As Nabholz Construction works to complete the Health Education Building in the next six months, John Brown University is also hiring its nursing faculty. Joining the new freshman and transfer students at the beginning of the semester, Patsy Cornelius was hired as a new associate professor of nursing at the […]

Facebook has banned private gun sales on their site. They were a large gun market, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Although Facebook was not directly involved in gun sales, it has served as a forum for gun sales to be negotiated, without people having to undergo background checks. The […]

Researchers at Tulane University and Southeast Louisiana Health Care System are developing a new painkiller as an alternative to morphine. The new drug is confirmed to be just as strong as morphine, but with fewer harmful side effects. This new painkiller is a peptide-based “engineered variant of the neurochemical endomorphin,” […]

The first-ever Diversity in Literature Symposium will convene on Friday thanks to the passion and initiative of Becky Watts, president of MOSAIC, the Multicultural Organization of  Students Active in Christ. “The purpose of the symposium is exposure. I believe the best way to learn about a different culture is to […]

A federal judge rejected for the second time a request by the state of Texas to bar relief agencies from bringing Syrian refugees into the state. This could affect the attempts of 30 other governors from allowing refugees in their states. President Barack Obama has pledged to receive 10,000 people […]

Mayterm, John Brown University’s four-week express classes offered at the end of the spring semester, will now be moving to an online format. From May to July 1, the May term classes will be offered as eight week online courses for $390 a credit hour. This development is especially helpful […]

The New York Polyphony will be returning to John Brown University on Saturday, Feb. 6 for a vocal performance in the Berry Performing Arts Center. The New York Polyphony is a men’s a cappella quartet that has toured in Germany, the Netherlands, New York and the United Kingdom. The group […]

The common Cavendish banana, which is eaten more than apples and oranges combined in the United States, may soon die out due to a global infestation of the Panama disease. This is not the first time that the Panama disease has killed off a species of bananas. In 1965, a […]

More women between the ages of 18 and 34 are living with their parents or other relatives than in the 1940s, according to Pew Research Center. In 1940, 36.2 percent of young women, or women age 18-35, lived with their parents or relatives. This was previously the highest percentage of […]

A Google search for ‘college students and stress,’ gets about 161 million results, equal to roughly half the population of the United States. Professors warn incoming freshmen not to get overwhelmed in their first semester, and resources and advice on how to relieve stress and protect mental health are abundant. […]