JOE MANDAK, Associated PressStudentsCollege Board to Boost SAT Security GloballyPITTSBURGH — The firm that oversees registrations for the SAT college entrance exam is boosting security around the world following test-stealing and other cheating in recent years. The College Board tells The Associated Press it’s reducing the number of international testing dates from six per year to four for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years. […]February 22, 2017HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh Hospital Network Paying $2.5M to Settle Overbilling ClaimsPITTSBURGH ― The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has paid $2.5 million to settle some claims in a federal whistleblower lawsuit accusing the hospital network of overbilling government insurance programs for neurosurgery. UPMC, Pennsylvania’s largest private employer with 60,000 workers, didn’t acknowledge wrongdoing in the settlement announced Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh. […]July 27, 2016StudentsSAT Tests Canceled in China, Macau Over Cheating ConcernsPITTSBURGH ― The firm that oversees registrations for the SAT has canceled college entrance exams on Saturday in China and Macau, because some students may have already seen copies of the tests. The College Board, the New York-based testing firm, revealed the cancelations on Thursday. Stacy Caldwell, the firm’s vice president for college readiness assessments, […]January 21, 2016StudentsAG: No Hazing Charges in Penn State-Altoona Frat SuicidePITTSBURGH ― A state grand jury is recommending no criminal charges for fraternity hazing that one family claims led to the suicide of a Penn State-Altoona student. The grand jury report released Tuesday indicates 18-year-old Marquise Braham left notes indicating he had contemplated suicide since he was a child. It also says there’s no evidence […]January 5, 2016HomeWoman Enrolled at Virginia Tech Guilty in Test-taking SchemeA Chinese woman pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to have two other women take college admissions examinations in her place that helped her get accepted to Virginia Tech.October 29, 2015HomePennsylvania Resident Guilty in Chinese Test-taking PlotA Chinese citizen who lives in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to charges she took English-language fluency tests used for college entrance purposes for two other Chinese women.August 3, 2015Students15 Chinese Nationals Accused in U.S. of Student Visa SchemeFifteen Chinese citizens conspired to take college entrance exams on behalf of others or paid to have that done for them so they could obtain student visas, federal prosecutors said Thursday.May 28, 2015Faculty & StaffMIT Professor Bhatia Among Heinz Awards WinnersA Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher who has developed artificial human “microlivers” that can safely test the toxicity of drugs without endangering lives is one of six people chosen to receive Heinz Awards.April 23, 2015StudentsOff-Campus Student Charged in Penn State ThreatA 20-year-old off-campus student has been jailed on charges that he posted a social media threat to shoot people at a popular gathering area on Penn State’s main campus.October 13, 2014StudentsFeds Reviewing Pa. Student’s Bomb ArrestThe FBI and federal prosecutors were reviewing allegations against a college student from Russia who has been charged with possessing bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials, though police acknowledge the suspect told them he wasn’t planning on “blowing anything up.”January 27, 2014Page 1 of 2Next Page
