Campus Pulse · Week 43 · Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026

Published mid-week: active students, news and events cover the week through Oct 23. Deadlines cover the full week.

1,302 campuses.
One week of college.

This week's sample: 2,343 college students at 1,302 campuses who used DormWay. Each light is a campus in the sample. Here is what those students had due, what their campuses were covering, and what the sky looked like outside.

1,069 of 1,302 sampled campuses mapped
students in this week's sample
2,343students in this week's sample
sampled calendars with coursework due
4,056sampled calendars with coursework due
deadlines in the sample
34,268deadlines in the sample
campus events listed
1,210campus events listed

Inside the classroom

What was due this week

From a sample of 4,056 college students' calendars. Counts only, and nothing is shown unless at least 25 students at 5 or more campuses share it.

41% of sampled students had an exam, test or midterm.

In the sample, that is 1,651 students, and 555 of them sat a midterm.

What was due

Quizzes57%
Homework53%
Exams & tests31%
Labs17%
Papers & essays17%
Midterms14%
Projects12%
Presentations4%

Share of sampled students with at least one

Exams by day

0200400Mon399TueWedThuFriSatSun

Students with an exam that day, on each campus's own clock

Most-tested subjects

Math161 sampled · 100 campuses
Psychology77 sampled · 59 campuses
Biology74 sampled · 59 campuses
Chemistry66 sampled · 44 campuses

Exams that carry a course code

Coming up next week

The next wave is already on the calendar.

1,429sampled students already have an exam scheduled

330of them have a midterm

On campus this week

What 967 campus newsrooms covered

Campuses with at least one story on each topic. Open a topic to read the stories at their source.

AI on campus45 campuses
Bentley UniversityBentley's AI Major Sees Explosive Growth

Nearly 100 undergraduates are now pursuing Bentley's 'Artificial Intelligence for Innovation' major, up from a handful when it launched in 2024.

Scholarships & research grants23 campuses
Football & homecoming21 campuses
Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyCF Staff Picks: Iowa State at No. 25 Arizona

Cyclone Fanatic staff members provide their predictions and analysis for the upcoming football game between Iowa State and the No. 25 Arizona Wildcats.

University of ConnecticutUConn Football Defeats UMass 35-16

The UConn Huskies football team secured a 35-16 victory over the UMass Minutemen at Pratt & Whitney Stadium, marking their fourth straight win over their New England rival.

Budgets, funding & cuts20 campuses
Rankings19 campuses
Health & wellbeing18 campuses
Cayuga County Community CollegeSUNY Chancellor Highlights Cayuga CC Art Galleries

SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. highlighted exhibitions at campus art galleries, including Cayuga Community College's exhibitions supporting veterans and mental health.

Northeastern UniversityMutated virus strain prompts early flu season concerns

Northeastern health experts, including Samuel Scarpino, discuss the G155E mutation in the H1N1 flu strain that is driving a spike in cases, noting that current vaccines still offer meaningful protection.

Elections & voting17 campuses
Protests & strikes11 campuses
Universitas IndonesiaBEM UI Issues 'Pranciskan Indonesia!' Call Following Anniversary Protests

Following a demonstration evaluating two years of the Prabowo-Gibran administration, the UI Student Executive Board (BEM UI) sparked public attention with a provocative social media call to 'Frenchify Indonesia,' comparing student activism in France to local demands for education rights and lower costs.

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Method

Campus Pulse measures a sample: college students who opened or used DormWay during the week. Every figure describes that sample, not every student at a school or on DormWay. Each campus in the sample is a light on the map. Only colleges and universities are counted.

Classroom figures come from deadlines on sampled students' calendars for Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026, grouped by keywords in each item's name. Study sessions DormWay schedules are not counted. Any group smaller than 25 students or 5 campuses is hidden, and no school is ranked. Map points are rounded to about 10 km.

News topics come from each campus's news sources as DormWay collects them, matched by keyword; every story links to its publisher. Weather is from OpenWeather.

Cite as: DormWay Campus Pulse, week of Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026 (data through Oct 23).