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Bill Extends CHIP for 6 Years, Delays ACA Taxes

Nearly four months after it missed the deadline to reauthorize CHIP, Congress finally reauthorized the widely-popular program that covers about 8.4 million children and provides maternity coverage for about 370,000 women. The extension of CHIP is welcomed by states that were running out of CHIP funding, families, hospitals and providers (especially children’s hospitals), and safety […]

January 24, 2018

Art for Social Justice

January 24, 2018

Exploring the Effects of Incarceration

January 24, 2018

HEATHER-WASHINGTON

The Power of Medicine

January 24, 2018

EFRAIN-TALAMANTES

Making Geological History

January 24, 2018

Knowledge Is Power

January 24, 2018

TARISSA-SPOONHUNTER

Identifying Educational Inequities

January 24, 2018

LEOANDRA-ROGERS

ACT Launches 2018 Policy Platforms

ACT has released four new policy platforms geared to promote education and workplace access for students and to align the nation’s education and workforce systems to meet their needs.

January 23, 2018

Relationships Remain Key

January 23, 2018

Civil Rights Icon Wyatt Tee Walker Dies

The Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, who served as an architect of the early civil rights campaigns in the South, died Tuesday. He was 88.

January 23, 2018

North Carolina ‘Dreamers’ Volunteer, Mentor Young People

SANFORD, N.C. — After midnight one Saturday, Teresa Rivera and her mother, Juana Capcha, had just fallen asleep on the overstuffed couch in their living room in Huancayo, Peru. Suddenly, they were jolted awake by the sound of a door slamming shut as Rivera’s father stormed into the house — reeking of beer. He staggered over to Rivera’s mother and began an angry tirade.

January 23, 2018

Grasping Black Politics

January 23, 2018

Embracing Motherhood

January 23, 2018

Aspiration and Effort

January 23, 2018

PADMAJA-GUGGILLA

Defying Expectations

January 23, 2018

XU LIN

XU LIN has been named associate professor in the Department of Economics at Virginia Tech College of Science. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, Lin worked as an associate professor at Wayne State University. Lin earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Renmin University of China and master’s and doctoral degrees from Ohio State University.

January 23, 2018

WOLDE-AB ISAAC

WOLDE-AB ISAAC has been appointed chancellor of the Riverside Community College District in California. Isaac has served as president of Riverside City College since 2015. He is a graduate of Haile Selassie University in Ethiopia. He studied at University of Uppsala in Sweden and earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

January 23, 2018

YEHIA MASSOUD

YEHIA MASSOUD has been appointed dean of the School of Systems and Enterprises at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He had been the head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Massoud obtained his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

January 23, 2018