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University of the Pacific College Will Launch School for Health Sciences in Sacramento

The University of the Pacific is launching a school of health sciences in 2020 on the same Sacramento campus that houses its law school, saying that four new programs are needed to meet the demands of a growing health care industry. “Retiring baby boomers have increased health care needs, resulting in a demand for more […]

November 11, 2019

University of Arizona’s Phoenix Medical School Expands Class Size

The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix will expand the size of its class for the first time since 2012, a move the school hopes will help address an ongoing doctor shortage in Arizona. Starting in July 2020, the college’s class size will grow to 100 students from 80. The school got approval from its accrediting […]

November 11, 2019

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A Look Inside the New Health Care Center at EMU

YPSILANTI, MI — A new health care center on Eastern Michigan University’s campus is set to open to students and the public Monday, Nov. 4. The ’IHA Health Center @ EMU,’ located at 1065 North Huron River Drive, will assume operations as the university’s primary care facility beginning next week. EMU officials say the facility […]

November 4, 2019

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Widely Used Health Care Prediction Algorithm Biased Against Black People

From predicting who will be a repeat offender to who’s the best candidate for a job, computer algorithms are now making complex decisions in lieu of humans. But increasingly, many of these algorithms are being found to replicate the same racial, socioeconomic or gender-based biases they were built to overcome. This racial bias extends to […]

November 4, 2019

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Medical Students Take to the Streets to Give Free Care to Detroit’s 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 city’s homeless. Each week, students under the supervision of a registered physician or nurse practitioner get on their bikes and look […]

November 4, 2019

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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System CEO Retiring

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The CEO of Virginia Commonwealth University’s health system is retiring. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Dr. Marsha Rappley announced Tuesday that she plans to retire Jan. 2 from the system she’s led since 2015. VCU President Michael Rao issued a statement praising Rappley and highlighting her work on a new children’s hospital […]

November 4, 2019

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 Florida’s plan to create a Medical Nexus, or MedNEX, the nation’s 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 […]

November 4, 2019

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University Health System Breaks Ground on Women’s and Children’s 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 System’s new freestanding Women’s and Children’s 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 […]

November 4, 2019

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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; they’ve evolved into safe spaces where everything from political and social issues to health are discussed. A group of students from Hampton University is […]

November 4, 2019

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Ray Cross to Retire After Five Years Leading UW System, 42 Years in Higher Education

MADISON – University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is leaving his job after five years overseeing public universities and colleges across the state — stepping away from a career in education spanning more than four decades. “I hope that folks will remember me as an advocate for higher education and someone who believes strongly […]

October 28, 2019

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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 […]

October 28, 2019

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 university’s research campus, about 60% of tenured faculty are white compared with less than 24% of the student […]

October 28, 2019

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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