All the headlines from our Universities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 29 2018 // Risk management services firm, Hanover Stone Partners, has tapped Ellen Shew Holland to lead its newly established national higher education practice. She is based in Dallas.Shew Holland will lead a practice that will...
Jun 27 2018 // The family of the Washington State University football player who died of suicide in January said the 21-year-old quarterback had extensive brain damage that’s been linked to concussions from playing the sport.Tyler...
Jun 21 2018 // The University of Texas has agreed to settle a race and sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by former women’s track coach Bev Kearney.Kearney attorney Jody Mask on Wednesday told The Associated Press that the case...
Jun 20 2018 // The University of Washington will pay $122,500 to settle a lawsuit filed after the college billed a Republican club security fees for a rally.The UW College Republicans sued, saying the bill for $17,000 to cover security...
Jun 15 2018 // Eleven former University of North Dakota women’s hockey players have filed a discrimination lawsuit seeking to reinstate the program that was cut 15 months ago.The federal complaint filed against the North Dakota...
Jun 12 2018 // Nine black former and current University of Minnesota football players who say their rights were violated in a sexual misconduct investigation sued the school on Friday, alleging they are victims of racial and gender...
Jun 4 2018 // How to manage active shooter risks on campuses is a top concern for risk managers.Craig McAllister, director of risk management, Cornell University, told attendees at the recent RIMS Annual Conference in San Antonio,...
May 23 2018 // A University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point official who handled sexual misconduct complaints and resigned when he was accused of sexually harassing a woman on campus in 2015, went on to hold positions handling similar...
May 8 2018 // Austin-based workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., is awarding $1 million in grants to 10 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the general...
May 2 2018 // An instructor has filed a lawsuit against Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Ore. alleging the school wrongly fired him while he was on medical leave because of work-related stress.The Register-Guard reports Johnny...
May 1 2018 // Newly released documents show the University of Minnesota paid nearly $300,000 to settle sexual harassment complaints related to former athletic director Norwood Teague. He resigned in 2015 after two high-ranking...
Apr 17 2018 // A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) have won the 2018 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge, the Spencer Educational Foundation reports.Case study provider Andrew Bent, risk manager at Sage...
Apr 12 2018 // Organizers say right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos will not speak at Louisiana State University after failing to acquire proper insurance for the event.The Advocate reports that student group College Republicans at...
Apr 3 2018 // Medical marijuana laws could be a boon to those battling the opioid epidemic, according to researchers who have identified a link between increased access to medical marijuana and a reduction in opioid prescriptions.The...
Mar 19 2018 // The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says reported DUI offenses on college campuses in the state have increased by more than 60 percent. The TBI said in a Thursday statement that its annual crime study detailing the...
Mar 16 2018 // A new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least five vehicles under massive slabs. Several people were seen being loaded into ambulances and authorities launched search...
Mar 5 2018 // A joint investigation between the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office, Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) Police Department, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Sunflower County Sheriff’s...
Feb 27 2018 // Officials say a data breach at the University of Alaska has impacted dozens of current and former employees and students.KTVA-TV reported that a university statement says security officials first started looking into the...
Feb 23 2018 // The parents of a Florida State University fraternity pledge who died of alcohol poisoning after a party have filed a civil suit against those who have a connection in their son’s death.Thomas and Sandra Coffey are...
Feb 19 2018 // A man is suing a popular tavern near the University of Oregon, claiming a freak injury at the bar has left him unable to pursue “a host of attractive, lucrative careers” in music and medicine. Winston Martin...