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Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan's education ministry on Tuesday urged the University of Tokyo to review whether the selection process for its next president was appropriate, in response to doubts raised both within and outside the school. This marked the first time the ministry has requested a university to verify the new president selection process. Tetsuo Goda, director-general of t...
P.A. Ahammed Shareef was chosen at a senate meeting of the university held on the main campus
The National University of Asunción (UNA) in Paraguay suspended all in-person activity on Friday 16 October 2026 after an emailed threat of an armed attack. The university announced the preventive closure around midday local time, covering both classes and administrative work. The closure matters to US readers because Americans study, work and travel in Asunción, […] The post Paraguay University Shuts Over Attack Threat appeared first on The Rio Times.
Judge fines the government for failing to fund universities as protests over Milei's cuts turn violent.
KNUST reopening dates are set, with lectures starting on Monday 19 October after Ghana ordered all public universities to reopen despite a staff strike. The post KNUST Reopening Dates Explained: Lectures Start 19 October appeared first on The Rio Times.
Thousands of students in Albania are calling for better university conditions and job prospects, but buildings have been set on fire in the unrest.
Cornell University on Tuesday suspended fraternities’ parties and social events for the remaining academic year following outcry over an alleged gang rape at one of the elite college’s all-male clubs. The 2024 incident, as alleged in a graphic lawsuit filed last month, has drawn accusations that the Ivy League institution in New York state failed to properly punish the men involved. The accuser claimed that she was pressured to take ketamine, assaulted and raped by seven members of the Chi Phi...
Fraternities face immediate emergency suspensions for violations amid sweeping ban tackling parties at US university.
Pelo menos 40 profissionais do Corpo de Bombeiros e do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama) conseguiram controlar um incêndio na tarde desta sexta-feira (9), que durou mais de duas horas, em uma área de mata no Centro Olímpico da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). De acordo com o coordenador de logística do Prevfogo (ligado ao Ibama), Marcos Rocha, ainda não era possível identificar a causa do incêndio na área de Cerrado. Notícias relacionadas:AGU cria força-tarefa para atuar em caso de incêndio na UFPE.Reitor da UFPE estima prejuízo de incêndio em cerca R$ 100 milhões .Rocha informou, no entanto, que o clima quente e seco, e o vento fizeram os focos se espalharem. Ele acrescentou que foi possível proteger a área patrimonial da Faculdade de Educação Física e do Centro Olímpico, que ficam próximo à mata. “A secura do tempo pode fazer com que alguma fagulha espalhe o fogo. Como está muito seco e havia um vento os focos se espalharam rapidamente”, explicou. Para debelar as chamas, as equipes, chegaram a puxar água da piscina do Centro Olímpico. Os bombeiros militares atuaram com drones para combater toda a extensão do incêndio, próximo a uma avenida de grande circulação na Asa Norte, a L4. Inclusive a sede do Prevfogo fica nesta via. Atividades suspensas A chefe do Centro Olímpico, professora Marisete Safons, suspendeu todas as atividades no espaço durante esta tarde. “Nós retiramos todas as crianças que estavam aqui no parque aquático para fazer atividades e cancelamos as atividades acadêmicas." Ela testemunha que, neste ano, foi o primeiro incêndio na região: “Nós escutamos os estalos do fogo e já acionamos os bombeiros que agiram rapidamente”
Student representatives say the university has agreed to form an inquiry committee to examine their grievances and has accepted their demand to exclude proctor Sreekumar from the panel.
Congress-backed Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association accuses Left-affiliated All Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association of unauthorisedly taking control of the university’s internal-mark uploading portal
The commission has been formed to propose guidelines to prevent financial crises arising from the ‘unplanned inception and operation of specialised universities with low student enrollment'.
The order comes in response to a petition opposing the decision to create a separate union to bring all research scholars across affiliated colleges and research centres under one body
An Ambrose Alli University lecturer died in an Ekpoma hotel on 5 October 2026; police hold three for questioning and no cause is announced. The post Edo Lecturer Found Dead in Hotel, Three Held appeared first on The Rio Times.
The FlyDubai pilot accused of attempting a murder-suicide mission on an Israel-bound flight didn’t complete his university studies in Australia.
