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Flora's condition, ARFID, means she avoids almost all food apart from plain pasta, butter and bread.

University students in the Philippines went viral for creating their own “anti-cheating hats” and wearing them during examinations. Students at Bicol University College of Engineering in Legazpi City, Bicol, were tasked to design their own hats to prevent themselves from cheating during their midterm exams. Mary Joy Mandane-Ortiz, a faculty member of the university, took inspiration from a Thai university that previously sparked backlash for requiring its students to wear horse blinder-like contraptions on their heads to prevent cheating.

On Oct. 3, Frenk informed the University community of the end of Dean Quelch’s five-year term as dean of the business school. “What I value most about Dean Quelch is his involvement and the many initiatives he has taken. Miami Herbert is only the third business school in the United States to receive all three distinctions. Before becoming dean at Miami Herbert, Quelch has proven his expertise at prestigious institutions around the globe. He served as dean of the London Business School and of the China Europe International Business School, taught at Harvard Business School and at the Harvard T.H.

David Trimble helped end decades of violence in Northern Ireland by shunning his hardline unionist past and negotiating with a former foe in pursuit of a goal they both shared: Peace.

Lord Trimble, who died age 77, was instrumental in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement in 1998

As more university students identify as disabled and LGBT, UCAS hopes to improve the experience.

Freedom of Information responses suggest the amount of hardship money doubled last year.

"We don't teach anything that you can't get a good job in," the college's president said.

The scheme, which opens on Monday, is intended to attract the "brightest and best".

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FAU becomes the 42nd university to have a Steak ‘n Shake on campus.

Labour support slumps as the Lib Dems become the biggest party for the first time in a decade.

The only historically Black university in South Florida is hoping to soon be upgraded from probation to good standing by its accreditation body.

Let’s have a look at what are the core indicators to writing a university statement of principles and how you should make them top-notch.

LSU has fired men’s basketball coach Will Wade after receiving formal allegations of serious NCAA violations this week.

A campus gynaecologist at UCLA allegedly abused hundreds of patients over his 35-year career.

The "catastrophic" impact of losing Daniel when he was 15 is behind the presenter's appeal.

A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday. Workers had erected barricades around the monument late Wednesday.

The chairman of the University of Florida board of trustees served as a liaison with the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis when administrators were considering temporarily moving some college classes online due to the pandemic, according to text messages. The man who was elected chairman in 2018 is already under scrutiny over questions about his role in politically tinged decisions affecting the school.

The University of Florida is appointing a task force to review its conflict of interest policy in the wake of the growing controversy over three political science professors that could potentially threaten the accreditation of the state’s flagship institution of higher learning.

Academic freedom took a hit when a public university barred its scholars from testifying in an election-law case. But that doesn’t necessarily mean free-speech rights were violated.

The town hall and panel-based discussion saw university leaders discuss issues like public health, racial discrimination and social justice. The risk of spreading COVID-19 made in-person town halls impossible in 2020, but with a lower case count this semester, UM provided the university community the option to attend in person or virtually. Coles highlighted his work with UM’s student government and their advocacy on behalf of university students. Frenk thanked the commitment and cooperation of UM’s faculty, staff, students and community in being able to maintain an in-person campus option when many schools continued exclusively online. “We committed to being intentional and passionate in our efforts to help our community begin to heal,” Frenk said.

Now that the school year is well underway and students are off to the races for another year of learning and studying, we thought we’d ask: Can we see your pictures?

During her summer 2021 commencement address, Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumna Marcelia Freeman challenged new graduates and their relatives to donate to the University and pledged to match donations up to $100,000. In honor of Black Philanthropy Month, Freeman, vice chair of the FAMU Foundation Board of Directors Investment Committee, is expanding her challenge. She will match contributions from all new donors to the FAMU Foundation up to $100,000 through the end of the current fiscal year that ends June 30, 2022. Shawnta Friday-Stroud, Ph.D., vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the FAMU Foundation, lauded Freeman’s philanthropy. This challenge is a clarion call to those who have never given back to FAMU,” Friday-Stroud said.

University students shared their opinions on how the administration is handling COVID-19 safety procedures and what they would change about them.

Sign-wielding protesters stood outside the Administration Building on Aug. 23 to make their voices heard by university administration.

As the Delta variant of the coronavirus fuels an ongoing COVID wave, Florida’s health experts are keeping a wary eye on another variant that has surfaced in the state: Delta Plus.

Applicants offered free accommodation and £10,000 cash by Exeter University to defer until 2022.

Concerns were raised over free speech, and whether conservative voices are treated differently.

Staff at Columbia College, frustrated after almost three years of contract negotiations with their employer, decided to make a point by applying for a part-time housekeeping position at the president's house.

Colorado Mesa University partnered with Harvard-MIT's Broad Institute to explore new approaches to managing outbreaks.

