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Duke University’s medical school gets largest-ever donation for research project
DURHAM N.C. Duke University’s medical school is getting its largest-ever donation of $35 million to fund a research project at the new North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, officials said Monday.
September 23, 2007
Health
Officials from University of Illinois detail the latest developments
The M.D./Ph.D. program of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has been awarded a prestigious National Institutes of Health grant and designation as a Medical Scientist Training Program.
September 23, 2007
Health
Money in hand and facilities ready, researchers begin stem cell work
HARTFORD Conn. David Rowe says a special breed of mice he is developing at the University of Connecticut Health Center may one day help reveal new treatments for severe limb injuries, like the ones U.S. troops are returning with from Iraq.
September 22, 2007
Health
Money in hand and facilities ready, researchers begin stem cell work
HARTFORD Conn. David Rowe says a special breed of mice he is developing at the University of Connecticut Health Center may one day help reveal new treatments for severe limb injuries, like the ones U.S. troops are returning with from Iraq.
September 22, 2007
Health
Head of University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute resigning
PITTSBURGH The head of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute says he’s resigning that post to focus his time on research.
September 22, 2007
Health
Striking University of Minnesota union suspends pickets after talks
MINNEAPOLIS There were signs of progress Friday in the negotiations between the University of Minnesota and its striking clerical and health care workers.
September 22, 2007
STEM
Ardent terminates OSU med center agreement
TULSA Okla. Ardent Health Systems has terminated the academic affiliation agreement between the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the OSU Medical Center, which is owned by Ardent.
September 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
University of Minnesota workers suspend strike, weigh offer to end more than 2-week walkout
MINNEAPOLIS Clerical and health care workers at the University of Minnesota abandoned picket lines Friday and will vote on a contract offer that could end their more than two-week-long strike.
September 22, 2007
Students
Families of college students grapple with privacy rules
For parents hoping to keep tabs on their college-bound kids this fall, schools have this advice: Get it in writing if you can.
September 19, 2007
Sports
In Brief: Bats Take Over Texas Southern Dorm
More than 200 TSU students evacuated; Black Manhattan Community College players allege racial attack; and ACE reports minority student college participation rate lags.
September 19, 2007
STEM
Duke University to help Chinese improve health care system
DURHAM N.C. Duke University is partnering with a major academic health center and hospital network in China to help it do a better job of serving its patients, the school said Wednesday.
September 18, 2007
Health
UW-Madison gets $41M grant to take health research to the public
MADISON Wis. The University of Wisconsin-Madison will receive $41 million in the next five years to help it move medical discoveries from research labs to public practice.
September 18, 2007
Health
Rabies Scare After Bats Invade Dorm
HOUSTON Bats took over a university dormitory, forcing more than 200 students into hotels and worrying health officials, who now fear the students could have been exposed to rabies.
September 18, 2007
Health
$31 million federal research grant to Morehouse, others
ATLANTA A $31 million federal grant has been awarded to a group of Atlanta-area universities and medical organizations. It is one of a dozen such grants announced Tuesday, designed to better translate lab discoveries into patient treatments.
September 17, 2007
Health
2 University of Arkansas Medical School residency programs on probation
LITTLE ROCK Two family medicine programs for training doctors that are operated by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are on probation by an accrediting group for deficiencies in supervising doctors in training while they delivered babies and for weakness in continuing education for physicians.
September 16, 2007
Community Colleges
Aging population likely to mean need for more nurses
ASHEVILLE N.C. It was Cynthia Busche’s first day as a nurse in the Mission Hospitals emergency department, but she is no stranger to the nursing world.
September 16, 2007
Health
5 University of Colorado Temps on Paid Leave for Background Check Following Stabbing
BOULDER, Colo. Five people hired at the University of Colorado through a mental-health agency were placed on paid leave for background checks Tuesday, after a former program participant was accused of attacking a student with a knife.
August 30, 2007
Health
A Gift of Presidential Proportions
Nobody understood why Bruce King took a job at the University of South Dakota. But the decision may have saved his life.
August 22, 2007
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