Colleges & Universities

A DePaul soccer player died unexpectedly after being found unresponsive in a school residence hall Monday.

At this graduation, you might have thought you were seeing double, because among the graduates were 10 sets of twins.

President Donald Trump slammed Harvard University’s international student policies during a press event on Wednesday, insinuating that foreign students are responsible for “shopping centers exploding” and the weakening of American higher education. “Harvard wants to fight. They want to show how smart they are, and they’re getting their ass kicked.”

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people. A lawyer says the images will be transferred to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with one of the subjects’ descendants. The photos of the subjects identified by Tamara Lanier as her great-great-great-grandfather Renty and his daughter...

International students at the University of Pennsylvania are concerned over their safety and status after President Donald Trump’s administration blocked Harvard from enrolling international students. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the story. 

Penn State University’s trustees are backing a plan to close seven of its 19 branch campuses amid declining enrollments.

Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement address Thursday at the University of Maryland.

La Salle University’s Alexis Sanchez was the commencement speaker at the school’s graduation ceremony over the weekend, but most students know her in a non-speaking role: the La Salle Explorer mascot.

La Salle University senior Alexis Sanchez was the commencement speaker at this year’s graduation. But, most students know her for her non-speaking role as the school’s explorer mascot. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the story.  

The frozen funds feud between Harvard University and the White House will go before a federal judge on Monday.

Investigations are underway after officials said two isolated incidents happened Saturday on Cheyney University’s campus following their annual end-of-year spring celebration. According to officials, the first incident involved a 19-year-old man from Philadelphia who was visiting the campus. Officials said that the man had suffered a self-inflicted firearm wound around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025. He was taken…

Thursday’s tent encampments would have been the first tent cities at the university since students took over a building last year.

NBC10’s Neil Fischer reports from Philadelphia’s St. Joseph’s University Monday as people leave remembrances for Pope Francis, who had blessed a statue at the Jesuit college during his 2015 visit. Catholics at Philly’s La Salle University are also in mourning for the pope who died at 88.

After Harvard’s president announced it wouldn’t accept Trump administration demands, the Education Dept.’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism’s froze billions in funding.

A graduation controversy at Villanova University nearly three years after a student was sexually assaulted in a dorm room. Delaware County court records show that a student pleaded guilty to sexual assault while he’s no longer a student at the university; it’s another man on campus who has some current students feeling frustrated with school leaders. NBC10’s Frances Wang has...

After trailing for most of the game, the Houston Cougars clawed their way back in the final minutes to defeat Cooper Flagg and Duke. Houston will vie for a national title against Florida on Monday.

Harvard president Alan Garber said in response the school had “devoted considerable effort to addressing antisemitism” and would provide a full accounting to the government.

Want to get ahead in school? NBC10’s Siobhan McGirl shares how a program in Delaware sets students up to succeed in college before they even graduate high school. 

The parents of Calvin “CJ” Dickey Jr., an 18-year-old football player who died his freshman year at Pennsylvania’s Bucknell University, have filed a lawsuit against the institution in their pursuit of answers and justice.