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How to Win a Fulbright Scholarship 04/25/2024 08:00pm • The Fulbright program has encouraged individuals from the U.S. and more than 160 other countries to study, teach or conduct research abroad while sharing ideas, building mutual understanding and fostering friendly international relations. Founded by the late Democratic politician and longtime U.S. S Honors Colleges and Programs: What to Know 04/25/2024 08:00pm • For students wanting to be challenged more academically and experience an intimate learning environment in college, many institutions have an honors college or honors program. "I think in a day and age in which so many students, especially high-ability students, are coming in to college feeling root G Javian McCollum transferring to Georgia Tech after leading Oklahoma hoops in scoring 04/25/2024 07:01pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Guard Javian McCollum is transferring to Georgia Tech after leading Oklahoma in scoring this past season. The 6-foot-2 McCollum started all 30 games he played for the Sooners, averaging 13.3 points per game while hitting 40.4% from the field and 31.4% from 3-point range. He set a sc Trump downplays deadly Charlottesville rally by comparing it to campus protests over Gaza war 04/25/2024 06:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Thursday claimed the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “nothing” compared to ongoing pro-Palestinian campus protests, the latest instance in which he has downplayed a racist incident that was one of the most criticized moments of h Charlotte hires Tomekia Reed as women's coach after highly successful tenure at HBCU Jackson State 04/25/2024 06:34pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte announced the hiring of Tomekia Reed as women’s basketball coach on Thursday after she helped Jackson State win five consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference championships during a highly successful six-year tenure with the Tigers. Reed was named the SWAC’s Kentucky coach Mark Pope adds Baylor assistant Alvin Brooks III as associate head coach 04/25/2024 05:33pm • LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has hired Baylor assistant Alvin Brooks III as associate head coach, bringing in a 20-year coaching veteran who helped build the Bears into the 2021 national champions during eight seasons with the program. Recently-hired Wildcats head coach Mark Pope cited Brooks’ These apps allow workers to get paid between paychecks. Experts say there are steep costs 04/25/2024 05:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When Anna Branch, 37, had her hours at work reduced in 2019, she suddenly noticed ads for an app called EarnIn. “You know how they get you — the algorithms — like they’re reading your mind,” Branch said. “The ad said I could get up to $100 this week and repay it in my n Carefully planned and partly improvised: inside the Columbia protest that fueled a national movement 04/25/2024 05:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Months before they pitched their tents on Columbia University's main lawn, inspiring a wave of protest encampments at college campuses nationwide, a small group of pro-Palestinian student activists met privately to sketch out the logistical details of a round-the-clock occupation. QB Jaden Rashada transfers to Georgia after leaving Arizona State 04/25/2024 04:45pm • Quarterback Jaden Rashada has committed to Georgia after leaving Arizona State in the transfer portal. Rashada's agent, Henry Danger of Disruptive Sports, told The Associated Press in an email on Thursday that the one-time Florida quarterback commit has transferred to the Gators’ Southeastern Conf Reggie Bush plans to continue his fight against the NCAA after the return of his Heisman Trophy 04/25/2024 04:17pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Bush is overjoyed to have his Heisman Trophy once again. Now he wants his reputation back as well. The former Southern California tailback says the return of his Heisman is the biggest step yet in what he sees as his fight against the NCAA to restore his good name and his Big 12 newcomers struggled in debuts. Now they're getting ready for the league to change again 04/25/2024 04:02pm • Big 12 Conference newcomers struggled in their league debuts, even after all brought winning programs into the league. BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF all had losing records and were in the bottom half of the Big 12 standings last season. They won only eight conference games combined, and half of Cyclones and Wildcats will open 2025 season in the annual college football game in Ireland 04/25/2024 03:44pm • Iowa State and Kansas State will play their 2025 season opener in Ireland at the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. The Cyclones and Wildcats will close the 2024 regular season in Ames, Iowa, on Nov. 24, and meet again on Aug. 23, 2025, at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The fourth annual game in Ireland Study says it's likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier 04/25/2024 03:21pm • Circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that just flooded Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, but scientists didn't discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-triggered warming they have seen in other extreme weather events, a new report fou South Carolina championship-winning equestrian coach Boo Major retires after 26 seasons 04/25/2024 03:18pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Longtime South Carolina women's equestrian coach Boo Major, who won three national titles, is retiring after 26 seasons. Major announced the move Thursday. She led the team to three National Collegiate Equestrian Association overall championships in 2005, 2007 and 2015. Major Rhule wants DC Tony White to stay a long time but knows head coaching job is in rising star's future 04/25/2024 03:17pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska coach Matt Rhule was one of Tony White's biggest supporters when the defensive coordinator's name was connected to head coach openings beginning late last season. Rhule has said he wants his assistants to advance in their careers, and he was happy to make calls on Whi