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College Student Mental Health: A Long-Term Rise in Distress, Then Three Years of Improvement
This article was originally reported in October 2025. Headlines often describe college student mental health as an unprecedented crisis. National survey data show a more mixed picture: a long-term rise in distress and in demand for counseling, followed by several years of improv… Oct 3, 2025
- Lehigh University Stays in the Wall Street Journal’s Top 30 Best Colleges for 2026 This article was originally reported in October 2025. Later rankings are covered in the latest update. Lehigh University placed in the top 30 of the Wall Street Journal's 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking, published in fall 2025, with an overall score of 82.2. Lehigh said i… Oct 3, 2025
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Empowering Future Public Health Leaders: UCSD’s Innovative Doctoral Program, Implementation Science, AI Integration, and Community Engaged Education
UC San Diego's Pioneering Public Health PhD: A New Paradigm in Health Services and Implementation Science UC San Diego has inaugurated a new Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Public Health, marking a significant evolution in its commitment to addressing pressing health challenges.… Oct 2, 2025
- Dartmouth Names Trailblazer Scholarships for Marysa Navarro-Aranguren and John Rosenwald This article was originally reported in October 2025. In 2025, Dartmouth College named its latest two Trailblazer Scholarships for Marysa Navarro-Aranguren, a longtime history professor who helped lead the push for coeducation, and E. John Rosenwald Jr. '52 TU'53 H'02, a chair e… Oct 2, 2025
- USC Gould School of Law Launches Center for Sports, Entertainment, Media & Technology Law This article was originally reported in August 2025. In August 2025 the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law announced a new Center for Sports, Entertainment, Media & Technology Law, an interdisciplinary hub meant to prepare law students for careers where law,… Oct 2, 2025
- University of Chicago Launches a Master of Science in Chemistry This article was originally reported in October 2025. The latest program details are covered in the update at the end. On October 1, 2025, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago announced a new Master of Science (SM) in Chemistry, with the first students starti… Oct 2, 2025
- Three Illinois Students Win 2025 Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarships for Public Service This article was originally reported in October 2025. Three students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were named Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholars for Public Service in 2025, the university announced on October 1, 2025. That brought Illinois to 10 Voyager Scholars sinc… Oct 1, 2025
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University of Rochester Renames Chemical Engineering as Chemical and Sustainability Engineering
This article was originally reported in October 2025. The University of Rochester has renamed its 110-year-old chemical engineering department the Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering, the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences announced on October 1… Oct 1, 2025
- Carnegie Mellon Welcomes Second Cohort of Rales Fellows in Graduate STEM This article was originally reported in October 2025. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) inducted its second cohort of CMU Rales Fellows on September 30, 2025. The 34 fellows, 31 master's students and 3 PhD students, were enrolled in 18 graduate programs across CMU's four eligible… Oct 1, 2025
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Florida State Opens DC Study Away Program with Capitol Hill Housing for Student Interns
This article was originally reported in September 2025 and has been updated with later developments through November 2026. Florida State University has opened a residential internship program in Washington, D.C. On September 25, 2025, FSU held a ribbon-cutting for the FSU DC Stu… Oct 1, 2025
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Brown University Launches the Watson School of International and Public Affairs
This article was originally reported in September 2025. On July 1, 2025, Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs officially became the Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs. Economist John N. Friedman became its inaugura… Sep 30, 2025
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LGBTQ+ Support at U.S. Universities: How Duke, Baylor and Public Universities Differ
For LGBTQ+ students, and for any student who cares about campus climate, U.S. universities can feel very different from one another. Some have long-established centers for gender and sexual diversity and celebrate Pride every year; some religious universities hold traditional te… Sep 30, 2025
- Texas A&M Named Best Public University in Texas by WSJ/College Pulse for Third Straight Year This article was originally reported in September 2025. Later rankings are covered in the latest update at the end. On September 30, 2025, Texas A&M University announced that the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking had named it the best p… Sep 30, 2025
- UC Berkeley Named No. 1 Public College in the WSJ/College Pulse 2026 Rankings This article was originally reported in September 2025. The University of California, Berkeley was named the No. 1 public college in the United States in the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2026 Best Colleges rankings, released on September 29, 2025. It was the second year in … Sep 30, 2025
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USC Marshall Expands Its MBA Consulting Track as Pre-MBA Program Acceptances Rise Twentyfold
This article was originally reported in August 2025. The University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business has expanded the support it gives Full-Time MBA students who want to go into management consulting. From 2024 to 2025, the number of Marshall students accepte… Sep 30, 2025
- UC Davis Ranks No. 2 Among Public Universities in the WSJ/College Pulse 2026 Rankings This article was originally reported in September 2025. In the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2026 Best Colleges rankings, released on September 29, 2025, the University of California, Davis placed second among public universities and 13th among all 584 eligible universities.… Sep 29, 2025
- UW–Madison Opens Morgridge Hall, a $267 Million Home for Computing, Data and Information Sciences This article was originally reported in September 2025. Later developments, including the creation of a new College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, are in the latest update at the end. On September 26, 2025, the University of Wisconsin–Madison held a ribbon-cutting for… Sep 27, 2025
- WashU’s St. Louis Fellows Program Pays Students to Intern at Local Nonprofits This article was originally reported in September 2025. Many students cannot afford to work a summer for free, and many small nonprofits cannot afford to pay interns. Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) addresses both problems through its St. Louis Fellows Program, which … Sep 26, 2025
- Ohio State and IIT Bombay Plan Dual PhD Program in Microelectronics and AI This article was originally reported in September 2025. On September 26, 2025, Ohio State University and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) announced a planned dual doctoral degree program focused initially on microelectronics and artificial intelligence. Stu… Sep 26, 2025
- Purdue in the U.S. News 2026 Best Colleges Rankings: No. 46 Overall, Top-10 Engineering This article was originally reported in September 2025 and has been updated with the 2027 rankings released in September 2026. When U.S. News & World Report released its 2026 Best Colleges rankings on September 23, 2025, Purdue University placed tied for No. 46 among more th… Sep 26, 2025
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