Cornell freshman’s YouTube video on college transition goes viral
Emery Bergmann set out to finish a class project that ended up being a viral video reaching other college freshmen across the country. Read more »
Beyond the Hill
UC Berkeley students skip exams to volunteer in wildfire-ravaged Northern California
Students at the University of California, Berkeley are working to aid those affected by “California’s Katrina.” Read more »
Local farms help college and small town break political divide with pizza
Local farmers Melissa and Andrew Dunham used pizza to start a dialogue in their hometown of Grinnell, Iowa. Read more »
UVM students find missed market in connecting students to employers
Majorwise, run by two University of Vermont seniors, is the first student-run company to win LaunchVT, a competition in Vermont that awards local businesses. Read more »
Baby blue mixer in hand, GW student grows high school business in college
Lena Geller, a freshman at GW started Lena’s Lunchbox, a dessert and cake decorating company, her freshman year of high school. Now, she faces some challenges of baking in the dorm. Read more »
Newborn technology project at Rice University up for $100 million grant
The NEST360˚ initiative at Rice University is a finalist for the $100 million MacArthur Fellowship, which enhance the program to save the lives of more infants. Read more »
University of Georgia students build temporary park in Athens parking lot
A student-run organization at the University of Georgia took over eight parking lot spots and transformed them into a green park as part of the worldwide “PARK(ing) Day” initiative. Read more »
From astrophysics to fine art, this Ivy League student did an academic 180
For this Ivy League student, switching from logic to creativity made school a positive experience. Read more »
Fresh S.T.A.R.T.: 600 Penn State University freshman ‘get rooted’ by volunteering
In an effort to engage student body community, especially among transfer students, Penn State University began a service organization: Start F.R.E.S.H. Now, the program has over 600 volunteers for this year and is touching on a variety of social issues and concerns. Read more »
1,264 miles: Kevin Treadway was on the brink of homelessness in central Florida. Now he's starting his first day of classes at Syracuse University.
Treadway and his mother, Cathy Clark, set up a fundraising campaign to move north. They were evicted on Aug. 19 with no place to stay except overcrowded homeless shelters in a small city wedged between Tampa and Orlando. Read more »
A Dartmouth student created a book database of stories written about and by people of color
As a person of color, Kaya Thomas felt growing up that she was not represented in books she was reading. Now a senior at Dartmouth, she's helping kids connect to characters of color. Read more »
MacEwan University in Canada is investing in the arts
A new $181 million arts center and “untraditional” record label signify a dedication to the arts while Trump pulls away from them. Read more »
Emory University professor amps up office hours through running
A professor of biology at Emory University goes on three-to-four mile runs with students every week for his "active" office hours. Read more »
How Keene State College is heating campus with purified waste vegetable oil
The college is in the middle of transitioning from No. 6 fuel oil to a 100 percent purified waste vegetable oil to heat its campus and is the first college to do so in the country. Read more »
Brown University begins providing free tampons and pads in trans-inclusive move
Brown University is providing free tampons and pads in campus bathrooms. Read more »
Oakland University students hold an ‘Ask a Muslim’ panel to combat Islamophobia
Oakland University students created an "Ask a Muslim" panel to help combat Islamophobia and Muslim stereotypes. Read more »
Georgetown University students start urban culture website
Two students at Georgetown University have made it their agenda to create a central hub for all things related to urban culture with their website, Nous Culture. Read more »
University of Missouri course teaches students about sleep disorders
The course is online, so the students can learn the subject matter from the comfort of their own beds. Read more »
University of Vermont professor researches possibility of printable solar cells
Matthew White, a professor of physics at the University of Vermont, has dedicated 12 years of scientific research to solar cells. Read more »
SUNY Buffalo professor creates device measuring the caloric intake of users
AutoDietary, a necklace-like device, measures the caloric intake of users. Read more »
Professors at University of Iowa work across disciplines to enhance student learning
The University of Iowa is striving to address challenges by hiring professors from diverse disciplines to work together in team-based atmospheres. Read more »
Santa Clara University students participate in tiny house building competition
Students at Santa Clara University in California have been participating in a tiny house building competition for almost two years. The final presentations will take place in October. Read more »
Oregon State University officials study bones of extinct mammoth
Students and professors at Oregon State University are studying bones of an extinct mammoth that were discovered during an expansion project of the Valley Football Center. Read more »
These students at Olin College built a machine that prints pancakes
Four sophomore students at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering made a machine that allows any image designed on computer software to be made into a pancake. Read more »
