The Newspaper clipping is an optional artifact in Room 209 of the university dormitory. After you deal with the bloater and climb the next stairs, enter the first room on the right and look on the mini fridge to the left.
A news report that the US military is ending its search efforts. With a world health estimate of up to 60% of people dead or infected, troops will only patrol about 10 miles around each quarantine zone and stop trying to reach anyone stranded further out.
The student who found it in town added an angry line that nobody is coming, which ties to the hopeless mood of the Student's journal in the same dorm.
Firefly's recorder
The Firefly's recorder is an automatic artifact in the university science building. Joel picks it up from a dead Firefly in a cutscene, so it cannot be missed, and you can play the whole message later from the Artifacts menu.
Free Radicals
Free Radicals, issue 7 of Savage Starlight, is on the rusty hood of a car up the hill behind you as The University begins.
Fungal X-rays
The Fungal X-rays are an optional artifact in the university science building. After you follow Ellie through the short tunnel, turn left and check the far table next to the window.
Griggs's Firefly Pendant
Griggs's Firefly pendant lies on a table in the last tent of a camp outside the science building, in the Go Big Horns section of The University. It belonged to Erik Griggs.