The Game might be bigger than ever when Harvard and Yale meet with FCS playoff berth on the line
Read full article: The Game might be bigger than ever when Harvard and Yale meet with FCS playoff berth on the lineHarvard and Yale are set to face off in their historic rivalry game on Saturday, with something more at stake.
Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Read full article: Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal fundingCornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administrationโs interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.
Harvard under investigation over participation in visa program for foreign students and researchers
Read full article: Harvard under investigation over participation in visa program for foreign students and researchersThe State Department says it's investigating whether Harvard University will remain part of a government program that allows foreign nationals to take part in cultural and education exchange programs.
NCAA's House settlement era begins, shaking up college athletics as some schools opt out
Read full article: NCAA's House settlement era begins, shaking up college athletics as some schools opt outThe NCAAโs House settlement era has launched, with athletic programs across the country free to start paying millions to their athletes in the biggest change in the history of college athletics.
Top US universities raced to become global campuses. Under Trump, it's becoming a liability
Read full article: Top US universities raced to become global campuses. Under Trump, it's becoming a liabilityThree decades ago, foreign students at Harvard University accounted for just 11% of the total student body.
Cornell student protester facing deportation leaves the US on his 'own terms' after losing faith
Read full article: Cornell student protester facing deportation leaves the US on his 'own terms' after losing faithA Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked over campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.
Penn hires former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery to lift fallen program back into Ivy contention
Read full article: Penn hires former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery to lift fallen program back into Ivy contentionPenn has hired Fran McCaffery as its men's basketball coach, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years.
Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer
Read full article: Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmerThe Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over a transgender swimmer who last competed for the school in 2022.
Dartmouth basketball players union accuses school of unfair labor practices over refusal to bargain
Read full article: Dartmouth basketball players union accuses school of unfair labor practices over refusal to bargainThe union representing the Dartmouth menโs basketball team has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the school because it has refused to negotiate with the players on a collective bargaining agreement.
Former Cornell student gets 21 months in prison for posting violent threats to Jewish students
Read full article: Former Cornell student gets 21 months in prison for posting violent threats to Jewish studentsA former Cornell University student arrested for posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus last fall after the start of the war in Gaza has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize, though steps remain before forming labor union
Read full article: Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize, though steps remain before forming labor unionThe Dartmouth men's basketball team has voted to unionize, taking an unprecedented step toward forming the first-ever labor union for college athletes.
After labor victory, Dartmouth players return to the basketball court
Read full article: After labor victory, Dartmouth players return to the basketball courtThe two Dartmouth players working to unionize their basketball team say other athletes have been reaching out to see if they can join the effort.
Labor victory for Dartmouth basketball players only start of path to a union deal
Read full article: Labor victory for Dartmouth basketball players only start of path to a union dealA ruling that gives the Dartmouth basketball team the right to unionize has far-reaching implications for all of college sports โ from the quaint, academically oriented Ivy League to the big-money football factories like Michigan and Alabama.
US labor official says Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, sets stage for union vote
Read full article: US labor official says Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, sets stage for union voteA National Labor Relations Board regional official has decided that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA athletes.
Online antisemitic threats unnerve Jewish students and spark condemnation at Cornell University
Read full article: Online antisemitic threats unnerve Jewish students and spark condemnation at Cornell UniversityCornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements against Jewish students appeared on an online discussion board.
Ivy League football coaches praise conference's stability (and wish they weren't so alone)
Read full article: Ivy League football coaches praise conference's stability (and wish they weren't so alone)Thereโs one college football conference sitting out the reshuffling going on among its big-money brethren: The Ivy League will start the season with the same eight members it has had since it formed in 1956.
HBCUs get donations 178 times lower than Ivy League: study
Read full article: HBCUs get donations 178 times lower than Ivy League: studyThe average historically Black college and university received 178 times less funding from foundations than the average Ivy League school in 2019, according to a new report on the underfunding of HBCUs released Tuesday.
