Ohio senators propose bi-partisan rail safety bill
Photo courtesy of Marc Levy / AP Photo
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw made his second appearance before the United States Senate Wednesday to answer...
SRU welcomes next president Karen Riley
On March 22, SRU welcomed its eighteenth president, Karen Riley, to campus before she officially steps into the role on July 1.
“It will be...
Blotter 3/23/23
March 9 – Police received a report of a damaged gate at West Gym. The case is under further investigation.
March 9 – Police received...
Eli Lilly caps out-of-pocket monthly insulin prices at $35
Insulin producer Eli Lilly announced March 1 they will cap out-of-pocket costs at $35 per month and reduce prices of commonly prescribed insulins by...
PASSHE, SRU, Behre hire Clark Hill to defend them in lawsuit
International law firm Clark Hill will defend Slippery Rock University, its president and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) in a discrimination...
Another Norfolk Southern train derails in Ohio
Photo courtesy of Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
No hazardous chemicals were found after another Norfolk Southern train derailed in Springfield, Ohio (outside of Columbus)...
Slippery Rock involved in lawsuit against Norfolk Southern
Photo courtesy of Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press
Slippery Rock is listed as part of a class-action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway Company after...
Looking back at SRU’s first Black professor
Following the first Black student and first Black athlete in 1951, SRU’s first Black professor arrived much later in 1967 when the Rockets needed...
Spy balloons or UFOs?
In the last 12 days, four objects have been shot down in North American airspace. Only one of them was a spy balloon.
The shootdowns...
SRSGA announces budget, funding requests
In their first meeting of the Spring 2023 semester, the Slippery Rock Student Government Association (SRSGA) approved the 2023-24 budget of $2.5 million.
The budget...