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Syracuse University announced on Friday new actions to address campus race relations and equity. The university made national news in November for the “two weeks of hate” the campus experienced, when 16 separate racist or anti-Semitic incidents were reported, spurring student protests. The hate crimes and other incidents, which students and faculty said occurred regularly at the university and stretch back decades, also attracted the attention of New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo.

Students at several U.S. universities are tested for possible cases of a novel coronavirus. Experts weigh in on how colleges can prepare for the virus.

Brien Lewis, who served as the president of Catawba College for the past eight years, will become President of Transylvania University in Lexington, KY, beginning July 1.

Coker University, a private four-year college in Hartsville formerly known as Coker College, will be offering certain incoming students from seven counties at least 50 percent off tuition, the school announced Wednesday.

Two Catholic colleges, Georgetown University and Marquette University, have been helping to create apps for natural family planning.