Tragedy rocked the University of Alabama campus in Huntsville Feb. 12 when a female biology professor allegedly gunned down six colleagues, three of them fatally, in an apparent dispute over tenure. School officials from across the nation are reviewing the details to see if there is anything they can learn from the latest deadly campus shooting.
The Obama administration unveiled new rules on Aug. 27 for searching computers and other electronic devices when people enter the United States, aiming to address concerns about violating privacy and constitutional rights, Reuters reports.
Schools and colleges should be ready with hard-copy packets and online lessons to keep learning going even if swine flu sickens large numbers of students this year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Aug. 24.
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Most colleges and universities are prepared to respond to bomb threats, hazardous material spills, and severe weather, but only a small fraction of campuses have policies that would protect faculty and students during a mass-casualty event like the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, according to a newly published study. Key words: campus safety, Virginia Tech University, emergency evacuation, severe weather, education technology
Employees were evacuated by boat from a flooded building at the University of Louisville on Aug. 4 after heavy rain pounded the region, submerging cars up to their rooftops and lagooning buildings in several feet of water on two of the university’s campuses.
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Two security experts have found a vulnerability in Apple’s iPhone that allows a hacker to take control of the phone through a text-message attack, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
A senior U.S. lawmaker said on July 29 that it might be time for the government to regulate companies that provide online file-sharing services after several high-profile security breaches, Reuters reports.
Federal agencies are facing a severe shortage of computer specialists, even as a growing wave of coordinated cyberattacks against the government poses potential national security risks, a private study found, according to the Associated Press.
You might think your password protects the confidential information stored on Web sites. But as Twitter executives discovered, that is a dangerous assumption. The Web was abuzz Wednesday after it was revealed that a hacker had exposed corporate information about Twitter after breaking into an employee’s e-mail account, The New York Times reports.
For all the concern about identity theft, researchers say there’s a surprisingly easy way for the tech-savvy to figure out the precious nine digits of the Social Security numbers of Americans knowing only their state and date of birth, reports the Associated Press — an announcement that provides another reason for students and others to be careful about what information they post on their social-networking profiles.
