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Section: Health
Health
Harvard University’s Health School Gets Record $350M Gift
Harvard University announced that its school of public health has received a record donation to support students and bolster research into global health threats.
September 8, 2014
Students
In Case You Missed It…
Alumnus Continues to Build On Dream at Southern Cal Report Recommends Educational Policy Adjustments to Aid Minority Males Role of Technology Growing in Realm of College Advising The Real Hero in Movie ‘Boyhood’ is Education
September 4, 2014
Students
Ebola in Mind, U.S. Colleges Screening Some Students
University students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate their campuses from the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
September 1, 2014
Sports
Delayed for Weeks in Liberia, 6 Tuskegee University Students Return to U.S.
Most international flights in an out of the West African nation had been canceled because of the Ebola epidemic.
August 20, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Docket: Deaf Student Wins Admittance to Medical Program
A judge ruled that Pacific Northwest University of Health Science’s osteopathic medical program must admit Zachary Featherstone this fall and must reasonably accommodate his disability.
August 12, 2014
Latinx
Ebola Survivor in Guinea Shunned by Boyfriend, Medical School
The medical school professors no longer want Kadiatou Fanta in the classroom. Her boyfriend has broken up with her. Each day the 26-year-old eats alone and sleeps alone. Even her own family members are afraid to touch her months after she survived Ebola.
August 12, 2014
Disabilties
Special Focus: STEM
In this issue of Diverse, we look at STEM, or the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. We take a deeper look at what higher education leaders are doing to boost the number of American Indians earning Ph.D.s. We also look at the success of a San Jacinto College program that promotes STEM among its underserved minority students. Among other feature articles, we look at the emerging tech scene in Washington, D.C., and what stakeholders are doing to keep diversity at the forefront.
July 31, 2014
African-American
Lead Exposure Study to Focus on Black Women in Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati researchers are launching a study of African-American women to determine whether childhood lead exposure has affected bone and muscle health.
July 31, 2014
HBCUs
University of Texas Regents Meet to Pick Chancellor Finalist
University of Texas System regents were scheduled to meet Tuesday night to possibly name a finalist in their search for a new chancellor to oversee the 15-campus system.
July 29, 2014
African-American
Rethinking President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative
The initiative lacks components that would aggressively respond to the pervasiveness of institutional and structural racism that yet persists in America.
July 28, 2014
Students
Student-Centered Education for a Diverse 21st Century Population
Education that keeps the student at the center is the expectation of students and their families.
July 21, 2014
Health
Men and Suicide: An Alarming Epidemic
Finally, the walls of silence that have largely kept the topic under wraps are tumbling down.
July 16, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Docket: Federal Judge Backs Horry-Georgetown Technical College
U.S. District Judge Mary Lewis rejected all claims by former adjunct Sharon Williams in her failure-to-promote and bias case.
July 7, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Napolitano Aims to Grow University of California Role in Fighting Hunger
University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that she plans to leverage the state’s role in agriculture and research to tackle one of the world’s most pressing problems: food.
July 1, 2014
Students
Expert Sees AAPI Churches, Elders as Keys to LGBT Inclusion in Higher Ed
A former evangelical minister, Jess Delegencia led a conference session last week examining the intersections—and historical lack thereof—among Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), Christianity and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
June 30, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Alum Donates School-Record $3M to Huston-Tillotson University
Huston-Tillotson University alum Ada Cecilia Collins Anderson donated $3 million to her alma mater Monday.
June 24, 2014
HBCUs
Plan to House Immigrant Children at St. Paul’s University on Hold
Hundreds of Central American children and teenagers are to be housed on the campus of the closed college in rural Virginia amid complaints by local officials.
June 16, 2014
LGBTQ+
University of Arkansas Reverses Course on Gay Health Benefits
The University of Arkansas System has reversed its decision to include same-sex couples in the health benefits that is offered to spouses.
May 21, 2014
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