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This Professor Introduces Women to STEM By Bridging Engineering and Health Care

Currently, women represent 15–18% of the STEM workforce but 85% of the health care field. As the director of Florida Poly’s Health Systems Engineering program, Dr. Grisselle Centeno hopes to encourage more women to opt for STEM careers by developing a bridge between health care and engineering.

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Students, Nonprofits Work to End Period Poverty on Campuses Nationwide

In March, a group gathered in the middle of Lincoln University’s student union area for a celebration, complete with balloons, music, photo opportunities and appearances made by the university’s king and queen. The occasion? A “period pop-up shop,” in which tampons, pads and other sanitary products were handed out as casually as party favors.

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Business Execs Create Nurse Aid Scholars Program at Carolinas College of Health Sciences

Carolinas College of Health Sciences is partnering with Charlotte business execs Todd and Janelle Collins of Red Hill Ventures to create a nurse aide education program meant to remove barriers, especially for students of color, Q City Metro reported. The Collins duo created the Todd and Janelle Collins Nurse Aide Scholars Program. “The nurse’s aide […]

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Pace University Receives Nearly $2 Million Grant to Encourage Minorities to Pursue Careers in Nursing

Pace University’s College of Health Professions has received nearly $2 million to increase opportunities and retention for minorities in nursing, according to Pace officials. The Nursing Workforce Diversity four-year grant – funded through the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – is meant to increase educational opportunities and retention for first-gen college students from underrepresented ethnic and […]

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UI Assistant Professor Martha Carvour Launches Health Equity Projects

Martha Carvour, assistant professor in the department of internal medicine, received funding from the University of Iowa to launch campus and community-wide projects that aim to alleviate inequities in health care. “This is a really critically important time to think about health equity,” Carvour said. “The COVID pandemic has highlighted a lot of long-standing inequities […]

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Hope College Gets $7.5M State Grant to Expand COVID Wastewater Testing

After a year of monitoring wastewater for signs of COVID-19 on campus, Hope College is receiving funding from the state to expand its surveillance operation. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced nearly $49 million to support 19 projects that will continue COVID-19 wastewater surveillance and implement COVID-19 variant strain testing. Read More

UC San Diego Health Receives $2 Million for Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Surgery

UC San Diego Health has received $2 million from Iris and Matthew Strauss – longtime supporters of cancer research and patient care at Moores Cancer Center – to create the Iris and Matthew Strauss Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Surgery. Read More

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Report Proposes Higher Education COVID-19 Recovery Policies

In a year defined by a deadly pandemic, economic crisis and racial injustice, colleges and universities were forced to reevaluate their practices, structures and delivery models. As the United States transitions to a recovery phase, New America and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) sought to further understand the overall impact of these crises […]

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Life Expectancy in Colorado Fell Sharply During the Pandemic, Especially for People of Color

So many Coloradans died of COVID-19 and related causes, including drug overdoses, that life expectancy statistics fell dramatically this past year. The drop was most alarming among communities of color, where enough Hispanic and Black residents died in the pandemic that both groups’ life expectancy statistics fell by about four years. The drop among white […]

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State, University of Iowa Launch ‘Center for School Mental Health’

Iowa’s Department of Education announced Wednesday it’s committing $20 million of federal pandemic aid toward a new University of Iowa-based “Center for School Mental Health” that will, among other things, offer teacher training and needs assessments statewide. The new Iowa Center for School Mental Health will work with the state Education Department to expand services […]

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Black People Continue to Lag Behind in COVID Vaccinations

Black people in the city of Philadelphia, the nation’s largest predominantly Black county, are lagging far behind white people when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations, the Washington Post reports. Read More

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Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Receives $5 Million for Medical School Program

L.A. Care Health Plan is committing $5 million for a new medical school program dedicated to serving under-resourced communities in South Los Angeles called the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU). The independent program will train an additional 60 medical students each year and will welcome its first students 2023. CDU estimates the […]

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