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Penn State Seniors Put Class Gift Funds Toward Mental Health
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ― Pennsylvania State University’s senior class will donate its class gift funds to an endowment to support campus mental health services. Student leaders tell The Philadelphia Inquirer the gift could reach $250,000. They believe the decision indicates a growing awareness of the need for mental health treatment. The vote was personal for […]
Students
Oregon State University Store Begins Accepting Food Stamps
CORVALLIS, Ore. ― Oregon State University has become one of only a handful of universities with a store that can accept federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cards. The university’s Cascadia Market was approved to accept SNAP cards in August, but waited until Jan. 6 to begin accepting the cards to work out details for how […]
Students
Jackson State Students Develop Groundbreaking ‘Smart Mat’ for Diabetics
Four engineering students from Jackson State University have developed an innovative device that could have far-reaching effects.
Faculty & Staff
SUNY Broome’s Health Care MOOC Gaining Global Attention
Foundations for Assisting in Home Care is targeted at individuals who are considering pursuing a degree in health care and anyone who feels the need for guidance on how to assist the elderly or those who are ill.
Students
School Settles Suit over Support Animals in Student Housing
CLEVELAND ― Kent State University in northeast Ohio has agreed to pay two former students $100,000 to settle a fair housing lawsuit that was filed by the U.S. Justice Department after the school refused to allow the students to keep an emotional support dog in a university apartment. The settlement announced on Monday also calls […]
Women
Gov.-elect Edwards Picks LSU Professor as State Health Chief
BATON ROUGE, La. ― An LSU public health professor is Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards’ choice to lead Louisiana’s health department, the largest agency in state government. Dr. Rebekah Gee was named Tuesday as Edwards’ secretary for the Department of Health and Hospitals. In that role, she’ll oversee a $9.7 billion agency that accounts for more […]
Students
Boise State Reaches Settlement in Sex Assault Lawsuit
BOISE, Idaho ― Two former Boise State University athletes who accused the school of failing to stop sexually harassment have reached an out-of-court settlement with the university. The former students sued the school in 2014, alleging athletic officials ignored their reports of sexual assault and harassment by a star athlete. The settlement was reached Dec. […]
Sports
Campus Activists Unite in Call for Divestments at Colleges
BOSTON ― Campus activists who often fight in parallel with one another for their respective causes are now starting to form alliances as they turn up the pressure on some U.S. colleges to financially divest from industries that run counter to their beliefs. Student groups that have long called on colleges to stop investing in […]
Health
Cal State, San Bernardino Joins Fight Against Student Food Insecurity
CSUSB is one of a growing number of higher education institutions nationwide that houses a food bank on campus in response to the prevalence of food insecurity among today’s student body.
Students
International Students’ Issue About Food at Oberlin College Boiling Over
CLEVELAND ― A ruckus over the cultural sensitivity of cafeteria food at Ohio’s Oberlin College has led to heaping servings of both derision and sympathy. The complaints of some international students were first published in the Oberlin Review, the college newspaper, in early November. The article discussed a Japanese student’s complaint that rice used in […]
African-American
Nursing Faculty Emphasize Culturally Competent Health Care
Emerging faculty educate their nursing students about issues that impact patient care and bring health care to underserved communities.
Other News
Dr. Edith P. Mitchell Trying to Close Health Gaps Between Racial Groups
Long before she realized exactly what an oncologist is or does, Edith Mitchell was an intellectually hungry Tennessee farm girl who wanted to be a medical doctor helping people who were ill. Today, Dr. Edith P. Mitchell, a clinical professor of medicine and medical oncology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, has achieved her childhood […]
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