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is looking to secure more laboratory space in the Northern Metropolis university town to expand its research capacity and attract talent, its new vice-president for research has said. Professor Anderson Shum Ho-cheung, who took up the vice presidency in August, also called for more government funding, saying grant applications took time and returns on investment could be slow. Shum said the university’s research development would align with the government’s...
Cornell University remains at the centre of controversy over an alleged gang rape at a fraternity on campus, with the university president now breaking his silence. In an eight-minute video statement released Saturday night, Michael Kotlikoff called the allegations, made by a woman known as Jane Doe, deeply disturbing and said the university must do better. Shirli Sitbon has this report.
Cornell president says university ‘must do better’ after rape allegations
Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff said he was “deeply disturbed” by a student’s 2024 rape allegation that has drawn national outrage. “My heart aches when I think of what she experienced,” Kotlikoff said in a video message released on Saturday, saying the university must “do everything we can to prevent what happened to Jane Doe” from happening again. Lawyers for a Jane Doe last month filed a civil lawsuit against the Ivy League university, its leaders, the Chi Phi fraternity, her...
Michael Kotlikoff described the allegations of a woman who says she was drugged and gang raped as "deeply disturbing".
The woman, known as Jane Doe, alleges she was raped by seven students at a fraternity house at the university in 2024.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday called for an investigation into Cornell University's response to a 2024 gang rape allegation in which a woman says she was sexually assaulted by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs. It comes as prosecutors reopen an investigation into the alleged rape following claims the elite college failed to properly punish the men involved.
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, September 30: The Cornell University gang rape investigation reopens. But first: university students and prisoners protest in Iran "in a rare show of dissent". Journalist Evan Gershkovich speaks about his 16 months in Russian prison. Bonus: what can we do to be less lonely? Finally, Fat Bear Week has chosen its winner.
Police are trying to verify whether a female student was raped at Lovely Professional University (LPU).
A Universidade de Brasília (UnB) divulgou nota de repúdio contra “atos de violência e depredação de patrimônio público” que teriam sido praticados por um candidato de extrema direita no campus universitário. Segundo a UnB, Wilker Leão, candidato a deputado federal pelo Novo, foi preso em flagrante pela Polícia Federal, após depredar pinturas em muro do Instituto de Artes, acompanhado de apoiadores que teriam agredido estudantes no local. Notícias relacionadas:Estudante é expulso da UnB por gravar aulas e debochar de professores.Extremistas que ameaçaram estudantes da UnB suspendem ato em campus.Em nota, a universidade associa o ataque a “métodos adotados pela extrema-direita” que, além de ilegais, “são covardes, porque só se viabilizam na impossibilidade do debate qualificado”. “Por isso, a união da comunidade em defesa da Universidade é tão importante.” Leão tem sido pivô de uma série de conflitos com a comunidade universitária. Recentemente, ele foi expulso da UnB, onde cursava História, após processo disciplinar que o condenou por gravar sem consentimento professores e alunos, com o objetivo de ridicularizá-los. Em abril, acompanhado de outros militantes de direita, chegaram a convocar um ato na UnB que estimulava violência contra estudantes da instituição. Na convocação, foram feitas menções como “trocar porrada com os vermes” e “porrada nos comunistas”. Protocolo de segurança Neste domingo, Leão retornou ao campus para pintar de branco o muro do Instituto de Artes, destruindo pinturas feitas por alunos. A UnB, então, colocou em prática o protocolo de segurança previsto para esse tipo de situação. “Forças policiais foram acionadas e houve prisão em flagrante pela Polícia Federal. A Universidade está adotando todas as providências administrativas e jurídicas cabíveis para a apuração dos fatos e responsabilização dos envolvidos”, detalhou a UnB. A universidade disse se solidarizar com os estudantes agredidos durante o episódio; que prestará o apoio necessário a todos que tenham sido prejudicados; e, por fim, que “seguirá firme na defesa de sua comunidade, de seus espaços e da convivência democrática”. A Agência Brasil aguarda manifestação dos advogados de defesa do candidato sobre o ocorrido.