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Back-to-school checklist: Shop the best Prime Day deals on college essentials for move-in day
July 16, 2024 | 9:00amPrepare for a full education in Prime Day shopping — back-to-school style.
Suspect charged with murder in dorm room gunshot killings at University of Colorado
February 19, 2024 | 4:39pmPolice in Colorado Springs said Nicholas Jordan, 25, has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a University of Colorado...
SUNY Buffalo State boots migrants from dorms over student safety concerns as critics rip move
August 20, 2023 | 1:33pmOfficials at the state university abruptly canceled an agreement with a local community group that placed dozens of migrants at the upstate school in May -- citing parental worries in...
Save this semester with dorm storage under $25 to organize your new space
July 31, 2023 | 5:03pmStore and save this semester!
Man pretended to be a Stanford student, squatted in dorms for nearly a year
November 2, 2022 | 2:54amAn Alabama man posed as a Stanford University student, squatting in several campus dorms and associating with the student community for nearly a year, according to university officials and reports.
Purdue student's suspected killer claims he had been 'blackmailed'
October 10, 2022 | 8:24amJi Min Sha, 22, made his first court appearance Friday before Tippecanoe County Magistrate Sarah Wyatt since being arrested for allegedly stabbing Varun Chheda to death.
Pals heard Purdue student's screams through online game as he was savagely killed
October 7, 2022 | 7:35amPurdue University police have confirmed with WTHR that 20-year-old victim Varun Manish Chheda was online gaming with pals the night he died.
Purdue U student killed by roommate in 'senseless' dorm room murder: police
October 5, 2022 | 3:09pmJi Min "Jimmy" Sha, 22, a junior majoring in cyber security at Purdue University, has been arrested on a murder charge after allegedly killing his roommate, Varun Manish Chheda, 20,...
These mind-blowing college dorm-room makeovers cost as little as $300
September 6, 2022 | 8:14pmThey're acing interior design.
Light up your dorm room and contribute to a good cause with this deal
August 14, 2022 | 9:45amLight up your dorm with ease.
Boiler rooms: Summer interns in NYU dorm without AC complain of unlivable heat
August 9, 2022 | 5:43pm"I lived in India for most of my life, and I thought I would be OK with the summer heat, but no. This is a different kind of heat," a...
Dress up your dorm: the 15 best places to shop for college decor
August 4, 2022 | 12:42pmMake your dorm into a home this semester.
Student shot inside residence hall at Fort Valley State University
May 5, 2022 | 4:36amCampus police at the Fort Valley, Ga., school responded to a single gunshot fired shortly before 7 p.m. at a residence hall.
College student's dorm filled with snow after she left window open
February 1, 2022 | 9:22amA Massachusetts college student's dorm room resembled a ski slope after she left the window open during a blizzard, resulting in her belongings getting blanketed with snow.
Police shoot Florida Tech student armed with knife
December 4, 2021 | 12:38pmOfficers responded to Roberts Hall Friday night to reports of a "a male, reported to be armed with a knife and assaulting students," according to a Melbourne Police Department news...
Colleges curtailing COVID-19 outbreaks by surveilling sewage systems
September 4, 2020 | 2:07pmSewage surveillance to detect coronavirus is being used on certain college campuses to determine if the novel coronavirus is present in dormitories and college communities. The University of North Carolina...
College students are finding off-campus housing to create their own dorm experience
July 30, 2020 | 1:46pmLike thousands of students across the country, Harlow Brooks has resigned herself to the fact that her first year of college will be different from what she expected. The 19-year-old,...
Nearly 100 residents of California farmworker dorm contract coronavirus
June 30, 2020 | 2:46pmAt least 95 residents of a California farmworker housing facility have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a new report. The farmworkers, employed at the Villa Las Brisas complex...
Army plans to turn NYC hotel, dorm rooms into coronavirus hospitals
March 21, 2020 | 11:01amNew York's beleaguered hotel industry is getting drafted to help out in the disease outbreak that threatens its very survival. The US Army Corps of Engineers has plans to take...
NYU students frustrated about having to pack up their dorms amid coronavirus
March 21, 2020 | 12:19amNew York University students are frustrated with the college for closing down the school’s residence halls amid coronavirus concerns -- and for being asked to clear their belongings from their...