty palms, our eyes darting around as the realization hits us that we’ve let something slide…again. Then, when you finally sit down to get it done, you begin to look for … [Read More...]
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