Michael Nietzel, the president of Missouri State University, has announced that he will step down from his post by December 2010 - or earlier if his replacement is ready to start before then - for various personal and professional reasons.

Nietzel,…

Dressed in formal suits and ties, the six black students at Washington University who were denied entrance to a Chicago nightclub because of a “baggy jeans” policy announced this afternoon that they have reached an agreement with the club.

The club will…

Washington University student leaders will hold a press conference at 3:30 this afternoon to announce their next steps in addressing the incident in which six black seniors were denied entrance to a Chicago nightclub. Students have considered a range of responses…

U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Missouri, has joined the chorus of voices asking for a swift and thorough inquiry into the Chicago nightclub incident in which six black students were turned away from the door, ostensibly because of a “baggy…

One of the agencies investigating the incident in which six black students at Washington University were not admitted into a Chicago nightclub said today that it is taking the allegations of racial discrimination seriously.

“Baggy pants, baseball caps worn backwards and…

Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton

The chancellor of Washington University has written a letter to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley saying that he is “deeply disappointed” about a recent incident in which six black students were denied access to a Chicago nightclub.

Chancellor…

Like most of you, I am not at the University of Missouri Board of Curators meeting in Columbia today. But I am listening in to parts of it through a live audio stream. And for the first time, I am also…

The "Breakthrough" sculpture on Westminster College's campus. The sculpture is made from sections of the Berlin Wall.

Westminster College and UMSL will “tear down this wall” next month as they commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

It…

The Anheuser-Busch Foundation continues to shower area universities with large gifts.

The latest one is $1 million to Fontbonne University,  which announced over the weekend that it is renaming its main science building — previously known simply as, well, the “science…

Add UMSL to the list of universities high off of a record enrollment this fall. Numbers the school released today show that its total enrollment of 16,548 students this year — a 5 percent increase over last year — breaks…