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University of Michigan to Get $27M for Robotics Research

DETROIT ― The University of Michigan is set to receive $27 million from a Chinese investment firm to aid in the institution’s driverless vehicle and robotics research. U-M President Mark Schlissel and Vice President for Research S. Jack Hu signed a memorandum of understanding on Saturday in Shenzhen, China, with Frontt Capital Management Ltd. Schlissel […]

October 19, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Warren Wilson College President to Step Down for New Job

SWANNANOA, N.C. ― Warren Wilson College has announced that its president is stepping down from his post to become the leader of a new school in New York. The western North Carolina school announced on its web page that Steven Solnick has accepted a job as head of The Calhoun School, a pre-K through grade […]

October 19, 2016

Montana State Gets Grant to Help Nursing Students

A Montana State University program to help Native Americans succeed in nursing has received a grant worth nearly $1 million. MSU’s Caring For Our Own Program, or CO-OP, received a three-year grant from the Indian Health Service worth $332,715 a year. The money will let the program support several additional students per year, up to […]

October 19, 2016

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California Short in Latino Doctors, Report Finds

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new report says California is dramatically lacking in Latino doctors despite the state’s growing population. The report released Friday by the Latino Physicians of California says although nearly 40 percent of the state’s population is Latino, just five percent of the state’s physicians are. The nonprofit advocacy group says that means […]

October 19, 2016

Maryland Patients Wait for Medical Marijuana

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — While Maryland is on pace to have one of the slowest rollouts of medical marijuana in the country, patients across the state must skirt the law if they want to treat themselves. It has been more than 900 days since former Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana in the […]

October 19, 2016

VIJAY SONTY

VIJAY SONTY has been named chief information officer at Saint Leo University. He was vice president for technology and chief information officer at Utica College in New York. Sonty earned a bachelor’s from Osmania University in India and two master’s degrees from Southern Illinois Universityn Edwardsville.

October 19, 2016

MADELINE E. LOPEZ

MADELINE E. LOPEZ has been appointed director of the Intercultural Center at Brandeis University. She was the founding director of the Cultural Education Center at Hamilton College in New York. Lopez earned a bachelor’s from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s from Princeton University.

October 19, 2016

TRICIA Y. PAIK

TRICIA Y. PAIK was named the Florence Finch Abbott Director of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, effective November 30. She has been serving as the curator of contemporary art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Paik earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.

October 19, 2016

JAMILLAH MOORE

JAMILLAH MOORE has been appointed president of Cañada College in California. She had been serving as interim vice chancellor of educational services and planning for the San Mateo County Community College District. Moore holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from California State University, Sacramento, and a doctorate from the University of San Francisco.

October 19, 2016

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GEORGE JOHNSON JR.

GEORGE JOHNSON JR. has been named assistant vice president for communications and marketing at Claflin University. He was director of integrated marketing and public relations at Oakwood University in Alabama. Johnson earned a bachelor’s from Washington Adventist University in Maryland.

October 19, 2016

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MINDY T. FULLILOVE

MINDY T. FULLILOVE has been appointed a professor of urban policy and health at The New School in New York City. She was a professor of clinical sociomedical sciences and psychiatry at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Fullilove earned a bachelor’s from Bryn Mawr College, and a master’s and an M.D. from Columbia University.

October 19, 2016

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VIJAY PENDAKUR

VIJAY PENDAKUR has been named dean of students at Cornell University, effective January 3. He is associate vice president for the Division of Student Affairs at California State University, Fullerton. Pendakur earned a bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a master’s from the University of California, San Diego and a doctorate from DePaul University.

October 19, 2016

GWENDOLYN GASTON

GWENDOLYN GASTON has been named dean of nursing at Dallas Nursing Institute. She was director of nursing for the institution’s Associate Degree of Nursing Programs. Gaston holds an associate from Kings County School of Nursing (Brooklyn College of CUNY), and a bachleor’s and a master’s from the University of Phoenix.

October 19, 2016

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JUDY MITCHELL

JUDY MITCHELL has been named president of Joliet Junior College. She has been serving as interim president. Mitchell earned an associate from Joliet Junior College, a bachelor’s and an MBA from Governors State University in Illinois, and a doctorate from National Louis University in Chicago.

October 19, 2016

Duty Bound

Exploring best practices in serving active duty, retired service members in higher ed.

October 19, 2016

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Courtney McAnuff Steers Rutgers’ Commitment to Diversity

Courtney McAnuff, vice president for enrollment management at Rutgers University, helped create the Future Scholars program and other pathways for diverse populations.

October 18, 2016

Study Shows Computer Science Gap Begins Early

Black students are less likely than White students to have computer science courses in middle or high school — 47 versus 58 percent, a new study released Tuesday shows.

October 18, 2016

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Freshman Year Doesn’t Have to be Stressful

I don’t think that I had any bouts with stress while I was in college. Of course, the word “stress” wasn’t hot during the 1960s.

October 18, 2016