And Howard University has delayed the start of its spring semester entirely.

The University of Maryland is the latest local school to require students to add a vaccine requirement.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this week that students studying in the U.S. on F-1 visas are barred from taking classes solely online.

Some of the country’s most conservative universities are found in Virginia, according to a list produced by the Young America’s Foundation.

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh issued his response to the President’s Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics this morning. Loh’s decision? To eliminate eight athletic programs, as the commission had recommended last week.

A brief, if very important update to this morning’s developments in Blacksburg: the alert that was sounded on the campus of Virginia Tech regarding reports of a person with a gun has now been lifted.

UPDATE: The alert has now been lifted. The latest here.

Less than 24 hours after Maryland defeated Navy in the Crab Bowl Classic, the University unveiled former Army athletic director Kevin Anderson as the new athletic director in College Park. Anderson was selected late last week after a 17-person search committee deliberated over three finalists that also included University of Connecticut athletic director (and Maryland alumnus) Jeff Hathaway and University of Buffalo athletic director Warde Manuel.

The University of Maryland will name University of Iowa provost Wallace D. Loh as its new president according to the Washington Post. The University had been actively searching for a new president after C.D. Mote announced he would be retiring after a 12-year tenure in College Park.

View Larger Map The Community College of the District of Columbia has signed a lease for a nine-story, 88,000 sq. ft. building at 801 North Capitol Street NE, just two blocks from Union Station and a brief bus (or eventual streetcar) ride to the H Street NE corridor. The deal could signify a major step in the separation of the Community College from the existing four-year UDC, and it also puts a nice dent in…