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While Some Sports Remain in Limbo, FBS Football is in Play and D-I Basketball Revs up for Action
The 2019-20 intercollegiate athletics season ended abruptly when student-athletes were sent home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and coaches were left wondering what would happen to their programs. Even though schools eventually decided to either cancel fall sports or postpone them until the spring, student-athletes were still welcomed back to campuses so they could resume […]
November 30, 2020
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Colleges and Universities Plan for Fall Commencement Amid COVID-19
As the semester winds down, colleges and universities across the country are making plans for fall commencement ceremonies. However, as new COVID-19 cases reach over 200,000 a day in the United States, many institutions are choosing to either cancel their ceremonies or host them remotely. Read More
November 30, 2020
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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
November 23, 2020
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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
November 23, 2020
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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
November 23, 2020
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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. […]
November 23, 2020
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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 […]
November 23, 2020
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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
November 23, 2020
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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
November 23, 2020
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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
November 16, 2020
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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
November 16, 2020
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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
November 16, 2020
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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 […]
November 16, 2020
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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 […]
November 16, 2020
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COVID-19 Makes It More Important Than Ever for Students to File for Federal Financial Aid
Some college students are just trying to navigate a socially distant trip home for Thanksgiving. Other students feel stuck at the midpoint of their college or high school semesters, weighed down by staring at a computer screen for 10 hours a day. Read More
November 16, 2020
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Colleges’ Thanksgiving Breaks Stir Fears of COVID-19 Spread
Universities and colleges on Long Island are mandating COVID-19 tests for some students, and encouraging tests for the rest, as tens of thousands of them prepare to travel home for Thanksgiving just as infection rates are rising nationwide. Read More
November 16, 2020
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Study Hopes to Lead to Improved Health for Rural Appalachia
The National Institutes of Health/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute recently awarded a five-year $3.8 million grant to the University of Kentucky to begin a new study aimed at improving diet and activity among rural Appalachian Kentuckians. Read More
November 9, 2020
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Software From NCSU, A&T Aims to Help Better Address Mental Health Challenges
Researchers from North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T University have developed a prototype software system that aims to help policymakers and healthcare providers better address mental health challenges facing Hispanic populations across the United States. Read More
November 9, 2020
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