PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

Simmons talked with The Texas Tribune about “Up Home: One Girl’s Journey,” which depicts an era long gone but whose legacies of inequality still persist.

Nearly 40 students were taken to the hospital after showing signs of heat-related illness when Panther Week activities came to an end at Prairie View A&M University Friday night, according to multiple reports.

Simmons was expected to step down June 1. The abrupt resignation appears to be over a difference with Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp over hiring during the rest of Simmons’ term as president.

The announcement kicks off a required 21-day period before she can be formally appointed. If approved, LeGrande will take over at the end of the current academic year.

Federal monitors will be on the ground in Harris, Dallas and Waller counties on Election Day as part of the department’s regular deployment for major elections.

The changing legal landscape is raising questions for public colleges about how to talk to students about reproductive health care options and creating hesitancy among students about whether they can trust their universities’ health centers.

Many Texas public universities have committed to accepting students who do not submit SAT or ACT standardized test scores, signaling that test-optional policies could be here to stay.

Officials say three people were injured when a fire broke out in a residence hall at a Texas university.

Simmons will teach, help maintain new fundraising partnerships and launch a college and university leadership training academy.

A group of students at Prairie View A&M University sued the county, claiming it set up an election schedule in 2018 that offered students — most of them Black — fewer opportunities to vote early than the county’s white residents.

Simmons also served as president of Smith College in Massachusetts and Brown University, where she was the first Black woman to preside over an Ivy League school.

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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has funded organizations that received the most money for racial equity in 27 different states following the police killing of George Floyd.

Rep. Jim Murphy said lawmakers selected projects that would address the state’s nursing and medical professional shortages as the COVID-19 pandemic reiterated additional need for skilled workers.