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Harvard professors weigh in on nuclear threat

Though dangerous levels of radioactivity still pose a threat to the population around the deteriorating nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Power Plant in Japan, Harvard professors say that while the disaster may cause dangerous pollution, its consequences will not reach the most dire predictions.

NYU alternative break trips continue tradition of service abroad

During spring break, some students opted from the typical partying and chose to help others instead. Belize A group of NYU students made their way on an 10-hour trip to Punta Gorda, Belize, for a ProWorld experiential learning trip.

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Students fast to combat homelessness, hunger

UF students are encouraged to starve themselves — at least for a day. Starting 6 p.m. Friday, volunteers will vow to ingest nothing but water and Gatorade for 24 hours to raise awareness for homelessness and hunger. Jeremy A.

Brown creates fund for Japan relief

The University will establish a fund for relief efforts in Japan following Friday's earthquake and tsunami, President Ruth Simmons announced in an e-mail to the Brown community yesterday afternoon.

Indiana won’t reveal where student fees are going

IU policy doesn’t allow the release of full records detailing where mandatory student fees are being spent. This includes the ledgers of the IU Student Association or any other student organization, so it is not clear if IUSA executives have given money to their own companies this year.

Japanese Student Organization raising funds for earthquake relief

Fewer than 24 hours after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake unleashed a massive tsunami roughly 250 miles northeast of Tokyo, dozens of University students assembled in the Mills International Center Friday evening to grieve.

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Petition calls for end to water bottle sales on Michigan’s campus

Members of the University community who buy bottled water instead of filling up at a drinking fountain may have been getting disapproving looks from a group of students recently.

$200 million donation largest in USC history

USC has received its largest single donation since the university was established in 1880. Dana and David Dornsife, longstanding patrons of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and the university’s neuroscience program, have donated $200 million in an unrestricted endowment to the USC Colleg...

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Gas prices rise as spring break nears

Road-tripping for spring break may not be so cost-effective for University of Iowa students this year. Gas prices have risen to more than $3.50 per gallon at some Iowa gas stations as political turmoil continues in countries such as Libya and Tunisia.