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ANDRE L. GREEN

ANDRE L. GREEN has been named executive director of the Assessment Reform Organization, The National Center for Fair& Open Testing (FairTest). He currently serves as the chair for the Somerville (MA) School Committee and previously served as the political director at MASSCreative, a Massachusetts statewide arts advocacy group. Green holds a bachelor’s degree from Bard College at Simon’s Rock.

August 22, 2018

NANCY AMATO

NANCY AMATO was selected head of the Department of Computer Science and an Abel Bliss professor of engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), effective Jan. 7, 2019. Amato will be the first woman to lead the department. She previously served as a regent’s professor and Unocal professor of computer science at Texas A&M University. She received a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, a bachelor’s from Stanford University, master’s degree from University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from UIUC.

August 22, 2018

UNC Leaders: ‘We do not support lawlessness’

Administrators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC System issued a statement Tuesday evening condemning the “mob actions” that led to the extralegal removal of the Confederate “Silent Sam” statue from its pedestal.

August 22, 2018

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Free Med School

When New York University announced last week that it would provide all of its medical students full-tuition scholarships from now on, the school politely challenged its competitors to follow suit. “We hope that many other academic medical centers will soon choose to join us on this path,” Robert Grossman, the school of medicine’s dean and […]

August 22, 2018

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UTSA to Offer New Ph.D. Civil Engineering Program

Starting this fall, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will offer a civil engineering doctoral program for its students. The new doctoral program comes as new data reveals that the state’s population is estimated to grow as high as 50 percent in the next 20 years, resulting in the demand for more civil […]

August 22, 2018

‘Blind’ Vet Kept Driving

WITCHITA, Kan. (Tribune News Service) — A U.S. Army veteran who pretended to be blind, even as he kept driving, has been charged with theft of government funds, officials said. Addison Lewis, 39, of Hutchinson, Kan., was charged with conspiracy to defraud the government and two counts of theft of government funds, U.S. Attorney Stephen […]

August 22, 2018

Journal: Minority Medicare Patients Less Likely to Get Preventative Care

Medicare patients nationwide have low rates of preventive care visits—with the lowest rates found in older adults of minority race/ethnicity, reports a study in the September issue of Medical Care. Lower use of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) by non-white patients is partially explained by income and education—suggesting that the difference is related to […]

August 22, 2018

Doctor Devotes Life to Battling Health Inequities

Dr. Thaddeus John Bell has dedicated his life to helping others live longer and healthier lives. “My passion over the past 25 years has been dealing with health disparities,” says Dr. Bell. “It was something I was brought up with, engrained in me to give back.” For more than forty years, the Columbia native, SCSU […]

August 22, 2018

Berkeley Report Finds Wide Racial Disparities

The city of Berkeley’s annual health report, released in July, found numerous health disparities among racial and ethnic groups in Berkeley. The Health Status Report provides insight into the various health issues Berkeley faces and emphasizes the disparity in relation to health between white people and people of color. Read More

August 22, 2018

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FIU Takes a Holistic Approach to Student Success

Florida International University’s (FIU) commitment to putting students first positions the university as a leader in producing minority degree-holders in various academic fields. With the Student Support Services Program, evidence-based student success strategies and a holistic approach to student success overall for its diverse student population, FIU has improved its four-year graduation rate by 14 […]

August 22, 2018

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Socioeconomics May Explain Disparities in Childhood Cancer Survival

A new study provides insights into the degree to which socioeconomic status explains racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may inform where to allocate resources to best reduce racial and ethnic survival disparities for each of the major […]

August 22, 2018

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Suit: Hospital Honored Patient’s Request Not to Have Black Nurse

DEARBORN, Mich.— A nurse is suing a Michigan hospital for allegedly honoring a patient’s request to not be cared for by a black woman. Teoka Williams filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, alleging that the health system violated federal and state civil rights laws by barring her from caring for a […]

August 22, 2018

What’s the Big Deal about Short-Term Health Plans?

California has launched another salvo in its war with President Trump over health care. The state Senate Monday gave final approval to a bill that would kill off a type of medical coverage with a fancy yet oddly redundant name: “short-term limited duration health insurance.” The legislation now goes to Governor Brown’s desk. Read More

August 22, 2018

Johnson C. Smith Receives $325K to Address Food Insecurities

Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) received $325,000 from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) on Wednesday to expand the university’s Sustainability Village, a food access initiative launched in 2013.

August 22, 2018

Ben Jealous Pushes Free Tuition Plan to Include DREAMers

Ben Jealous, the Democratic candidate for governor in Maryland has announced a plan to expand his free tuition community college plan to include DREAMers, or undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. “This is about every Marylander in every zip code,” Jealous said. “When we first made K-12 education free we unleashed […]

August 22, 2018

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Observing the International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and of its Abolition

August 23rd, 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the observance of the International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and of its Abolition by member states of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

August 22, 2018

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Overcoming Challenges, Scholar is Making a Difference

Being a young scholar in higher education has come with its own set of challenges for Dr. Nicholas D. Hartlep, an associate professor of urban education and the chair of the early childhood and elementary education department at Metropolitan State University.

August 22, 2018

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Scholars, Students React to Removal of ‘Silent Sam’ at UNC

While University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill officials called the protesters’ actions “unlawful and dangerous” – sparking backlash – some UNC students, faculty and other community members were elated about the statue’s removal.

August 21, 2018

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