Student Wellness

Prompted By Research Rule, U of Texas Goes Tobacco-Free

Tobacco use is now prohibited on all University of Texas properties, including sidewalks, parking garages and lawns, officials announced today.

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Gay Mormon Students At Brigham Young U Come Out In Web Video

Students from a strict Mormon college that prohibits "homosexual behavior" have launched a Web video aimed at reassuring other gay and lesbian youth struggling with their faith and sexual orientation.

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Florida A&M U Requires Students, Faculty – Even Volunteers And Vendors – To Report All Hazing

Trustees at Florida A&M University today adopted a new rule requiring virtually everyone who has a relationship with the school — students, employees, volunteers and even vendors — to report any hazing activity they learn about to campus police within 24 hours.

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Circle of 6 App

Each user downloads the app and adds 6 contacts from their address book, creating a Circle of 6 supporters.

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University Of Maine Suspends Sigma Nu Fraternity For Five Years

The University of Maine has levied a five-year suspension against Sigma Nu fraternity after repeated violations of the student conduct code, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana announced Wednesday afternoon.

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Toward First-Generation Success

New research confirms what many in higher education have long suspected: Students who are the first in their families to attend college—first-generation college students—are at an unseen academic disadvantage in college.

Indiana University Student Bitten By Rabid Bat In Dorm Room

An Indiana University student bitten by a rabid bat while he slept in his Bloomington dorm room is receiving rabies shots.

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UW-Madison Plans To Improve Reporting And Tracking Of Bias Incidents

UW-Madison officials say they will try to make it easier for students to report incidents of bias — conduct, speech or expression motivated by prejudice — and they are working on a better system for tracking such reports.

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