Our Lady Of The Lake University Hit By Fire
Our Lady of the Lake University, a Roman Catholic university in Texas, which was originally a high school founded in 1895, was hit by fire yesterday. The two main spires atop the Main Building collapsed during the fire which also damaged the Gothic-style Main Building that serves its administrators and staff. The New York Times reports ...
Rockefeller Donates Harvard $100 Million
David Rockefeller, the youngest and the only surviving child and grandchild of the prominent John D. Rockefeller, is donating $100 million to Harvard University. The Rockefeller donation will be used both to support international study programs for undergraduates at Harvard as well as the university's efforts to expand its arts education. The New York Times reports ...
Charles Drew University Builds A New Nursing Research Facility
The Charles R. Drew University plans to build a new facility for its Nursing School students, staff and professors. The construction of the new building, which is the first comprehensive training facility to be built in California in years, should be completed in Fall 2009. The Los Angeles Times reports that the building of the new ...
Publishers Sued Georgia State University
Once intended to allow for easy accessibility, online education creates copyright problems between U.S universities and academic publishers. Three prominent academic publishers -- Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Sage Publications -- have sued Georgia State University, accusing it of using their copyrighted academic materials in digital format. The lawsuit is the first of its ...
Yale Student Accused Of Lying On His Application
Akash Maharaj, a former Yale undergraduate student, has been accused of lying on his admission application. Maharaj's application turned out to be false. Instead, Maharaj submitted documents of an outstanding scholar from Columbia University when he was transfered to Yale with a full scholarship of $32.000. In addition to the scholarship, Maharaj also received $15,000 in ...
New President At University Of California Berkeley
University of Texas Chancellor Mark Yudof has been appointed as the next president of the University of California Berkeley. Yudof will succeed the current president, Robert Dynes, who will leave his post before June. Yudof will be the first president to be elected for this position outside the university campus which has more than 220,000 students ...
Robert F. Goheen Dies At 88
Former Princeton University President Robert F. Goheen has died at the age of 88. Goheen revolutionized Princeton by allowing women to enroll and by doubling its size. Goheen, who was youngest president to assume the post since the Revolutionary War, changed the university fundamentally. Not only did he quadruple the university's budget, but also increased ...
New President For Harvard Management Company
Jane Mendillo has been appointed as the new president of the Harvard Management Company. Mendillo, who has had different positions at Harvard for over 15 years, plans to stay at the company for a long time. MarketWatch reports that the Harvard Management Company has the largest university endorsement of $35 billion. Harvard University said Thursday it selected ...
