Because of Fall Break, this week’s SafeU theme focuses on staff readiness, which includes building a Threat Assessment Team—a group of staff dedicated to addressing imminent threats to campus, from both inside and outside the university.
Read MoreThe worth of a bachelor’s degree is openly debated nationally given strong employment, the rising cost of a college education and other workforce training options. But the research is clear: A four-year degree offers exceptional value, both personally and to society at large.
Read MoreTara Deans, a U biomedical engineering assistant professor, received the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award and a $1.5 million grant to develop a method that could help stop the spread of cancer.
Read MoreThe U’s School of Computing celebrates the 50th anniversary of its contribution to the launch of the internet.
Read MoreThe U’s 2019 Security & Fire Safety Report is now available with data from 2018, which includes statistics about criminal offenses, hate crimes, arrests and referrals for disciplinary action and Violence Against Women Act offenses.
Read MoreSome parents pass on more mutations to their children than others.
Read MoreOctober is SafeU Month at the U, and there will be dozens of opportunities to engage in safety awareness, education and training opportunities on campus.
Read MoreHousing & Residential Education has enhanced its physical infrastructure, staffing, policies and protocols.
Read More“I did not fully grasp the impact of the injustices that my ancestors experienced until I was in my 20s. I loosely knew my Japanese-Australian grandmother and her family were interned during World War II. I knew she was a single mother, raising three children in post-war Australia and living below the poverty line. I knew my mother experienced racism in her home country. However, as the child of a white-American father and an immigrant, Japanese-Australian mother, I was shielded from much of this while growing up in a middle-class neighborhood.”
Read MoreThis semester, the Office of the Registrar began centralizing night classes in “neighborhoods.” These neighborhoods are aligned with campus transportation—SafeRide, shuttles and courtesy escorts—and night security patrols.
Read MoreThis year’s Pride Week at the U, held Sept. 30-Oct. 4, celebrates queeroes from both in and around the university community including respected artists, LGBTQIA+ alumni, local politicians and proactive students, staff and faculty.
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