Panel blasts U-Md. news releases on chocolate milk studies; George Mason law school to be renamed the Antonin Scalia School of Law; Your child got into a few colleges. Now here’s what you need to know before making a decision.; Multiple dorm arsons, Confederate flags put a college on edge; A college-admissions edge for the wealthy: Early decision; The three most important questions to ask in finalizing the college decision; Yale student: Thanks, New Haven. We had a good run. But it’s time to retire to Florida; Governor invites Yale to move to Florida. Yale politely declines.; Attorneys for ‘Jackie’ in Rolling Stone lawsuit protest under-oath deposition, say it could ‘re-traumatize’ her; U-Va. swim team hazing case dismissed after settlement;
 
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Panel blasts U-Md. news releases on chocolate milk studies
Experts urge several steps for University of Maryland to prevent conflicts of interest with industry-related research and publicity.
George Mason law school to be renamed the Antonin Scalia School of Law
George Mason University announces $30 million in gifts, and a new name for its law school in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
 
Your child got into a few colleges. Now here’s what you need to know before making a decision.
There are questions every student should ask a prospective school before making a commitment.
 
Multiple dorm arsons, Confederate flags put a college on edge
St. Mary's College of Maryland is unsettled by a series of fires in a dormitory, and recent bias incidents.
 
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A college-admissions edge for the wealthy: Early decision
Dozens of prominent colleges fill a third or more of their incoming classes through early-decision applications, which prevent comparison shopping for the best financial deal and make it more difficult to get in during the regular admissions cycle.
 
The three most important questions to ask in finalizing the college decision
After you find out where you've gotten into college, here's what you and your family need to ask to find the right one for you.
 
Yale student: Thanks, New Haven. We had a good run. But it’s time to retire to Florida
After Florida's governor invited Yale University to relocate, a Yale sophomore wrote a satirical take on the news.
 
Governor invites Yale to move to Florida. Yale politely declines.
Yale has been in New Haven, Conn., for more than 300 years. Would lower taxes be enough to pull the Ivy League school from New England to the Sunshine State?
 
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Attorneys for ‘Jackie’ in Rolling Stone lawsuit protest under-oath deposition, say it could ‘re-traumatize’ her
Lawyers for a U-Va. dean want to speak with 'Jackie' under oath for a defamation lawsuit, saying that her account of a gang rape was a fabrication. The former student's lawyers are trying to block the interview, scheduled for April 5.
 
U-Va. swim team hazing case dismissed after settlement
Five upperclassman swimmers allegedly threatened and humiliated freshmen during a hazing ritual in 2014 that they said mimicked similar hazing in years past.
 
Hacker sends anti-Semitic fliers to network printers at Princeton, many other colleges
Colleges across the country received hate-filled messages to networked printers; a white supremacist says the flier went to 20,000 devices, and he has plans for more.
 
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