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Police at California University Get to Use Pepper Spray at Violent Protests
Sep 14 2017 // The Berkeley City Council this week gave police permission to use pepper spray to repel demonstrators attacking officers and others during violent protests of the kind that have repeatedly hit the city this year. The 6-3...
Global Study Finds No Increased Lung Cancer Risk for Hard Metal Workers
Aug 30 2017 // Workers in the hard metal industry are not at increased risk for lung cancer or any of 63 other potential causes of death, concluded the largest study on this population to date. The University of Pittsburgh Graduate...
New Lawsuit Filed Over Alleged Baylor Rape Policy Failures
Aug 23 2017 // A woman who reported that she’d been sexually assaulted filed a lawsuit on Aug. 21 against Baylor University, alleging questions she faced from the university shifted blame away from her attacker toward her. The...
Clemson University Fraternity Hazing Death Settled for $250K
Aug 22 2017 // A judge has approved a $250,000 settlement between Clemson University and the family of a student who died during a fraternity pledge run nearly three years ago. Judge Robin Stilwell on Thursday approved the deal that...
Baylor Settles with Woman Who Said University Ignored Rape
Aug 17 2017 // The first woman to sue Waco, Texas-based Baylor University over allegations the nation’s largest Baptist school ignored or mishandled rape allegations has settled her case, her attorney said. Jasmin Hernandez sued...
How Herbicide Dicamba Was Approved Without Independent Testing: Reuters
Aug 9 2017 // As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away. The photographs served as early...
South Carolina’s Clemson University Settles Lawsuit Over Fraternity Pledge Death
Aug 9 2017 // The family of a university student in South Carolina who died falling off a bridge during a pledge run has settled its lawsuit against Clemson University and the fraternity. Court records filed Thursday show Tucker...
Instructor Files Suit Against Wisconsin College Over Tenure Matter
Aug 7 2017 // An art instructor is suing Edgewood College in Wisconsin for terminating her tenure in violation of policy after she moved to Indianapolis. Agnieszka Ligendza filed the lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court. She alleges the...
University of Michigan Gets $2.5M to Study Opioid Epidemic, Other Injuries
Aug 7 2017 // The University of Michigan Injury Center has received $2.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control for research into the prevention of prescription drug overdoses, concussion, youth violence, motor vehicle crashes,...
MJ Insurance, Butler University Launch Student-Run Insurance Company
Aug 4 2017 // MJ Insurance announced it has launched MJ Student-Run Insurance Company Ltd. at Butler University in Indianapolis. Butler’s Lacy School of Business originated the insurance company to provide students with real-world...
Scientists: Sea Level Rise Accelerating Along Florida Coast
Jul 26 2017 // Clay Henderson has lived on the same block along the Indian River in New Smyrna Beach for 34 years. Living in a storm-prone state like Florida, you expect to see a river top its bank on occasion, but only in the past two...
Ex-Ohio St. Player Files Suit Over Use of Image in Marketing Program
Jul 17 2017 // One of Ohio State’s most famous football starshas sued the university over a marketing program he says used athletes’ images without permission and robbed them of compensation. Linebacker Chris Spielman filed...
City Colleges of Chicago to Settle Age Discrimination Lawsuit for $60K
Jun 19 2017 // City Colleges of Chicago will pay $60,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC), the federal agency announced. In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Harold...
Kaufman Financial Group CEO Joins St. John’s University Risk Management Board
Jun 15 2017 // Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the...
Rolling Stone to Pay $1.65M to Settle Suit Over University of Virginia Rape Story
Jun 15 2017 // Rolling Stone magazine agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by a University of Virginia fraternity over a debunked story about a rape on campus, the fraternity said Tuesday. The settlement...
The Hartford Launches Nationally Registered Apprenticeship Program
Jun 8 2017 // The Hartford is working to educate college students about opportunities in the insurance industry while helping to make the transition from college to an insurance career an easier one. This initiative comes through its...
University of Iowa to Settle Sports Bias Lawsuits for $6.5M
May 23 2017 // The University of Iowa will pay $6.5 million to settle high-profile discrimination lawsuits filed by former athletic administrator Jane Meyer and her partner, former women’s field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum,...
Today’s Climate of Crime, Safety and Security at Schools, Colleges
May 23 2017 // One in every 5 middle and high school students has complained of being bullied at school and the number of reports of sexual assault on college campuses has more than tripled over the past decade, according to a federal...
$173K Settlement Revealed in Utah State Student ‘Slack Line’ Death
May 22 2017 // Utah State University has agreed to pay $172,500 to the parents of a student killed four years ago when he hit a slack line rope tied between two trees while he was biking on campus, according to documents released by the...
Ex-Vanderbilt Student Sues University for $10M Over Assault Allegations
May 19 2017 // A former student has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Vanderbilt University, claiming he was wrongfully accused of sexual assault. The Tennessean reports the lawsuit was filed May 5. It claims the student, identified...
