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Obama's Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs

5 hours, 16 minutes ago

When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities - a proud corner of...

Baylor University to build $13.6M track stadium

7 hours, 10 minutes ago

Baylor University regents have approved a plan to build a $13.6 million track stadium at the Waco campus.

Buffs hoping to stampede way back to respectability

1 day ago

It's been more than two decades since the football team at the University of Colorado hoisted its one and only national championship trophy, and the program has struggled to remain relevant ever...

All Saints' Episcopal unveils new program for high school students

2 days ago

Dee Kelly, president of the board of trustees, said the new program will benefit all the students in the upper school, not just those in the Honors College.

Theater attack prompts new Colo. mental health law

2 days ago

Holmes had been seeing a psychiatrist at the University of Colorado, where he was a graduate student, before the shooting.

Ben Bolch: Klay Thompson is impressing people, even his dad

2 days ago

Presiding was Mychal, who as a 6-10 center-forward was the first pick of the 1978 NBA draft, and mother Julie, a 5-10 former setter for the volleyball team at the University of San Francisco.

TCU's league-best pitching meets Kansas State's nation-leading offense

3 days ago

K-State enters the series leading the country with a .333 batting average and is batting a league-best .340 in conference games.

Warriors, Spurs PGs hobble into critical Game 4

3 days ago

Tony Parker cracked jokes and declared he'd "definitely" start before he rested face down on a table for a massage on his bruised left calf during San Antonio's practice at the University of San...

Gavin Escobar gives Cowboys another option to deploy

3 days ago

The former Virginia Tech receiver broke his left foot in the Cowboys' first organized team activity.

Va. Tech president retires, reflects on massacre

4 days ago

While he didn't address the shootings in his note to the campus community, Steger complimented the Virginia Tech family on its "indomitable spirit.

Judge: MIT can redact info in Swartz documents

4 days ago

U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton wrote in the decision Monday that disclosure could expose MIT employees, law enforcement officials and others to harassment and retaliation.

Most doctors still reject Medicaid as program expansion nears

5 days ago

Dr. Adit Ginde, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, has studied obstacles to patient care for Medicaid recipients.

Biden: Don't listen to cynics' claim US in decline

5 days ago

Today's college graduates are well-positioned to lead America in the 21st century and shouldn't listen to cynics who say the nation is in decline, Vice President Joe Biden told thousands of new...

Brown U. player critically injured by head punch

5 days ago

Police in Providence, R.I., say a Brown University basketball player is in critical condition after being punched in the head in what appeared to be an unprovoked assault.

Utah among top states for immigration cases

6 days ago

The study from a Syracuse University-affiliated research group shows that in the first six months of the 2013 fiscal year, there were 135 cases of defendants charged with immigration offenses.

NFL notes: Mother says RGIII is getting married this summer

7 days ago

Griffin, the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner and second overall draft pick in 2012, and Liddicoat, who is from Colorado, attended Baylor together and were engaged in 2010 after Baylor beat Kansas...

Cardinal skipping BC ceremony over abortion issue

8 days ago

O'Malley said since Boston College hasn't withdrawn its invitation to Kenny, he won't attend.

Seahawks ink seven draft picks, including Hill

8 days ago

Hill was a third-round choice (No. 87 overall) out of Penn State, while Harper was selected in the fourth round (No. 123) out of Kansas State.

Volunteers to do flyovers at AF Academy graduation

8 days ago

The jets that typically streak over Air Force Academy seniors on graduation day have been grounded by federal budget cuts, but privately owned aerial demonstration teams are volunteering to do the...

Longtime TCU assistant Randy Mazey off to quick start at West Virginia

9 days ago

The Mountaineers are tied with Oklahoma and Kansas State atop the league with six conference games remaining before the Big 12 Championships May 22-26 in Oklahoma City.

Michigan's break from Webber, Taylor, Bullock ends

10 days ago

"This morning, I felt really good about the dissociation being over and having the opportunity to reunite with the University of Michigan," Taylor told The AP on Wednesday.

New technology propels 'old energy' boom

14 days ago

"Suddenly, out of nowhere, the world seems to be awash in hydrocarbons," says Michael Greenstone, an environmental economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Extra Points: The best undrafted free agents

15 days ago

Atlanta Falcons: Nick Clancy, LB, Boston College - The Eagles weren't all that successful in 2012 and perhaps that's why Clancy was overlooked.

TCU's hot shooting cools as Texas advances in Big 12 tourney

16 days ago

The Longhorns play 11th-ranked Kansas State (25-6), the tournament's No. 2 seed, at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Oil drilling technology leaps, clean energy lags

16 days ago

"Suddenly, out of nowhere, the world seems to be awash in hydrocarbons," says Michael Greenstone, an environmental economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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