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Public Health Team Receives $1.3 Million Federal Grant to Study COVID-19 Research Participation in Black Communities

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded an interdisciplinary team in Georgia State University’s School of Public Health a two-year, $1.3 million grant through its RADx Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) program to better understand barriers and motivations for participating in COVID-19 research among Black communities in Atlanta. Read More

Georgia State University

Actor Hank Azaria Talks Career, Mental Health, Racial Justice

Hank Azaria (LA’87), an Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian, addressed the Tufts community on Friday as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life’s Distinguished Speaker Series, as the last speaker of the semester. The discussion was moderated by Jim Glaser, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Read More

Actor Hank Azaria

Penn State College of Medicine Researchers Join $10 Million Project to Understand Sex Differences in Brain Cancer Outcomes

Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine are participating in a $10 million project to better understand why males and females have different survival rates with a common and deadly type of brain cancer, the college said Monday in a press release. Read More

Penn State College of Medicine

Should College Students Go Home for The Holidays?

Thanksgiving is traditionally an intimate gathering of family and friends. And, for college students, the fall break in semester is an opportunity to travel home to see the family for a few days. With COVID-19 cases increasing at a high rate in some parts of the U.S., that trek home might need to be reconsidered. […]

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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on ROTC Programs

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) programs at higher ed institutions across the country in unique ways. Some ROTC cadets training to be officers in the U.S. armed forces have had to train while donning masks, and other cadets have had to move intense, high-contact training to Zoom in an […]

Columbia University Suspends MBA Students for International Travel

At least 70 MBA students have been temporarily banned from Columbia University’s campus for traveling during COVID-19. Read More

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Panel Explores Accreditation and Role of HBCUs During COVID-19 Crisis

Higher education leaders convened virtually Nov. 19 to discuss the role of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and accreditation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

Atlanta Mayor Discusses Leadership Amid COVID-19

From election results to COVID-19 to systemic racism, and how to manage and lead amid these various challenges was the focus of Monday’s “Voices in Leadership” webcast series sponsored by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Read More

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

North Carolina Will Provide COVID-19 Tests to In-State Higher Ed Institutions Before Holiday Breaks

North Carolina will be providing COVID-19 tests to colleges and universities across the state as holiday breaks approach, ABC 13 News reported. Read More

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper

Michigan to Implement New Gathering Restrictions Amid COVID-19 Surge

Amid a COVID-19 surge, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Sunday new pandemic restrictions that limit gatherings, effective Wednesday until Dec. 8, The Detroit News reported. Read More

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Pandemic Pushes Steep Drop in Foreign College Students

Complications and new policies brought on by the coronavirus pandemic have stopped thousands of international students from attending universities in the U.S. this fall, raising concerns that the steep decline could foretell a long-lasting shift for universities that have come to rely on attracting international students. At risk are millions of dollars in tuition for […]

Michigan State University

The Colleges with Virtually No Coronavirus Cases

In contrast to the pandemic drama playing out at colleges and universities across the country, a handful of schools, including Sarah Lawrence, have kept the disease at bay. Some of these schools are public, others private. All have created their own small public health infrastructures, sharing cohesive public health messaging and implementing COVID-19 testing regimens […]

Sarah Lawrence College

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