by Andrew Averill
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Records show that 50 patients filed complaints against University Health Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison between February 2011 and February 2012, an increase compared to last year’s numbers.
According to records obtained by The Badger Herald, the main grievances included professional attitude among staff and issues with scheduling appointments online.
by Daniel Moore
Kent State University
This fall, Ohio public universities could allow voting by students serving on their boards of trustees.
Voting rights for student trustees would not be mandatory, however. Currently in Ohio, each 11-member public university board has two nonvoting students who also aren’t allowed in executive session.
by Christopher Whitten
edited by Chelsea Boozer
The Daily Helmsman
Although University of Memphis football player Derek Howard was suspended after his arrest for assault in January, the defensive back never missed a scheduled team workout, practice or scrimmage. His appeal of the suspension, through a policy for athletes arrested for a crime, was granted.
by Lindsey Cook
University of Georgia
Adventure may have to take a back-seat to academics at Global LEAD, a private study abroad program that partnered with the University of Georgia in 2009.
by Lindsey Hobbs
Otterbein University
In the first of a two-part series on campus security, Lindsey Hobbs digs into the process that protects some Otterbein University students from the criminal records they might earn off-campus.
by Lindsey Cook
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is investigating claims by a 25-year veteran computer science professor that he has come under cyber attack.
Allegations of fraud have centered around UGA professor Hamid Arabnia and WORLDCOMP, an annual World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing that Arabnia runs.
by Alex Campbell
Campus Coverage Project, '10
Northwestern University, '11
At first glance, the numbers look impressive.
Indiana University's yearly economic impact on the state: $4.9 billion. The impact of its health programs: $6.6 billion.
And, perhaps most jaw-dropping of all: For each dollar that state taxpayers invest in IU, they receive a return of $24.91.
William Garbe
University of Dayton
The Flyer News reports that University of Dayton's Kennedy Union dining hall received a total of five public health violations in five inspections spanning Feb. 18, 2010, to Oct. 28, 2011.
"It's a very complex operation, and for us to have two [inspections] with no violations at all is kind of outstanding," Douglas Lemaster, associate director of Dining Services, said.
by Allison Prang
University of Missouri
Shannon Jewitt started receiving credit offers through Bank of America after she graduated from the University of Missouri in 2008, but she never understood why. She hadn’t provided them with her personal information or opted into offers to be solicited.
Now she knows. The university had given student directory information to the Mizzou Alumni Association, which has a long-standing contract with Bank of America to market its credit card program to alumni.
By Lindsey Cook
University of Georgia
This is follow-up reporting on international program regulations at the University of Georgia. Read the first story here.
In half of University study abroad classes from summer 2011, every student received an A, according to documents obtained by The Red & Black. Seventy-five percent of classes averaged a grade report of A or A minus.