Surge in Army ROTC ranks promises more young officers; 3,000 majors and captains neededNORTHFIELD, Vt. — Burgeoning ranks of Army ROTC students are filling college classrooms around the nation this fall as the Army seeks to beef up its officer corps with its generous scholarship program that pays the college tuition of students who are commissioned as 2nd lieutenants when they graduate. Police seize car from Conn. motel where Yale killing suspect was arrestedNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police investigating the murder of a Yale graduate student are still collecting evidence, including a car they towed from the motel where the suspected killer was arrested. Police chief tells AP motive for Yale graduate student’s killing may never be knownNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Without a confession from a Yale University technician charged with killing a graduate student and bride-to-be in the medical school lab where they worked, authorities may never know the motive, the police chief said. U of Minnesota tackles stadium drinking with breath tests for rowdy studentsMINNEAPOLIS — Students who get kicked out of a University of Minnesota football game for drunken rowdiness won’t be allowed back next time unless they pass an alcohol breath test at the gate — one of the most extreme attempts yet by colleges to curb misbehavior in the stands. Advocates: Don’t remove Cesar Chavez, Thurgood Marshall from Texas social studies classesAUSTIN, Texas — Minority activists urged Texas education officials on Thursday to not minimize the importance of civil rights leaders Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall in public schools. Conference examines role of biotechnology in South Dakota’s economySIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota must overcome what university president James Abbott characterized as an inferiority complex if it’s to produce college graduates who can grow a biotechnology industry that’s already taken root. Suicide bombers launch deadly attack on AU base to avenge killing of al-Qaida suspectMOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents posing as U.N. personnel detonated suicide car bombs in an African Union peacekeeping base Thursday to avenge a U.S. commando raid that killed an al-Qaida operative. Obama pushes health plan at rally, but deep divisions foretell rough road aheadCOLLEGE PARK, Md. — President Barack Obama called reinventing health care a “defining struggle of this generation” on Thursday, even as several Democrats criticized some of the fine print in a Senate proposal the president has praised. Obama renews plea for health care overhaul in campaign-style rally at University of MarylandCOLLEGE PARK, Md. — President Barack Obama is making another impassioned plea for passage of his health care plan, calling it a “defining struggle of this generation.” Lab technician arrested in slaying of Yale grad student whose body was found stuffed in wallNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale University lab technician was arrested Thursday and charged with the suffocation death of a graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a research building wall on what would have been her wedding day. House college aid bill would boost Pell Grants, kill subsidized student loansWASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s — a bill to oust private lenders from the student loan business and put the government in charge. Police in killing of Yale University graduate student stake out Conn. hotel roomCROMWELL, Conn. — Police say they’re watching a hotel room in Connecticut where a “person of interest” in the killing of a Yale University graduate student has been staying. NY DA: Hofstra University student recants gang rape story, charges dismissed against suspectsEAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Four New York men were released from jail Wednesday and authorities dismissed charges that they gang-raped a Hofstra University student after the 18-year-old woman recanted her story. Navy revises Littoral Combat Ship plans, set to pick only 1 contractor to build fleetWASHINGTON — The Navy said Wednesday it will select either Lockheed Martin Corp. or General Dynamics Corp., but not both, to build a fleet of small, speedy Littoral Combat Ships. University of California officials push plan to raise student fees by more than 30 percentSAN FRANCISCO — University of California campus police on Wednesday handcuffed and removed about a dozen demonstrators who interrupted and refused to leave a UC Board of Regents meeting where officials pushed a plan for steep tuition increases. Students protest coal-burning campus power plants, urge colleges to increase green energy useCOLUMBIA, Mo. — College students from Missouri to Oregon are urging their schools to stop using coal-based electricity in favor of cleaner energy sources ranging from wood chips to geothermal power. Bolivian med school rector detained after police find 5 decomposing bodies on roofLA PAZ, Bolivia — A Bolivian university director is in police custody after five bodies were discovered decomposing on the roof of a building his school shares with a movie theater, police said Wednesday. Police: Search warrants executed on person of interest in Yale graduate student slayingMIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Police on Tuesday raided the apartment of a man they call a person of interest in the slaying of a Yale graduate student. Family of slain Yale student whose body was found in wall thanks friends, school for supportNEW HAVEN, Conn. — The family of a Yale University graduate student whose body was discovered hidden in a university research building have thanked their relatives and friends for their support. California university graduate student charged with killing ex-wife in campus shootingNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A California graduate student has been charged with gunning down his ex-wife while she picked up the couple’s 4-year-old son. Obama administration strengthens NW salmon protection plan but views original plan as soundPORTLAND, Ore. — Calling it an “insurance policy” for Pacific Northwest salmon, the Obama administration on Tuesday offered up a tougher conservation plan for the fish that includes climate-change monitoring and the “last-resort” possibility of removing dams. Conn. official says New Haven police have ‘person of interest in Yale killingNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police have identified a “person of interest” in the killing of a Yale University graduate student whose body was hidden for days in a wall in a university research building, a Connecticut state official said Tuesday. Prosecutors block release of Yale student’s autopsy; police interview 150 peopleNEW HAVEN, Conn. — State prosecutors blocked the release Tuesday of autopsy results on a Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building, reasoning that they could hinder their investigation, the Connecticut medical examiner said. Conn. police say no arrests imminent in killing of Yale University graduate studentNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Authorities insisted Tuesday that they were “talking to a lot of people” but had no suspect in custody in the killing of a Yale graduate student whose body was found in the basement wall of a university research building. Autopsy results expected on Yale grad student amid indications that police are nearing arrestNEW HAVEN, Conn. — The state medical examiner’s office said Tuesday that it would release the results of an autopsy of a Yale University graduate student amid indications that police were preparing to make an arrest in her killing. Conn. police mum on possible suspect in killing of Yale University graduate studentNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A day after the body of a Yale University graduate student was found stuffed in a wall, police are mum on whether they have a suspect in her killing. Conn. police appear to be closing in on suspect in killing of Yale University grad studentNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police say the killing of a 24-year-old Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a wall on the day she was to be married was not a random act. Harvard hopes to train leaders to transform schools with first new ed doc degree in 74 yearsBOSTON — Citing what it calls a “leadership deficit” in the nation’s schools, Harvard University is introducing a doctoral education program aimed at attracting top talent to transform the U.S. education system by shaking up the status quo. Faculty leaders at U of Illinois support removing top leaders amid admissions scandalURBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois Faculty Senate has voted on a resolution supporting the removal of President B. Joseph White and Chancellor Richard Herman from office in the wake of an admissions scandal at the school. Clues point to inside job in Yale killing; police seek to calm fears on Ivy League campusNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heavily secured lab building accessible only to university employees. |
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