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Students
Iowa College Students Protest Cost of Birth Control Pill
DES MOINES, Iowa More than 400 Iowa college students have signed a petition protesting federal legislation that has made getting birth control more expensive.
Students
Utah State University Student Group to Approach Regents Over Insurance
LOGAN, Utah Utah State University students will ask the Board of Regents to make health insurance mandatory for everyone enrolled in the state’s public colleges and universities.
LGBTQ+
Gays Fight for University Employer Benefits in Court
LANSING Mich. The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday will begin weighing whether state universities and other public-sector employers can provide health insurance to the partners of gay workers.
Latinx
Study: Kids of Immigration Raid Arrestees Face Mental Problems
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. Amid thousands of children around the country distraught over a parent arrested in immigration raids, federal officials, school officials and advocates for immigrants argued over who was to blame for leading kids to post-traumatic stress disorder, separation anxiety and depression, as a study released last Wednesday found.
African-American
Addressing Anxiety, Depression and Suicide Among HBCU Students
In the wake the massacre at Virginia Tech and the recent shooting at Delaware State University, student mental health is becoming increasingly important to colleges and universities nationwide.
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Students
The Psychological Impact of Academic Probation
UC San Diego researchers are investigating the correlation between physiological distress and poor grades.
Faculty & Staff
Grants and Gifts
Armstrong Atlantic State University (Ga.) has been awarded $483,760 by the National Science Foundation for scholarships to support students in computer science, information technology, mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics fields. The Association of American Indian Physicians and its partners in the Healthier Indian Country Initiative have received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department […]
Native Americans
Scientists at University of North Dakota Find More Correlation Between Diabetes, Mental Health Among Native Americans Than Whites
Depressive symptoms are common among patients with diabetes and may have a significant impact on self-management and health outcomes.
LGBTQ+
Perspectives: Hanging Nooses, Hate Pose a National Health Risk
Addressing, preventing and eradicating hate is not just a “Black issue,” it is a human rights issue, says this group of psychology faculty from Pepperdine University. If we, as a nation, fail to address it, we are at risk for regression, for descending into a previous state of unhealthy functioning. Choice and free will are important concepts in mental health. What is our will as a nation? Do we choose to ignore these signs of impending illness and let the sickness of racism ravage the soul of our nation?
Students
Officials Looking for Ways to Ease Shortage of Nursing Teachers
FARGO N.D. Ways to encourage graduate students to consider teaching, and the use of private money to supplement faculty wages, are among the ideas being discussed to ease a shortage of nursing teachers in the region.
Sports
CU Sees Rise In Reports Of Staph Infections
BOULDER Colo. The University of Colorado is pulling some equipment from the recreation center following a rise in staph infections among students.
Health
Scholars: Institutional Racism a Mental Health Issue For Black Youth and Families
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. Some behavioral problems in Black youths can be attributed to their effort to protect themselves from racism, and is a “manifestation of depression,” one researcher told a panel at the seventh annual Diversity Challenge Conference at Boston College.
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