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News Roundup
Two Dead, One Wounded Following Shooting at Texas A&M-Commerce
Two people have died and another remains wounded following a shooting at a Texas A&M-Commerce University residence hall on Monday. At approximately 2 p.m., A&M-Commerce cancelled classes and instructed its students to take shelter as it investigated a shooting at Pride Rock, a three-story residence hall for freshmen. Since then, shelter recommendations have been lifted, […]
February 3, 2020
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Duke Medical Center Archives the Work of the Hospital’s First African American Surgeon
The Duke Medical Center Archives recently obtained the complete collection of writings by Onyekwere Akwari, the first African American surgeon at Duke University Medical Center. The Akwari Papers consist of his medical findings, research papers, immigration documents, correspondences and assorted photographs. In coordination with the Department of Surgery, the DMCA spoke with his wife, Anne […]
February 3, 2020
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LGBTQ College Students More Likely to Develop Eating Disorders, University Research Says
A new University of Minnesota study found that LGBTQ college students are more likely to develop eating disorders than their heterosexual and cisgender peers. The study, which used data from the College Student Health Survey, aimed at finding the existing disparities between the rates of eating disorders in LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ students. The researchers also […]
February 3, 2020
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Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Secure $5.9 Million NCI Grant to Improve Cancer Care for Minority and Underserved Communities
BRONX, N.Y., Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Montefiore, the University Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has received a $5.9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to build on its success recruiting minority and underserved patients into cancer clinical trials and delivering the highest quality cancer care. This new grant, part of […]
February 3, 2020
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On Social Media, Racist Responses To Coronavirus Can Have Their Own Contagion
Even though there are just a handful of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S., federal officials are taking action to limit the spread of the disease. The White House declared a public health emergency on Friday. Americans who were evacuated from China last week are now under a quarantine. And most foreign nationals who […]
February 3, 2020
Disparities
Seven Ways to Expand Diversity in Precision Medicine Research
Ethnic and racial minority populations in the U.S. have a long history of being mistreated by the health care system, researchers and the government. The resulting mistrust can pose a challenge for researchers seeking to understand the biology of complex traits, as well as for physicians interested in delivering personalized care to diverse patients. Diversity […]
February 3, 2020
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Vegas-Area Med Schools Aim to Boost Student Body Diversity
Malcolm Douglas remembers how the close relationship he had with his pediatrician growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn, New York, helped him feel safe and respected. “He kind of guided me toward a career in medicine, throughout my schooling, he pushed me more toward the sciences,” Douglas said. “He helped me develop my […]
February 3, 2020
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NIH’s New Cluster Hiring Program Aims to Help Schools Attract Diverse Faculty
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is hoping universities will use a controversial—and largely untested—method of hiring junior faculty members to improve the diversity of the U.S. biomedical research workforce. Last week, a top-level advisory group gave NIH officials the green light to launch a $241 million initiative called Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation […]
February 3, 2020
Sports
Howard Alumnus, Football Player Referees Super Bowl
Former Howard University football player, Greg Steed, was one of five African American NFL officials refereeing Sunday’s Super Bowl game in Miami. Steed, who is in his 17th season as an NFL official, began his career officiating high school football before moving onto college football conferences such as Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (Howard’s conference), the Atlantic […]
February 3, 2020
Students
Left Out? Can the Completion Movement Reach Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Discouraged by data showing that nearly 42 percent of college students failed to earn degrees within six years, policymakers, institutional leaders, and practitioners are turning their attention to closing completion gaps that impact nearly every facet of higher education.
February 3, 2020
Students
Dr. Constance M. Carroll Announces Retirement in 2021
After serving as San Diego Community College District’s (SDCCD) chancellor since 2004, Dr. Constance M. Carroll has announced she will retire in 2021. As the longest-serving chancellor in the district’s history, Carroll has overseen major changes within the state’s second-largest community college district, including “unprecedented student success” and more than $1.4 billion in new construction […]
February 3, 2020
News Roundup
Macalaster College Names Dr. Suzanne Rivera its 17th President
Macalester College has appointed Dr. Suzanne Rivera its 17th president. For the past nine years, Rivera has served as vice president for research and technology management at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) where she was responsible for the school’s $400 million research enterprise. In addition, having served in various local and national social justice organizations, […]
February 3, 2020
Students
Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Honored with Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award
NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education has selected Dr. Melvin Terrell, vice president emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University as the recipient for its 2020 Bobby E. Leach Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award. Each year the award, named after the first person of color to serve as NASPA president and the first Black administrator […]
February 3, 2020
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February 3, 2020
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Ball State Faculty Want Tenure Review of Professor Who Called Police on Black Student
Several Ball State University faculty last Thursday said they want a post-tenure review of a professor who called the police on a Black student because he didn’t switch seats in the classroom.
February 2, 2020
Native Americans
2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Oscar Vasquez-Mena
To grasp the size of materials Dr. Oscar Vazquez-Mena studies, divide a millimeter — about the width of a dime — by 1,000. You’ll arrive at a micrometer, a unit roughly the size of bacteria. But don’t stop there; divide by another 1,000 and, finally, you reach Vazquez-Mena’s specialty: the nanometer.
January 31, 2020
Other News
OPINION: Military Recruiters Targeting Working Class Students is Unacceptable
Military recruiters have long been a presence on college campuses. However, it’s a presence that targets students with financial issues to further boost conscription numbers in an era when the U.S. military has been consistently engaged in conflict abroad for nearly twenty years. Although the U.S. ended the draft in 1973, economic pressure leads many working […]
January 31, 2020
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Sexual Assault Reports by Cadets, Midshipmen at Military Academies Surge by 32%
WASHINGTON – Reports of sexual assault by cadets and midshipmen at the nation’s military academies jumped 32% during the past school year, reflecting increases in those crimes and a greater willingness to report them, according to a Pentagon report obtained by USA TODAY. There were 122 reports of sexual assault during the 2018-19 school year, compared […]
January 31, 2020
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