Ivey scores 22 as Purdue beats Yale 78-56 in NCAA tourney
Read full article: Ivey scores 22 as Purdue beats Yale 78-56 in NCAA tourneyJaden Ivey raced his way to 22 points and Zach Edey controlled the action inside, helping Purdue overpower Yale for a 78-56 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Transgender Penn swimmer Thomas ends Ivy meet with 3rd title
Read full article: Transgender Penn swimmer Thomas ends Ivy meet with 3rd titleUniversity of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won her lone individual matchup of the week with Yale's Iszac Henig at the Ivy League championship, edging Henig to win the 100-meter freestyle.
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Plan to revamp police force proceeds in Ithaca, New York
Read full article: Plan to revamp police force proceeds in Ithaca, New YorkBlack Lives Matter is seen along East Green Street where is passes under South Aurora Street, Monday, March 22, 2021, in Ithaca, N.Y. The nationwide reexamination of policing after the killing of George Floyd has led the Ivy League town in New York to consider an ambitious and contentious plan to remake its force. A proposal would replace the 63-officer Ithaca Police Department with a new Department of Community Solutions and Public Safety. The Ithaca Common Council unanimously approved a series of reform recommendations Wednesday night that included reconstituting the city police force to add unarmed officers to handle nonviolent calls like petty thefts. AdArmed officers of the 63-officer force would be able to keep their positions, and supporters of the plan said the new unarmed officers would be able to engage more with communities distrustful of police.
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Judge approves settlement in women's sports case at Brown
Read full article: Judge approves settlement in women's sports case at BrownFILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, people rest on grass while reading at Brown University in Providence, R.I. The university and attorneys for student-athletes, who challenged the Ivy League school's decision to reduce several women's varsity sports teams to club status, announced a proposed settlement Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)PROVIDENCE, R.I. โ A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement between Brown University and student-athletes who had challenged the Ivy League school's decision to drop several women's varsity sports. The settlement originally announced in September restores the womenโs equestrian and womenโs fencing teams to varsity status, and calls for an end to a 1998 legal agreement ensuring gender equity in varsity sports at Brown on Aug. 31, 2024. It stemmed from a legal challenge in June to the Providence, Rhode Island school's decision to reduce several women's varsity sports teams to club status.
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Ivy League cancels winter sports because of COVID-19
Read full article: Ivy League cancels winter sports because of COVID-19The Ivy League became the first Division I conference this year to cancel all winter sports, including mens and womens basketball. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)The Ivy League became the first Division I conference this year to cancel all winter sports, including menโs and womenโs basketball. That's still well below the peak of about 2,200 deaths per day in late April,The Ivy League has tried to be in front of the virus. The Ivy League announcement affects not just basketball, but wrestling, indoor track and field, swimming, fencing and other sports. Also, Conference USA announced Rice at Louisiana Tech scheduled for Saturday had been postponed because of COVID-19 issues with La Tech.
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Brown, attorneys reach settlement in women's sports fight
Read full article: Brown, attorneys reach settlement in women's sports fightBrown University and attorneys for student-athletes who challenged the Ivy League school's decision to reduce several womenโs varsity sports teams to club status announced a proposed settlement Thursday. In addition to restoring the womenโs equestrian and womenโs fencing teams to varsity status, the sides also said that a 1998 legal agreement ensuring gender equity in varsity sports at Brown would end on Aug. 31, 2024. Lynette Labinger, lead attorney for the student-athletes, called the proposed settlement bittersweet because they were not able to save all five womenโs sports. Brown said it would add co-ed and womenโs varsity sailing teams to maintain gender balance. The 1998 agreement had stemmed from a legal challenge to Brownโs decision to cut womenโs gymnastics and volleyball in the eary 1990s.
