PITTSBURGH — Pitt has named a new dean to the School of Law. Professor and Vice Dean Jerry Dickinson will take the position effective Jan. 15, Pitt announced on Thursday. The Pittsburgh native has been with Pitt since 2017 and has served as the vice dean since March 2023.

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the School of Law, the David Geffen School of Medicine, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the UCLA School of Nursing as well as an education school.

The University of Pittsburgh has appointed Professor and Vice Dean Jerry Dickinson as the new dean of the School of Law, effective January 15. Dickinson, a

Many colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism on their campuses have been settling with federal civil rights investigators in the weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who

Thus far the total area burned has reached nearly 40,000 acres, larger than each of the city limits of San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Boston and Miami ... Liberties Union and the University of Chicago Law School found that “incarcerated workers were ...

With a drastic rise in antisemitism across the U.S. and in the Pittsburgh area, local law enforcement and representatives from colleges gathered in Hazelwood on Tuesday to have a conversation to ...

UCLA plans to end its emergency status Friday evening and restart in-person classes Tuesday. Most of the 22,000 on-campus students voluntarily left the school last week.

The UCLA women's basketball team adapted to playing in Long Beach because of wildfires near campus, earning an 83-67 win over Penn State on Wednesday.

There's a new leader at Albany Law School. The school announced Patrick Wildes will serve as the new director of their Government Law Center.

As a candidate for city council two years ago, Carlos Monclus walked every street in Hazleton, knocked on doors and talked to voters. Like other Hispanic candidates before him, Monclus lost.

west of UCLA’s campus in Westwood. But the school canceled undergraduate classes on Thursday and Friday, while graduate courses had remote learning. Monday classes were then moved to remote.