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University of Pennsylvania confirms recent cyberattack led to major data theft

Hackers claim to have stolen 1.2 million records, and have been insulting the University.

TechRadar · Nov 6, 2025

Billionaire Jeff Yass gives $100 million to University of Austin for free tuition

Yass, a school voucher supporter and an influential figure in Texas politics, said the only condition for the gift was for the school not to receive government funding.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 5, 2025

Court lets stand ruling that says UC's ban on hiring students without legal status is discriminatory

The California Supreme Court has let stand a lower-court ruling that the University of California’s policy barring students without legal status in the US from campus jobs is discriminatory and must be reconsidered

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

2 Controversies Over Political Rhetoric Illustrate the Perils of Blaming Gun Control Critics for Murder

That strategy, which rejects the possibility of sincere disagreement, is poisonous to rational debate.

Reason · Oct 9, 2025

Ex Western Sydney Uni Students Targeted By Email Scam Claiming Their Degrees Had Been Revoked

Western Sydney University students and grads were hit with scam emails claiming their degrees were revoked. Here's everything we know.

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 7, 2025

Univ. of South Dakota Withdraws Planned Firing of Art Professor for Vulgar Tweet Calling Charlie Kirk a "Hate Spreading Nazi"

From today's notice of dismissal, filed by the plaintiff's lawyerin Hook v. Rave: On October 3, defendants wisely abandoned their… The post Univ. of South Dakota Withdraws Planned Firing of Art Professor for Vulgar Tweet Calling Charlie Kirk a "Hate Spreading Nazi" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Oct 6, 2025

UNC Student Bluntly Sums Up Disappointment of the Bill Belichick Era

After Bill Belichick's difficult start to his tenure as North Carolina's football coach, a UNC student compared being at their first game to failing midterms.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 4, 2025

UT-Austin considering offer to adopt Trump priorities for funding advantages

The funding deal would reportedly ask the university to adopt a stricter definition of gender and a tuition freeze, among other conditions.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 2, 2025

“This is humble music for everyone. It’s for people who have sunk a million hours into fighting zombies on Xbox”: Meet University’s Zak Bowker, the punk guitarist who believes your biggest inspiration should be yourself

University might be inspired by the Oasis ethos and the harmonies of the Beatles, but Bowker explains why they're going their own way

Guitar World · Oct 2, 2025

The Dixson family were great Australian philanthropists, but their wealth was built on slave labour

The barque Glenswilly arrived in Sydney Harbour from Greenock, outside Glasgow, on October 29 1839. Among the new arrivals were Hugh Dixson, his wife Helen, and their infant son, also named Hugh.

The Conversation · Oct 1, 2025