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Brown U. rebuts 'conspiracy' in fight over women's sports
Read full article: Brown U. rebuts 'conspiracy' in fight over women's sportsPROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University rebutted what the school calls spurious conspiracy claims" as it responded to an allegation that it is failing to comply with a 1998 agreement ensuring gender equity in sports. The Ivy League school this year announced it was cutting several varsity women's and men's sports, and reducing them to club status. The agreement stemmed from a lawsuit filed after Brown dropped womens gymnastics and volleyball as varsity sports. Brown last month released internal documents, including emails from high-ranking school officials, that Public Justice and the ACLU said show Brown wanted to undermine and dismantle the 1998 agreement. Brown President Christina Paxson said the school fully supports women's sports.
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MEAC becomes latest conference to scrap fall sports
Read full article: MEAC becomes latest conference to scrap fall sportsThe Mid-American Athletic Conference has suspended fall sports, becoming the third Division I league to postpone its football season. Following fellow FCS conferences the Ivy League and Patriot League, the MEAC announced it would not have competition in the fall and consider trying to make up the schedule for those sports in the 2021 spring semester. The MEAC is comprised of 11 historically black colleges, though its membership is in flux. Earlier this year, Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman announced they would be leaving the MEAC and joining the Southwestern Athletic Conference next year. The MEAC had more than two dozen players with area ties on the rosters of its programs last season.
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Patriot League punts on fall football as SEC leaders meet
Read full article: Patriot League punts on fall football as SEC leaders meetThe Patriot League joined the Ivy League on Monday, punting on football and other fall sports because of the pandemic while holding out hope games can be made up. Pennsylvania rivals Lehigh and Lafayette have played 155 times, more than any two opponents in college football history. The Patriot League competes in Division Is second tier of college football (FCS) like the Ivy League, which announced a similar decision last week. Unlike the Ivy League, the Patriot League participates in the FCS playoffs. The Patriot League has seven schools that play football: Bucknell, Colgate, Lehigh, Lafayette, Holy Cross and affiliate members Georgetown and Fordham.
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Patriot League punts on fall football as SEC leaders meet
Read full article: Patriot League punts on fall football as SEC leaders meetThe Patriot League joined the Ivy League on Monday, punting on football and other fall sports because of the coronavirus pandemic while holding out hope the games can be made up. Really, really tough decision, Patriot League Commissioner Jennifer Heppel said. Pennsylvania rivals Lehigh and Lafayette have played 155 times, more than any opponents in college football history. Unlike the Ivy League, the Patriot League participates in the FCS playoffs. The Patriot League has seven schools that play football: Bucknell, Colgate, Lehigh, Lafayette, Holy Cross and affiliate members Georgetown and Fordham.
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JU taking precautions as athletes resume workouts, eye competing this fall
Read full article: JU taking precautions as athletes resume workouts, eye competing this fallJU will not allow fans at any sporting event and athletes will not be taking any flights to travel to games. Earlier this month, the school announced that fans would not be allowed at sporting events this fall but that isnt the only change the Dolphins are making to their fall sports. While game schedules and travel procedures for the fall are being finalized, the Atlantic Sun Conference is still working to decide on testing procedures for game day. It is just more structured practice and athletics is already structured but now it is even more structured. Right now, the A-Sun is still planning on fall sports playing this fall.

Patient wants Jacksonville plastic surgeons' licenses revoked
Read full article: Patient wants Jacksonville plastic surgeons' licenses revokedJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - On Dr. Clayman's Plastic Surgery Center and Miracle Spa's website, Dr. Loren Clayman and Dr. Mark Clayman tout their Ivy League undergraduate careers at Harvard and Tufts universities, respectively, among many other accolades. To this day I automatically get judged by my looks because all they see is the size I did not want, said former patient Angie Malovini. Malovini has filed a lawsuit against the surgery center and the company that sold the implants, Allergan Sales. Previously, the firm represented 275 other women who had claims against the plastic surgeons. She said during the consultation she told the doctor she wanted a breast lift and a full C cup size.
