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April 27, 2021 Twitter Facebook The number of college students experiencing mental health issues was high before the COVID-19 pandemic, but those numbers have soared since, making it harder for many to receive treatment. Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that three quarters of students faced distress. In response, the Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (CPR) has cocreated two first-of-their-kind manuals—one for students, the other for faculty and staff—with best practices for campus leave-of-abse...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Princeton, Syracuse and others are giving students mental health resources. • 4 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images Several universities and colleges across the country have reached out to students to provide campus support and resources as deliberations continue in the Derek Chauvin trial. Universities including Princeton University, Penn State, Syracuse, Boston University, Northwestern University, Grinnell College, Binghamton University and Columbia College ...

Graduate degree recipients attend the morning ceremony, undergraduates the afternoon ceremony Government COVID-19 gathering limits preclude single ceremony on Nickerson Field The 148th Boston University Commencement on May 16—already historically reconfigured by COVID-19—is getting another unprecedented makeover: it will now consist of two separate ceremonies, a morning one for graduate degree recipients and an afternoon gathering for bachelor’s degree recipients, both on Nickerson Field. The change, announced Friday in a letter to candidates for graduation by President Robert A. Brown,...

University is weighing similar mandate for faculty, staff, but no decision has been made BU will work with international students receiving unapproved-by-US vaccines Boston University will require students enrolled in fall semester classes to be vaccinated against COVID-19, joining a growing wave of schools across the country taking the same step to return campus life to something close to normal after more than a year of historic disruption from the global pandemic. Whether faculty and staff will also be required to be vaccinated by the time in-person instruction resumes this fall is still b...

Survey finds that they want requirements -- and so do their parents -- despite actions in Florida, Texas and Utah that might make them impossible.