In Ruffner’s fire management class, SIU forestry students are following the headlines closely, letting current events in California lead their learning in a way textbooks never could.

University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and the UC Board of Regents recently recognized several UC students for their leadership, resilience and significant contributions to the university.

Here’s where the Nebraska, Creighton and Omaha men and women landed in the NCAA's latest NET rankings: As of the morning of Jan. 27 Creighton: No. 34 Nebraska: No. 32 Omaha: No. 261 Creighton: No. 39 Nebraska: No. 63 Omaha: No. 202 Manage Omaha Subscription Activate Digital Subscription

The Big Ten schedule is nearing the halfway point as January winds down. One team has separated itself at the top of the conference standings, but the league race is far from decided.

ANN ARBOR, MI - Harvard. Yale. Princeton. These are the classic Ivy League schools. University of Michigan was just compared favorably to all of them. The Ann Arbor university was named in a Jan. 17 Forbes story declaring 20 colleges and universities as the “New Ivies,

Wisconsin held Nebraska to its lowest point total (55) since a Dec. 7 loss to Michigan State (52). That performance raised the Badgers’ KenPom defensive efficiency ranking to No. 50 nationally, the highest it’s been all season. That pushed the team’s overall ranking to No. 14.

Rain was falling across Southern California on Sunday, bringing some relief to thousands of firefighters battling multiple major blazes for nearly a month in the Los Angeles area, but also prompting new threats of floods and

The South Carolina wide receiver rose to national prominence last year, in large part because of what he did off the football field. While running track for USC, Harbor was sensational — a 6-foot-5, 235-pounder who ran the 100m in just over 10 seconds and was so dominant in the 200m that he qualified for the Olympic Trials.

The difference between these predictions and the top-25 ranking is that the bracket predictions more heavily weigh the future games to be played on the field, predicting the outcome. That said, let's take a look at the first bracket projection for the 2025 season.

Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood got honest after the ugly loss to Maryland at home on Thursday night.

The No. 6 Vols travel south this weekend to face top-ranked Auburn, but this game will mean much more than just a win or loss for Tennessee. A familiar face

The Post’s Department of Data tries to figure out why a brief line in the 1990 Schwarzenegger vehicle “Kindergarten Cop” claims Astoria, Oregon, is the single-parent capital of America. It’s not, of course.