The online university also adds a Combined BS/MBA option to its portfolio of business education offerings

Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited online university that has built its reputation by providing quality education for adults, announced two additions to its business education offerings. Capella has added a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) online degree program to its portfolio of doctoral business degrees, which also includes PhDs in Business, Organization and Management, and Information Technology. The new DBA features specializations in Business Intelligence, Global Operations and Supply Chain Management, and Strategy and Innovation.

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President Barack Obama will deliver the spring 2010 commencement address at the University of Michigan, President Mary Sue Coleman announced today. President Obama will receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree.

“President Obama has captured the imagination and enthusiasm of many students with his inspiring words of hope and change. We are honored to welcome a leader of his distinction and look forward to his message,” Coleman said. “We could not be happier for the graduates who will celebrate their academic achievements with the president of the United States.”

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Alec Baldwin Drama Scholarship Fund Established to Help Students in Need

New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, a premiere institution for the performing, cinematic, and recording arts, has announced that alumnus and actor Alec Baldwin (Class of 1994) has donated $1 million for the establishment of the Alec Baldwin Drama Scholarship Fund.

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Researchers from the UCLA AIDS Institute and colleagues have for the first time demonstrated that human blood stem cells can be engineered into cells that can target and kill HIV-infected cells — a process that potentially could be used against a range of chronic viral diseases.

The study, published Dec. 7 in the-peer reviewed online journal PLoS ONE, provides proof-of-principle — that is, a demonstration of feasibility — that human stem cells can be engineered into the equivalent of a genetic vaccine.

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The Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center, a legal program of the Santa Clara University School of Law, has been awarded a $300,000, two-year grant from the US Department of Justice to help victims of human trafficking, a little-known but persistent problem in the South Bay area.

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The Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, which is produced by the University of San Diego’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate and published under the auspices of the American Real Estate Society with funding by the CoStar Group, has released its inaugural issue. The journal, which is the first of its kind in the United States, was created to encourage research in the burgeoning area of sustainable real estate.

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For the second year running, the Loyola Marymount University junior and managing editor of the Los Angeles Loyolan captured the top spot for humorous commentary in the Gold Circle Awards, a student journalism contest hosted each year by Columbia University.
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Dr. Steven B. Sample, president of the University of Southern California since 1991, will retire in August 2010, he announced today. Sample is widely credited with bringing about an institutional rise at USC that is unparalleled in American higher education. (more…)

The University of San Diego added another accolade to its list of distinguished achievements last week by being named the 2009 Private University of the Year by the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.

The Washington Center — an independent, nonprofit organization that provides students challenging opportunities to work and learn in Washington, D.C. for academic credit — presented USD with the award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 19. (more…)

First-of-Its-Kind Survey Discussed at 20^th-Anniversary Knight Commission Meeting Reveals Dilemma of Reform, Overwhelming Agreement on Excessive Coaching Salaries

University presidents at institutions with major football programs agree that current spending trends on intercollegiate athletics cannot be sustained nationally and collective action is needed to address escalating costs, a study released at a meeting held by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics revealed today. More than 80% of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, formerly Division 1A) university presidents participated in a survey that examined the presidents’ attitudes and perceptions about the challenges, benefits and costs of supporting intercollegiate athletic programs. (more…)