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University of Illinois Graduate Assistants Approve Contract

URBANA, Ill. — University of Illinois graduate assistants have voted to approve a contract agreement with the school, following a strike that forced cancellation of several hundred classes. Graduate Employees Organization co-president Gus Wood tells The (Champaign) News-Gazette that the contract was ratified Friday, ending a strike that started Feb. 26 after nearly a year […]

March 14, 2018

Mumps Confirmed at Virginia Commonwealth University

RICHMOND, Va. — Authorities say there’s a confirmed case of mumps at Virginia Commonwealth University. News outlets reported Tuesday that the university sent out an alert to community members disclosing that the Richmond City Health Department is investigating that confirmed case and another suspected case. Mumps is a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets that can […]

March 14, 2018

Stephen Hawking, Best-Known Physicist of His Time, Has Died

LONDON — Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died. He was 76. Hawking died at his home in Cambridge, England, according to a statement by the University of Cambridge. The best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Hawking wrote so lucidly of the mysteries […]

March 14, 2018

Wary and Alert

As a family doctor, I prescribe opioids judiciously. My training taught me to be careful with each and every pill I prescribe, as each script could add another victim to the opioid crisis at the forefront of our country’s current health agenda. However, despite those efforts ― and the efforts of so many others in […]

March 14, 2018

GOP Bill to Let Dying Patients Try New Drugs in Limbo

WASHINGTON — A leading House Democrat announced his opposition Monday to a Republican bill making it easier for some terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs, clouding the measure’s fate. Republicans are hoping for House approval Tuesday, seven months after a similar package cleared the Senate. The “Right to Try” bill gained added momentum after […]

March 14, 2018

Drug Reverses Autism Deficits in Animals

Of all the challenges that come with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the social difficulties are among the most devastating. Currently, there is no treatment for this primary symptom of ASD. New research at the University at Buffalo reveals the first evidence that it may be possible to use a single compound to […]

March 14, 2018

New Heart Protocol Reduces Gender Disparities

A four-step protocol for the most severe type of heart attack, if followed, not only can improve outcomes and reduce mortality rates, but also put an end to gender disparities in health care. Cardiovascular disease is the foremost cause of death in women. STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction), in which one of the heart’s major arteries that supplies […]

March 14, 2018

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Administration Bringing Healthcare in Digital Age

The White House is considering ideas like a smartphone app that lets Medicare patients access their claims information. The Trump administration is taking a pragmatic new tack on health care, with officials promising consumer friendly changes and savings in areas from computerized medical records to prescription drugs. New Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar […]

March 14, 2018

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Veganism on the Rise Among African-Americans

Food is a key part of any culture. Take the USA: Could there be a more potent symbol of all things Americana than BBQ? For many, to go against this national pastime amounts to a form of treason. Which is why it should cause little surprise to learn that a new culture has begun to […]

March 14, 2018

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Brother: Vets Home Shooter Wanted Revenge

The Veterans Home gunman in Friday’s Pathway Home shooting told his brother he wanted revenge against the therapists who expelled him from the program. Gunman Albert Wong reportedly told he brother he wanted revenge against The Pathway Home program and the women involved in expelling him from the program. “He wanted to get back at them” but […]

March 14, 2018

Vets Home Shooter

Couples Sue Over Damage to Eggs at Fertility Clinic

CLEVELAND — Two fertility clinics across the country from each other experienced equipment failures on the same day that may have damaged hundreds of frozen eggs and embryos, something that a fertility expert called a stunning coincidence and that is already producing lawsuits from crestfallen couples. Lawyers for Amber and Elliott Ash, of the Cleveland […]

March 14, 2018

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What About Cheyney University? We Rose First!

Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world, Nelson Mandela said in his 2003 speech, “Lighting Your Way to a Better Future.” Enslaved people who sought freedom through education and abolitionists who used education as a catalyst to end slavery understood this idea. So did Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys, who […]

March 13, 2018

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Columbia Law Students Ready for Public Service Fellowships

Two Columbia Law School students focusing on distinct tracts of public service will soon embark on law careers serving their local and international communities.

March 13, 2018

ACPA Meeting Affected By Failed Texas ‘Bathroom Bill’

HOUSTON — ACPA is formally protesting bathroom-access legislation introduced in the state last year, citing potentially negative impact on college students and effects on attendance at the annual convention that began last week.

March 13, 2018

College Basketball + More Scandals = More Task Forces

As the scandals in major-college basketball grow, so does the scrutiny. The Congressional Black Caucus became the latest entity to take an interest in the comings and goings of men’s college basketball players, coaches and sports agents.

March 13, 2018

Michigan College Cancels Classes After Racist Graffiti Found

FLINT, Mich. – Classes have been canceled for the day at Kettering University in Michigan as authorities investigate racist graffiti found at a residence hall. The Flint Journal reports that letters sent to staff, faculty and students note at least two recent cases of racist and profane graffiti at Thompson Hall on the school’s campus […]

March 13, 2018

University Recovers Stolen Black Rhino Horn

The University of Vermont has recovered a black rhinoceros horn with a potential street value of more than $100,000 that was stolen from a locked storage room on campus last year, the school announced Tuesday. Police received a local tip that eventually led them to Ridgefield, Conn., where someone turned over the artifact in exchange for immunity, […]

March 13, 2018

University CFO Resigns Rather Than Leave Board of Gun Maker

MIAMI — The chief financial officer of a private Florida university has resigned rather than leave her post on the board of a company that makes guns. The Miami Herald reports Anita Britt offered her resignation Tuesday from St. Thomas University. Britt joined the Miami-area Catholic school on Jan. 5. She joined the board for […]

March 13, 2018