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Medical Students Take to the Streets to Give Free Care to Detroitâs Homeless
(CNN) Armed with care packages, clothes and clinical supplies, medical students in Detroit are learning outside the classroom. They are putting their knowledge and boots to the pavement, providing free health care to the cityâs homeless. Each week, students under the supervision of a registered physician or nurse practitioner get on their bikes and look [âŚ]
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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System CEO Retiring
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) â The CEO of Virginia Commonwealth Universityâs health system is retiring. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Dr. Marsha Rappley announced Tuesday that she plans to retire Jan. 2 from the system sheâs led since 2015. VCU President Michael Rao issued a statement praising Rappley and highlighting her work on a new childrenâs hospital [âŚ]
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University of North Florida Program Would Place Students in Health Care Jobs
The State University System Board of Governors Strategic Planning Committee approved the University of North Floridaâs plan to create a Medical Nexus, or MedNEX, the nationâs first university-based health care network. The committee approved the proposal Oct. 3. Upon approval by the Board of Governors, the Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis would need to sign [âŚ]
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University Health System Breaks Ground on Womenâs and Childrenâs Hospital
Wielding miniature shovels, children in yellow hard hats dug in and broke ground on the construction site that is set to become University Health Systemâs new freestanding Womenâs and Childrenâs Hospital. The Saturday morning groundbreaking ceremony signifies the beginning of construction for what will be a 12-story, 600,000-square-foot hospital tower that will house two separate emergency [âŚ]
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Hampton University Professor Leads Initiative To Bring Health Screenings To Black Barbershops
There is power that lies in the cultural influence of barbershops; especially within the Black community. These establishments have become far more than places where folks come to get their haircut; theyâve evolved into safe spaces where everything from political and social issues to health are discussed. A group of students from Hampton University is [âŚ]
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Ray Cross to Retire After Five Years Leading UW System, 42 Years in Higher Education
MADISON â University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is leaving his job after five years overseeing public universities and colleges across the state â stepping away from a career in education spanning more than four decades.  âI hope that folks will remember me as an advocate for higher education and someone who believes strongly [âŚ]
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TNCC to Lay off 45 Employees; Needs $3.6 Million in Personnel Cuts for Next Fiscal Year
Facing a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall, Thomas Nelson Community College announced it will lay off 45 employees at the end of the year. In a college-wide email, President John Dever wrote Thursday that the college needs to cut $1.8 million from its roughly $33-million personnel budget this fiscal year to get a balanced budget. In fiscal [âŚ]
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Most UH Students are People of Color but Their Teachers are Mainly White
The University of Hawaii has made progress diversifying its faculty over the past several decades, but the faculty at its flagship campus are still disproportionately white compared with the majority Asian-Pacific Islander student body. At Manoa, the universityâs research campus, about 60% of tenured faculty are white compared with less than 24% of the student [âŚ]
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To Make âBigger Difference,â Clif and Gail Smart Donate $1M to Missouri State
Missouri State President Clif Smart isnât just raising money for the university. He and his wife, Gail, are donating some of their own. The couple pledged $1 million â to create four endowed professorships â as part of the âOnward, Upwardâ fundraising campaign, which quietly launched in 2017 and went public Saturday, Oct. 26. Read More
Disparities
UT-Austin Seeks To Diversify STEM Faculty Ranks
AUSTIN, TX â The University of Texas at Austin has joined 19 other universities in a three-year effort to develop and strengthen inclusive recruitment, hiring and retention practices for STEM faculty members, school officials announced on Tuesday. The initiative is part of the Aspire Alliance, co-led by The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) [âŚ]
Disparities
Increasing Diversity Remains Focus of Office of the Provost
Boston College, led by Vice Provost for Faculties Billy Soo, is working to continue to diversify its faculty population through a variety of programs and initiatives. Forty-two percent of the current faculty is female and 20.4 percent is AHANA+, according to Soo. As with racial diversity, an obstacle to increased gender diversification at BC is [âŚ]
Disparities
Georgia State University Looks to Improve Faculty Diversity
Georgia State University leaders determined a few years ago they had a problem. While numerous studies found the university has one of the most racially diverse student bodies in the nation, there was not that same level of diversity among its faculty. There werenât enough women in front of the classroom as well. Read More
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