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As Ivy League prioritizes 'activism at expense of academics,' other schools rise to top for employers

Post-October 7th, employers are scrambling to find new hires from schools that didn’t devolve into protest chaos.

Colleges are finally starting to stand up to students and punish them for acting like brats

As college leaders finally mete out punishment for students who flagrantly break rules, UConn Coach Danny Hurley's team approach proves accountability is vital.

Ex-college quarterback claims Italian mob offered him $300K to rig football games

Mo Hasan, who played backup for Commodores during 2018 and 2019, said on his podcast he was approached by a mobster who offered him $300,000 to fix Commodores games.

Vanderbilt University uses ChatGPT to address MSU shooting: 'Sick'

School officials said the AI written condolence message was in "poor judgment."

Vanderbilt University suspends gender affirmation surgery for minors

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will forgo performing any transgender surgeries for children that cannot be undone or reverted later in life, pending an internal review.

Dolly Parton donates another $1M -- this time for children's disease research

"No child should ever have to suffer, and I’m willing to do my part to try and keep as many of them as I can as healthy and safe as possible,” she said.

Vanderbilt U student among dead in Florida building collapse

A 21-year-old Vanderbilt University student is among the dead in last week's collapse of a beachfront condominium tower in Florida, his family and the school said.

Scientist says she made up Twitter account for Arizona State prof who 'died' of COVID-19

An Arizona State University professor who posted on Twitter for years about social justice issues and recently detailed her fight with COVID-19 was said to have died last week --...

Al Gore compares climate crisis to 9/11, praises Green New Deal

Former Vice President Al Gore called climate change “the life and death struggle of people alive today,” comparing it to 9/11, Pearl Harbor and such World War II battles as Dunkirk...

Neuroscientist allegedly drugged, raped grad student

A top neuroscientist at Vanderbilt University allegedly drugged and raped a grad student at a conference last fall, but didn't get placed on leave until just a few months ago...

'Deeply disturbing' racist email sent to college students, staff

Vanderbilt University condemned a “deeply disturbing” email purportedly promoting white supremacy that was sent to students, faculty and staff. The private university in Nashville, Tennessee said on Twitter the email...

Ex-Vanderbilt football player gets probation in dorm gang rape

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former Vanderbilt football player who testified against three of his former teammates in a campus rape case was sentenced Monday to 10 years’ probation as part...

Ex-Vanderbilt football player found guilty of rape

A jury has convicted a former Vanderbilt University football player charged in the 2013 rape of an unconscious female student. After deliberating for about 15 hours, the jury on Friday...

Lawyer argues college football player was bullied into dorm rape

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former Vanderbilt University football player charged with raping an unconscious female student in a dorm room in June 2013 was pressured and bullied into participating, his...

Vanderbilt pays $1.2M to remove 'Confederate' from dorm name

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University announced Monday that it will pay more than a million dollars to remove an inscription containing the word "Confederate" from one of its campus dorms....

Which would win in a fight: An electric eel or a horse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXIACBFLd8U Experiments at Vanderbilt University have proven a 200-year-old observation that electric eels can leap out of water and shock animals to death, a claim originally made by 19th century...

Former Vanderbilt football player found guilty of rape (again)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former Vanderbilt football player has been found guilty of raping an unconscious student in a dorm. It took less than three hours for the jury of...

Vanderbilt rapist says he's 'sorry' on Dr. Phil show

A former Vanderbilt player convicted of raping a fellow student with a teammate tells Dr. Phil in a jailhouse interview that he is sorry for his actions. Corey Batey was...

Electric eels have mind control powers

It’s a stunning discovery: Electric eels don’t just “zap” their prey. They use their powers to remote-control them, too. The highly charged predators have long been known to pack a...

Vanderbilt wide receiver Matthews may land with Jets

MOBILE, Ala. — Jordan Matthews ran around the field at Ladd-Peebles Stadium feverishly looking for something. The South team’s practice for the Senior Bowl had just ended and scouts and...