January 23, 1849. Elizabeth Blackwell was granted a medical degree from Geneva College in New York, now known as Hobart College. She became th…
In several red states around the country, conservative officials say it's time to reconsider tenure for university professors. The indefinite academic appointments have faced review from lawmakers or state oversight boards in at least half a dozen states, often presented as bids to rein in academics with liberal views.
“This was domestic in nature and targeted to one person. It was not a random act of violence,” Carterville Alderman Tom Harness told The Southern.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Representation of women in academic medicine improved from 1990 to 2019, but representation of underrepresented minorities (URM) only modestly increased, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in JAMA Network Open.
Tensions over gender identity and sexual orientation pervade the campuses of hundreds of U.S. Catholic and Protestant universities across the U.S.
Retired Justice Stephen Breyer has a new title: professor. Breyer, who retired from the Supreme Court June 30, will rejoin Harvard's law school faculty.
Nine people died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returni…
Nine people died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returni…
A growing number of historically Black colleges and universities have had to lock down or postpone classes due to bomb threats on the first da…
Students, staff and faculty in the University of Illinois system will be required to get a COVID-19 booster shot once they are eligible for a shot, school officials said.
Southern Illinois University officials will rely on testing rather than a period of remote classes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus following the holiday break.
The Chicago campus also will move to remote learning.
CARBONDALE — In response to the evangelist who spread homophobic rhetoric on SIU campus on Oct. 4, university organizers have planned a Pride …
John A. Logan College hired seven new faculty members who began their teaching roles at the college for the fall semester.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to double down Thursday on his efforts to deal with a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic’s delta variant as schools reopen by requiring all educators from kindergarten through college to be vaccinated.
Just days before students are set to return to class at Northern Illinois University, faculty and staff there have been told if the on-campus COVID-19 positivity rate hits the 8% mark they will be allowed to teach remotely, union officials said.
Just days before students are set to return to class at Northern Illinois University, faculty and staff there have been told if the on-campus COVID-19 positivity rate hits the 8% mark they will be allowed to teach remotely, union officials said.
Lee Enterprises' Illinois state government reporter Brenden Moore and Central Illinois food and drink reporter Donnette Beckett went out to th…
Lee Enterprises' Illinois state government reporter Brenden Moore and Central Illinois food and drink reporter Donnette Beckett went out to th…
Lee Enterprises' Illinois state government reporter Brenden Moore and Central Illinois food and drink reporter Donnette Beckett went out to th…
Lee Enterprises' Illinois state government reporter Brenden Moore and Central Illinois food and drink reporter Donnette Beckett went out to th…
Lee Enterprises' Illinois state government reporter Brenden Moore and Central Illinois food and drink reporter Donnette Beckett went out to th…
Lee Enterprises' Illinois state government reporter Brenden Moore and Central Illinois food and drink reporter Donnette Beckett went out to th…
Lee Enterprises' Illinois state government reporter Brenden Moore and Central Illinois food and drink reporter Donnette Beckett went out to th…
Lee Enterprises' Illinois state government reporter Brenden Moore and Central Illinois food and drink reporter Donnette Beckett went out to th…