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News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
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7 September 2021
Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
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Magna Graecia University partnered with prison administrators in Catanzaro, Italy, to help two incarcerated men find a form of rehabilitation by writing their own lives' stories. In a process called autoethnography, t...
15 August 2021
Bellingham, Washington, United States
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Over 3000 Words
A third of surveyed college students experience food insecurity, the rate is even higher at Western Washington University. To address the issue that university has unfolded a number of responses; food pantries, meal d...
21 June 2021
Middletown, Connecticut, United States
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800-1500 Words
College-in-prison programs like Wesleyan University's Center for Prison Education have a track record for improving incarcerated students' lives, lowering crime, and making prisons safer. But a number of factors compr...
16 June 2021
Riverside, California, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Riverside County launched College Comeback to address the COVID-19 related decline in graduating high school students going to college. Six counselors each spend 25 hours a week reaching out to the high school class o...
14 June 2021
Bellingham, Washington, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Research shows that online training isn’t successful at changing attitudes or beliefs on sexual assault. This article takes an in-depth look at EverFi, an online sexual assault module that students at Western Washingt...
The North Wind
Katarina Rothhorn
21 April 2021
Marquette, Michigan, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Northern Michigan University's Black Student Union turned its unhappiness with the display on campus of a "thin blue line" flag into a series of deep and open conversations that led to a compromise and a new set of co...
11 April 2021
Tsaile, Arizona, United States
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800-1500 Words
Diné College, the first tribally-controlled accredited college, provides over 1,300 students with opportunities to learn cultural traditions and the Navajo language, alongside traditional academic subjects. The school...
Grady Newsource
Tylar Norman
22 March 2021
Athens, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
Georgia Daze is a student-led organization at the University of Georgia actively working to increase the Black student population on campus by focusing efforts on Black student applicants. Through biannual recruitment...
Haitian Times
J.O. Haselhoef
11 March 2021
Hinche, Haiti
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800-1500 Words
The science and technology gap in Haiti is being bridged through the establishment of the Haitian Bioscience Initiative, which is a full science lab. The program has successfully trained students that have gone on to ...
23 February 2021
United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Universities are breeding grounds for COVID-19. In August and September they had to figure out the best way to test, control, and contain a virus on campus. Across the country universities launched a plethora of metho...
Transitions Online
Teresa Di Mauro
Heydar Isayev
18 February 2021
Georgia
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Over 3000 Words
Ethnic Azeri students face disproportionate barriers in achieving university education compared to Georgians. One of those reasons is due to language barriers. Isolated from Georgian society, it's not uncommon for Aze...
18 February 2021
United States
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1500-3000 Words
About “1,500 (High School) students from 75 of the nation’s poorest schools in 35 cities,” are enrolling in college courses in elite universities like Harvard and Columbia through an initiative started by a nonprofit—...
2 February 2021
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United Arab Emirates
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800-1500 Words
Black in Technology was created to support Black students in STEM at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The organization has planned numerous events for its members related to mentorship, recruitment, an...
25 January 2021
United States
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1500-3000 Words
After the insurrection at the U.S. capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, teachers across the country responded to the event by finding ways to discuss the event with students. “They have turned to science fiction, Sh...
9 January 2021
Singapore
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Singapore's aggressive pandemic response in conjunction with strict university rules has helped keep campuses free of COVID-19 cases so far. As a country, free testing and medical care has ensured that positive cases ...
16 December 2020
Kolkata, India
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The School for Justice provides an education in law or advocacy to young women who have survived sex trafficking. The program started in Kolkata in 2017 and has expanded to Mumbai and Katmandu. Forty students receive ...
9 December 2020
Long Beach, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
Nationally and historically, faculty of color have been underrepresented at most universities. At California State University Long Beach, the president proposed the “diversity training initiative,” in order to hire ...
4 December 2020
California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
From zoom workshops that teach people about the misconceptions of COVID 19, to Google docs, to Instagram profiles that shame people who are partying during the pandemic, university students are holding their communiti...
The Local
Louise Rasmussen
30 November 2020
United Kingdom
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1500-3000 Words
Student Circus is an online platform which is demystifying the job application process for international students in the United Kindgom. The website was started by two international students who were having a hard tim...
23 November 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Students across the country are dealing with food and housing insecurity, and financial loss, conditions that have been exacerbated because since the pandemic. In response, students in some colleges and universities c...
17 November 2020
Salisbury, Maryland, United States
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800-1500 Words
When Salisbury University faced the likelihood of having to enact a campus-wide lockdown due to the rapidly increasing prevalence of COVID-19 cases, the school took steps to revise protocols and mandate further regula...
13 November 2020
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In New Haven, colleges and universities are taking different approaches to enforcing social distancing, visitation rules, and drinking in the dorms. Some have implemented strict rules, while others have embraced flexi...
Christian Science Monitor
Ann Scott Tyson
5 November 2020
United States
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800-1500 Words
College athletes created a social media and digital campaign to publish a list of health and labor demands, some of them related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They also advocated for racial justice and elevated the Black ...
27 October 2020
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In New Haven, colleges and universities are taking different approaches to COVID-19 testing. Some, like Yale, test students more than once a week. Others are sample testing clusters of students, whatever the method it...
23 October 2020
California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
California Students Vote Project, a public-private partnership, encourages college students to vote. Covid-19-adjusted strategies include sending out multiple emails, using social media, and encouraging peer-to-peer c...
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