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Disparities
Marshall U. Students Learn About Stigmas
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A diagnosis of HIV/AIDS comes with new medications (hopefully) and a change of lifestyle, but it also comes with a new stigma attached to a person. “As a physician, you really see the clinical aspect of treating a patient,” said Abbie Short, third-year Marshall University Honors College student. “You just see them […]
May 3, 2017
Other News
Budget Deal Defies Trump on Medical Research
The budget agreement Congress reached tonight would give the National Institutes of Health a $2 billion increase for the second year in a row, a Senate GOP aide confirms. That means congressional negotiators basically told the Trump administration to take a hike. The administration wanted to slash the agency’s funding by $1.2 billion in the […]
May 3, 2017
Policies
N.Y. Drops Request for Prison Care
A year ago, the Cuomo administration announced it would seek a waiver from the feds to provide Medicaid coverage 30 days before release to prisoners with significant mental or physical health issues. But a day before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the state withdrew its request. With a new administration and new leaders at the Department […]
May 3, 2017
Disparities
Hospitals Seek Alternatives to Opioids
BALTIMORE — A car crash shattered Stuart Anders’ thigh, leaving pieces of bone sticking through his skin. Yet Anders begged emergency room doctors not to give him powerful opioid painkillers — he’d been addicted once before and panicked at the thought of relapsing. “I can’t lose what I worked for,” he said. The nation’s opioid […]
May 3, 2017
Disparities
Death Rate for Blacks Drops 25 Percent
The death rate for African-Americans (blacks) declined 25 percent from 1999 to 2015, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report released, but disparities persist between blacks and whites. Although blacks as a group are living longer, their life expectancy is still four years less than that of whites. Disparities in all age groups are […]
May 3, 2017
Other News
V.A. Doctor Suspended Over Prescriptions
CINCINNATI — Officials have indefinitely suspended the deputy chief of staff at the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center in a move her lawyers call a “publicity stunt.” The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Dr. Barbara Temeck was suspended for writing three prescriptions for a private patient between December 2012 and May 2013. Her lawyer, Ken Hawley, says […]
May 3, 2017
Other News
Kimmel: Pre-Existing Conditions Are No Joke
With the US in the throes of another contentious debate over healthcare, comedian Jimmy Kimmel used his late-night TV stage to put a very personal spin on an issue that is a matter of life and death for millions of Americans. On yesterday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host fought back tears to reveal that his […]
May 3, 2017
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For Our Mothers
Our thoughts turn to mothers and grandmothers at this time of year, as Mother’s Day rolls around on the second Sunday of May. We looked through our collections to select some giftable titles for the moms on your list or your own pleasure. Some of these titles from DiverseBooks.net remind us that motherhood has sorrows as well as joys.
May 3, 2017
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NAVEED ZAMAN
NAVEED ZAMAN has been named dean of West Virginia State University. Zaman had been serving as interim dean of the college since 2015. Zaman earned a bachelor’s from the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan, a master’s from Quaidi-Azam University and a Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky.
May 3, 2017
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MILTON S. F. CURRY
MILTON S. F. CURRY has been named dean of the University of South Carolina School of Architecture. He is currently associate dean for academic affairs and strategic initiatives at the University of Michigan. Curry obtained a bachelor’s from Cornell University and a master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Design.
May 3, 2017
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NICHOLE LUOMA
NICHOL LUOMA has been named senior vice president of The National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP). Luoma is associate vice president of University Business Services, sustainability officer and chief procurement officer at Arizona State University (ASU). She has a bachelor’s from ASU and a master’s from Duke University.
May 3, 2017
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Problem Solver
Dr. Meredith Woo is planning to turn Sweet Briar College around after it was almost forced to close its doors.
May 3, 2017
African-American
NASA Recognizing Veteran Science Writer Warren Leary
Leary is set to be formally inducted Friday into the elite “Chroniclers,” a program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that recognizes people who “helped spread the news of America’s space exploration.”
May 2, 2017
Latinx
Rodriguez: Teaching, Selling or Consuming Cinco de Mayo
It is a time when we are bombarded by messages to drink and party and wear big sombreros and put on mustaches and emit wimpy shrieks that attempt to pass for genuine celebratory gritos.
May 2, 2017
African-American
Urban League: Blacks Must Remain ‘Vigilant’ to Protect Gains
African-Americans must fight to protect the socioeconomic and political gains made under the Obama administration and vigorously oppose imminent threats from the Trump administration to turn back the clock, the leader of the National Urban League said.
May 2, 2017
Students
Hundreds March at American University after Noose Incident
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of students have been marching at American University in Washington a day after bananas were found hanging from string in the shape of nooses on campus. Television station WRC-TV reports that students walked out of a town hall meeting administrators were holding Tuesday, a day after the bananas were found at several […]
May 2, 2017
Faculty & Staff
University of Utah President to Step Down
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah president has announced his plan to step down from his position as soon as officials can find a replacement for him. A spokeswoman for the Utah System of Higher Education said in a statement Monday that President David Pershing is expected to return to a faculty position, […]
May 2, 2017
Leadership & Policy
University of Missouri-Columbia has New Interim Chancellor
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The provost at the University of Missouri in Columbia will serve as the campus’ interim chancellor. The president of the four-campus university system, Mun Choi, announced Garnett Stokes’ appointment to the campus’ top administrative post, and it was approved Wednesday by the system’s governing board. Stokes has served as provost and executive […]
May 2, 2017
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