All the headlines from our Universities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 26 2012 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 29 consumer liaison representatives for 2013. The 20 funded and nine unfunded consumer representatives begin their terms Jan. 1, 2013. All 20 of the...
Nov 21 2012 // Injured patients were less likely to die in the hospital if they had alcohol in their blood, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health — and the more alcohol, the more...
Nov 8 2012 // A former associate dean at a for-profit college’s Ogden, Utah campus has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, claiming repeated, unwelcome sexual advances occurred on a business trip in Las Vegas.Lee Berger, in her...
Nov 6 2012 // A University of Kentucky professor has received a $1.4 million grant to conduct a multiyear study of health and safety practices of the Thoroughbred industry, which employs more than 10,000 people across Kentucky.Jennifer...
Nov 2 2012 // Climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer stood along the Hudson River and watched his research come to life as Hurricane Sandy blew through New York.Just eight months earlier, the Princeton University professor reported that...
Oct 26 2012 // After months of lobbying and pressure from Iowa’s governor, congressional delegation and others, the federal government said the University of Iowa will get nearly $84 million to replace a flood damaged auditorium...
Oct 1 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review close to 40 cases in its new term that begins on Monday, roughly half the number the court is expected to hear this year. Below are some of the more prominent cases that the...
Sep 24 2012 // Two University of Akron employees, including a Republican candidate for Summit County, Ohio sheriff, have resigned their positions after a university investigation concluded they violated the school’s sexual...
Sep 13 2012 // A University of California patent licensee which has sued some of the biggest U.S. companies is taking on three more — Facebook Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the Walt Disney Co.Eolas Technologies Inc. and the...
Sep 6 2012 // Penn State’s costs for legal fees, consultants and public relations firms hired to help deal with the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal have reached nearly $17 million, the university said in an online report...
Aug 28 2012 // The parents of a Cornell University sophomore who died in the Fall Creek gorge two years ago are suing the university for negligence in their son’s death.Nineteen-year-old Khalil King was last seen in August 2010,...
Aug 27 2012 // A young man who testified against Jerry Sandusky sued Penn State last Friday, blaming the university for how its top officials dealt with complaints that the former assistant football coach behaved inappropriately with...
Aug 22 2012 // As college students return to campus to begin the new academic year, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Mike Consedine reminds families to create a “dorm room inventory” for insurance purposes.“Many...
Aug 15 2012 // A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the University of Idaho by a student who fell from a fraternity house window in 2009.The Lewiston Tribune reported that 2nd District Judge Michael Griffin tossed the suit...
Aug 13 2012 // Florida Governor Rick Scott has reappointed seven judges on the state’s court that handles workers’ compensation claims.Judge W. James Condry II, 54, of Orlando, has been a judge of Compensation Claims for the...
Aug 7 2012 // A sense of belonging and attachment to a group of co-workers is a better motivator for some employees than money, according to a new study by University of Iowa researchers.“We found that self-managing teams exhibit...
Aug 6 2012 // A pilot program now underway in New York State will allow large universities to self-fund student health plans, with the goal of providing health coverage to students at a lower cost.The program is the result of...
Aug 6 2012 // People are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at others, according to a new study that has implications for distracted drivers.Trying to do two visual tasks at once hurt performance in both tasks...
Aug 1 2012 // As students head off to college in the fall, the Maryland Insurance Administration is encouraging young adults – and their parents – to get smart about insurance.Students heading off to college might not be...
Jul 27 2012 // People are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at others, according to a new study that has implications for distracted drivers.Trying to do two visual tasks at once hurt performance in both tasks...