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Other News
To Make ‘Bigger Difference,’ Clif and Gail Smart Donate $1M to Missouri State
Missouri State President Clif Smart isn’t just raising money for the university. He and his wife, Gail, are donating some of their own. The couple pledged $1 million — to create four endowed professorships — as part of the “Onward, Upward” fundraising campaign, which quietly launched in 2017 and went public Saturday, Oct. 26. Read More
October 28, 2019
Disparities
UT-Austin Seeks To Diversify STEM Faculty Ranks
AUSTIN, TX — 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) […]
October 28, 2019
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 […]
October 28, 2019
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 weren’t enough women in front of the classroom as well. Read More
October 28, 2019
Other News
PA’s Largest Community College Eliminates Campus Mental-Health Counseling for 17,000 Students
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s largest community college system has eliminated all on-campus mental-health counseling for its students, Spotlight PA has learned, a move that college health experts called short-sighted and risky at a time of growing need. The Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) told counselors across its five campuses to stop individual and group counseling as […]
October 21, 2019
Other News
Western Kentucky University Going Tobacco-Free Next Year
Western Kentucky University says it will begin the new year tobacco- and smoke-free. The school is banning tobacco and vaping products beginning Jan. 1 on all properties owned, operated, leased, occupied or controlled by Western. Public health Professor Cecilia Watkins said in a news release that the university works to provide a healthy environment for […]
October 21, 2019
Other News
WSU Sleep Medicine Expert Secures $3.5 Million NIH Grant to Study Improved Sleep Assistance Methods
Sleep-disordered breathing, or SDB, is a common disorder, afflicting at least 25 million adults in the United States. Similarly, more than one-third of adult Americans do not get sufficient sleep. Both conditions contribute to adverse health consequences, including daytime sleepiness and hypertension. Unfortunately, improving outcomes for patients with SDB remains an elusive goal despite the […]
October 21, 2019
Other News
Students Are Taking Stimulants to Help Them Study, But There’s No Evidence They Help
Along with a steeper financial burden and an increasingly competitive academic environment, this year’s incoming freshman university class will likely be confronted with the pressure to take a little pill that some popular culture references say will make you “awesome at everything.” Or they may eschew the temptation and rely on the standard practice of […]
October 21, 2019
Other News
University of Iowa Using $10 Million State Grant to Address Maternal Healthcare Crisis
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG)- Last month, UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown announced its obstetrics and women’s health clinic would be shutting its doors. It’s the latest in a change of closures. “We’ve had 34 hospitals since 2000 close their labor and delivery units,” said Stephen Hunter, University of Iowa Professor of obstetrics and gynecology and Vice-Chair […]
October 21, 2019
Other News
Lehigh University Physician Resigns After Health Center Investigation
Lehigh University said it has accepted the resignation of a former health center interim director, who was suspended amid sexual misconduct allegations after an investigation found a workplace inconsistent with university values and professional expectations. The announcement of Dr. Thomas Novak’s resignation was made in an email to students and staff Friday afternoon. It came […]
October 21, 2019
Other News
Couple’s $10 Million Gift to University of Michigan Aims to Improve World Health
ANN ARBOR, MI – A couple’s $10 million gift to the University of Michigan will aim to empower faculty and students to seek new ways to address health needs of the disadvantaged. The gift from Tadataka and Leslie Yamada will allow UM to work with global partners to make a greater positive impact on the […]
October 21, 2019
Other News
Sanders Support Ticks Up Among College Students Following Heart Attack
A new weekly poll shows Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) remains the top choice among college students, despite being hospitalized last week due to a heart attack. According to a Chegg-College Pulse poll released on Thursday, 31 percent of Democratic voters attending college or university support Sanders, a 2-point increase from August and a one-point increase from […]
October 14, 2019
Other News
UCF Health Employees Frustrated as Pair of Clinics Post $6.8M Loss and Lack Patients, Supplies
A frustrated physician fired off an email to his supervisors and colleagues at a UCF-operated clinic last year, saying earlier that morning he had tried to inject a patient’s knee with a numbing substance but there was none in the building. “It’s completely unacceptable to not have ample supplies and it’s very poor patient care,” […]
October 14, 2019
Other News
Bold Restructuring of ASU’s College of Health Solutions Results in Growth
One year after a large-scale restructuring, Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions has announced growth in enrollment, new faculty and research advancement. Last fall, the College of Health Solutions made a bold move to eliminate its five departments and schools and centralize all of its academic programs and research initiatives. The goal was to […]
October 14, 2019
Other News
Half of Millennials and 75 Percent of Gen Zers Have Left Their Job for Mental Health Reasons
Cases of burnout have been increasing at an alarming rate in recent years among millennials and Gen Zers. It’s a growing problem in today’s workplace because of trends like rising workloads, limited staff and resources and long hours. It’s no surprise, then, that a recent study by Mind Share Partners, Qualtrics and SAP reveals that […]
October 14, 2019
Other News
Sanford Health Namesake Now Has University Named for Him
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — T. Denny Sanford, the billionaire credit card mogul whose philanthropy fueled the rise of Sanford Health, now has a university named after him as well. National University in La Jolla, Calif., announced this week it would rename itself Sanford National University, with a formal launch of the new moniker set for […]
October 14, 2019
Other News
Radford University Hires First Health Sciences Provost
Radford University announced Teresa Ann Conner will be the school’s inaugural provost for health sciences. The position was created to help manage the growing medical program at the university, according to school spokeswoman Caitlyn Scaggs. The university opened Radford University Carilion in Roanoke this year after merging with Jefferson College of Health Sciences. Conner will […]
October 14, 2019
Policies
California Governor Signs Bill Requiring Public Universities to Offer Medication Abortion
(CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday requiring medication abortion services at public state universities starting in 2023. “As other states and the federal government go backward, restricting reproductive freedom, in California we are moving forward, expanding access and reaffirming a woman’s right (to) choose,” Newsom, a Democrat, said in a […]
October 14, 2019
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