 02/24/10 UB Alert: Emergency text, e-mail messages. Sign up > Luis A. Colón, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry, received the 2009 AAAS Mentor Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
 12/18/09 Police in Puerto Rico are looking into whether the stabbing death of a man believed to have been gay is a hate crime.
 12/01/09 The Philadelphia hospital where Joaquin Rivera died while waiting to see a doctor - and where his watch was stolen by suspected drug addicts - said yesterday that it was conducting an "intensive internal investigation" of the incident that has gained national attention.
 11/30/09 CARBONDALE -- An estimated 100 native elders, healers, scholars, shamans and spiritual leaders from throughout the Americas will meet here this week to celebrate their 11th annual International Gathering. The group will come to Carbondale on Friday evening and stay through Tuesday after meeting Thursday at t Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Gathering organizers will be hosting prayer ...
 11/25/09 As Thanksgiving neared, the cupboard was bare for Central Methodist on Wedesday afternoon against the University of Central Arkansas Sugar Bears. There were only scraps at the Farris Center for the visitors as the Sugar Bears powered to a 65-22 victory over their outmanned NAIA opponent, the third straight game the UCA women have led from start to finish. The 22 points is the lowest total ...
 11/25/09 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Thousands of people marched through Puerto Rico's capital on Wednesday, celebrating the lifeof a gay teenager whose dismembered, burned body was found dumped along a road in a small mountain town.
 11/25/09 The record-low 22-point effort eclipses the previous mark set on Nov. 18, 2003 when UCA defeated Puerto Rico-Cayey 116-25 in the Farris Center. The Lady Eagles shot just 13.1 percent from the floor, going 8-for-61 including a 1-for-20 start that left them scoreless until the 12-minute mark.
 11/25/09 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO -- Thousands of people marched through Puerto Rico's capital Wednesday, celebrating the life of a gay teenager whose dismembered, burned body was found dumped along a road in a small mountain town.
 11/24/09 As Thanksgiving 2009 approaches, we queers and allies are reminded again that there is still work to be done, that a culture of hate still breeds violence against us. Again, sadly, we have lost a few of ours to ignorance and bigotry. Last Friday, during the final day of Trans Awareness Week, 19-year-old Puerto Rican Jorge Steven López Mercado, dressed in female clothing, was murdered brutally ...
 11/20/09 Juan Martinez Matos, who is accused of murdering a 19-year-old gay man in Puerto Rico, is being held in jail on a $4 million bond.
11/20/09 San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago.
11/19/09 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The man charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico will likely use "gay panic" as a defense, a police report said.
11/19/09 Patheon, Inc., a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry announced today that it has named Francisco R. Negron as Vice President and general manager of its Puerto Rico operations. Mr. Negron will be based at the company's Manati site.
 11/17/09 A suspect has been apprehended in the brutal murder of a gay teen in Puerto Rico, while one investigator suggested his sexual orientation was to blame for his death.
 11/16/09 MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership at Walden University today announced the recipients of its 2009 Educator for a Day Grants.
 08/29/09 The fourth-ranked Husky women's volleyball squad is off and running with a 3-0 sweep of San Jose State in their season opener at Bank of America Arena. A crowd of 1,010 fans turned up to urge on the Huskies, including a trio of Dawgs who saw the first playing time of their careers.
 08/14/09 Four familiar faces in Central Florida's Hispanic community were invited to the White House to meet the president and the United States' newest Supreme Court member.
 08/05/09 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed individual complaints against the municipalities of Cayey, Hatillo, Las Piedras, Loiza, Rio Grande and Toa Alta in Puerto Rico for failing to comply with federal Clean Water Act requirements related to stormwater management for small municipal sewer systems.
 08/03/09 A $1.5 million federal grant will help Michigan State University increase the number of Hispanic doctoral students trained in the neurosciences.
 08/01/09 SPRINGFIELD - Ice cream melted, food spoiled, air conditioners stayed silent and tempers heated up as parts of the city tried to cope with a two-day power outage that finally came to an end Friday night. |