Report Highlights School Safety Gains, Losses
WASHINGTON — The Indicators of School Crime and Safety for 2013 was released in June, highlighting a number of safety and security issues at the nation’s schools.
July 9, 2014
Harvard Refreshes Anthropology Department Library
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard students and staff moved into the newly renovated Tozzer Anthropology Building in Cambridge in May, about one and a half years after construction broke ground on the project.
Wine Program Gets Boost from Noted Magazine
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — The Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation, the charitable arm of Wine Spectator magazine, is making a substantial investment in the future of viticulture with a $3 million gift to Sonoma State University. The funds will be dedicated to the construction of the university’s new Wine Business Institute facility, the Wine Spectator Learning Center.
Clover School District Prepares for Construction
CLOVER, S.C. — Builders, renovators and planners are working through the summer to finish up upgrade projects in the Clover School District in time to start work on the five larger projects approved by voters in March as part of the $67 million bond referendum, which will pay part of the $99 million construction plan.
Susan Hunter
Susan Hunter has been selected as the first female president of the University of Maine system. Hunter will serve a two-year appointment only, and plans to retire in 2016. Hunter became a full-time University of Maine faculty member in 1991 and has served in various roles, including assistant director in the College of Natural Sciences and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences.
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