An injured protester is escorted as police tried to disperse a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo)YANGON – Myanmar security forces cracked down on anti-coup protesters in the country's second-largest city on Friday, injuring at least three people, two of whom were shot in the chest by rubber bullets and another who suffered a wound on his leg. The man with an injured leg was later photographed in a cast that stretched from his foot to his knee. Earlier in the day, security forces in Yangon fired warning shots and beat truncheons against their shields while moving to disperse more than 1,000 anti-coup protesters. Security forces chased the protesters off the main road and continued to pursue them in the nearby lanes, as some ducked into houses to hide.

by Howard Campbell[SOUTH FLORIDA] – A hilly region in St. Andrew parish, August Town has a significant place in modern Jamaican history. The area has a strong musical heritage with members of Israel Vibration once calling it their home; Sizzla’s Judgement Yard camp is based there. Novel-T, who has lived in South Florida for over 20 years, recalled her formative years in August Town during a recent interview with South Florida Caribbean News. “I could always hear music playing whether nearby or far; coming through the hills, it would seem sometimes. She enjoyed the best year of her career in 2020 with two number one songs on the South Florida Foundation Network Chart — Love Won’t Let us Wait (with Peter G) and Keep on Moving.

University students gather during a rally against educational reforms as the banner reads "The students are not criminals" in Athens, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. About 1,500 students took part in two separate protests against government's plans to set up a state security division at university campuses and time limits set for the completion of degree courses. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)ATHENS – Greece’s center-right government on Tuesday imposed a weeklong ban on public protests attended by more than 100 people, angering left-wing political opponents. The ban follows student demonstrations against plans by the government to police university campuses. The protest ban ends Feb. 1.

University students clash with riot police during a rally in Athens, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Police have used tear gas to disperse crowds at a rally in the Greek capital organized to protest plans to set up a state security division at university campuses. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)ATHENS – Police have used tear gas to disperse crowds at a rally in Athens organized to protest plans to set up a state security division at university campuses. The government plans to set up a campus police division and limit entrance to university grounds to students, academic staff, employees and guests. Under the proposed changes, university entrance requirements will also be amended and time limits will be set for the completion of degree courses.

A new CNBC index that tracks the stock performance of companies working on a coronavirus cure shows just how closely the broader stock market rebound is pegged to a viable Covid-19 treatment or vaccine. The S&P 500 and the CNBC Covid-19 Testing & Treatments Index have moved in near lockstep since the market bottomed on March 23. A look at their movement since the March bottom reveals the S&P 500 and the Covid-19 index tend to rise and fall at the same time. The index jumped 2% on Monday as the S&P 500 gained 1.3%. CNBC's Covid-19 Testing & Treatments Index is equal-weighed and currently comprised of 29 companies that are working on testing and treating the novel coronavirus.

How deadly is the coronavirus? As the U.S. prepares for an anticipated spike in COVID-19, the difficulty in pinning down an exact m ... Gardening is good for your sanity and your sustenance University students and faculty members champion gardening as a great way to break up the quarantine ...Frenk: Latin America, Caribbean can learn from other COVID-19 responses University of Miami President Julio Frenk participated in a webinar that examined how the countries ...Research continues amid coronavirus disruptions as students and faculty adjust Anastasiya Plotnikova, an undergraduate student majoring in biology and marine science at the Univer ...

How deadly is the coronavirus? As the U.S. prepares for an anticipated spike in COVID-19, the difficulty in pinning down an exact m ... Gardening is good for your sanity and your sustenance University students and faculty members champion gardening as a great way to break up the quarantine ...Frenk: Latin America, Caribbean can learn from other COVID-19 responses University of Miami President Julio Frenk participated in a webinar that examined how the countries ...Research continues amid coronavirus disruptions as students and faculty adjust Anastasiya Plotnikova, an undergraduate student majoring in biology and marine science at the Univer ...

In the wake of his controversial plan to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., Robert Gordon University in Scotland is revoking an honorary degree it awarded Donald Trump in 2010. The school says that the Republican candidate's statements are incompatible with the university's standards. CBSN's Contessa Brewer has more details.

Student with terminal cancer to play on college basketball team Lauren Hill's first game at Mount Saint Joseph, University will also be her last. The 19-year-old has terminal brain cancer. Vladimir Duthiers reports.

Iraqi militants storm university Militants in Iraq have stormed a university and are holding dozens of hostages. The University is near Ramadi, in the troubled province of Anbar, west of Baghdad. Anthony Mason reports.

University honors victims of deadly balloon crash at commencement It was a somber commencement at the University of Richmond as two staff members from the school, along with a pilot, perished when the hot air balloon they were aboard crashed. Witnesses say the balloon clipped a power line, caught fire and crashed. Mark Albert reports.