The Student's journal is an optional artifact in Room 202 of the university dormitory. Climb the stairwell to the second floor, enter the second door on the left and open the drawer next to the door.
Months after the outbreak, a student holed up in the dorms records dwindling food, a barricade scare and a glimpse of an infected who may have been a friend named Heather. The group rations its radio, a roommate called Cheryl loses her stash, and the writer expects to be the one sent into town for supplies.
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.