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Sports

Arkansas Sanctions Upheld; Track Titles in Doubt

The NCAA upheld sanctions against Arkansas’ track and field program, although the school still hopes to keep two national titles in question.

September 23, 2008

Sports

No Athletic Dept at Vandy, But Much Success

As president of Vanderbilt University and four other prominent schools before that, Gordon Gee perceived an unhappy trend: Student-athletes were drifting away from the core of university life. They lived, ate and studied in a jock bubble.

September 7, 2008

Sports

NCAA Penalizes New Mexico for Football Violations

The NCAA put New Mexico’s football program on three years of probation Wednesday and cut five scholarships as punishment for academic violations involving two former assistant coaches.

August 21, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Champions

Diversity — probably one of the most elastic and debated terms around today.

August 20, 2008

Sports

NCAA To Provide Former Student-athletes With Benefits

The NCAA will provide former college football and basketball players with aid for future educational expenses, career development costs and other benefits as part of a lawsuit settlement it reached with ex-athletes.

August 7, 2008

Students

World’s First J-School Celebrates 100 Years

The world’s first J-school, the University of Missouri-Columbia’s School of Journalism, will celebrate its centennial anniversary Sept. 10-12 by officially opening the doors of the Reynolds Journalism Institute, a think tank where scholars will study journalism of the 21st century. Founding Dean Walter Williams welcomed the school’s first class of students on Sept. 14, 1908, […]

July 23, 2008

Sports

Sexton Named ASWA Junior College Athlete of the Year

Jennifer Sexton never thought of herself as a dominant pitcher while in high school.

June 4, 2008

Sports

Saluting an All-time Great

This year’s annual tribute to student-athletes takes on special meaning as it is the 15th anniversary of the death of tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr. for whom the award is named.

May 28, 2008

Sports

CORRELATING DIVERSITY SUCCESS WITH ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Texas A&M, NCAA partnership recognizes universities that best champion diversity.

May 28, 2008

Sports

Former NDSCS Athlete Being Deported

A former North Dakota State College of Science basketball player from Algeria who pleaded guilty to racking up thousands of dollars in international phone bills on a school-issued calling card now faces deportation.

May 14, 2008

Sports

NCAA Academic Report: Some College Teams May Be Hit Hard

College teams that consistently underperform in the classroom are getting hit harder by the NCAA.

May 6, 2008

Sports

NCAA Addresses Gender Equity: Where Do We Go From Here?

“An area within women’s intercollegiate athletics that hasn’t had a voice is the status of women of color,” says Charlotte F. Westerhaus, NCAA vice president for diversity and inclusion.

April 23, 2008