All the headlines from our Universities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 30 2023 // The Regents of the University of California sued Lloyd’s of London, arguing the company refused to reimburse the university system for the costs of data breaches covered in a cyber insurance policy.The dispute is...
Jun 29 2023 // The US Supreme Court effectively barred universities from using race as a factor in university admissions, marking the start of a new era in higher education and rolling back decades of precedents.Voting 6-3 along...
Jun 29 2023 // More than 20 years of cell cultures and other specimens stored at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were destroyed when a cleaner switched off power to a lab freezer, according to a lawsuit filed by the school.RPI is...
Jun 20 2023 // The University of Delaware has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle a lawsuit over its campus shutdown in 2020 and the halting of in-person classes because of the coronavirus pandemic.According to court papers that were...
Jun 15 2023 // University of Nevada, Las Vegas announced the establishment of the Kerestesi Center for Insurance and Risk Management within the Lee Business School.The center, made possible through a $5 million gift from the Nevada...
May 30 2023 // A college baseball player died after he was struck in the face when a makeshift dugout he was helping to dismantle collapsed on him this week.Angel Mercado, 19, was a middle infielder who had just completed his freshman...
May 23 2023 // Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in western New York, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains why they attached gender identities to their work...
May 17 2023 // An Ohio man who was the first person with Down syndrome to play and score a point in a college football game is now suing the school, its president and several staffers.Caden Cox alleges he was the target of disability...
May 15 2023 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it is awarding $1 million in grants to 10 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for business owners, employees and the general public. Texas Mutual began its...
May 9 2023 // The Alliant Insurance Foundation, in partnership with Southern University, the Louisiana Department of Insurance, and the Spencer Educational Foundation, has launched its first initiative, funding a risk management and...
May 3 2023 // A former Florida college administrator has been sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison for defrauding the school out of $155,000 during a website redesign project.Brian Carroll, 47, of New Market,...
May 1 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Part of a house collapsed and 14 people were injured near The Ohio State University Saturday evening when people climbed onto a roof that was not designed to hold significant weight, authorities...
Apr 28 2023 // The family of a man who was fatally struck by a vehicle driven by former Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim in 2019 has agreed to settle a lawsuit against Boeheim and the university, according to court...
Apr 10 2023 // A federal court has rejected a proposed class action by students against Boston University over alleged damages they suffered due to cutbacks by the school during the Covid-19 pandemic.The students sought a refund of...
Apr 5 2023 // A lawsuit against the University of Delaware over its campus shutdown and halting of in-person classes because of coronavirus can proceed as a class action on behalf of thousands of students who were enrolled and paid...
Mar 20 2023 // A Kentucky university has agreed to a settlement of more than $14 million over the death of a student wrestler hours after practice, the school announced.The settlement over the death of junior Grant Brace, 20, of...
Mar 1 2023 // A jury has awarded over $600,000 to a former Oregon State University dean who sued the school for whistleblower retaliation.University officials disagree with the verdict issued earlier this month and plan to appeal,...
Feb 23 2023 // A Waltham-based construction contractor, Devens-based plumbing contractor, and Woburn-based demolition company will pay up to $325,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations of illegal asbestos work during a renovation...
Feb 9 2023 // Three Virginia college students were killed when their vehicle left a road and struck a tree in West Virginia, authorities said Friday.The single-vehicle accident occurred Thursday night along West Virginia Route 259 near...
Feb 7 2023 // A global ransomware outbreak has scrambled servers belonging to Florida’s Supreme Court and several universities in the United States and Central Europe, according to a Reuters analysis of ransom notes posted online...