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UCLA Shooter’s ‘Kill List’ had Dead Minnesota Woman, 2 Professors

LOS ANGELES ― A former UCLA graduate student killed a woman in Minnesota before carrying two semi-automatic pistols and a grudge back to the Los Angeles campus, where he fatally shot a young professor he once called a mentor then killed himself, police said Thursday. The attack came after Mainak Sarkar, 38, had composed a […]

June 2, 2016

College Graduate Says She Went From ‘Rejection’ to Interning at White House

A recent college graduate wrote in a now-viral Facebook post that after skipping her high school graduation because her parents couldn’t attend, she’s proud to graduate from college, especially after interning at the White House with first lady Michelle Obama. Sequoia Baker, a first-generation college student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, thought about also skipping her college […]

June 2, 2016

Lifting of China’s “One Child” Rule Increases IVF Demand

BEIJING — China’s decision to allow all married couples to have two children is driving a surge in demand for fertility treatment among older women, putting heavy pressure on clinics and breaking down past sensitivities, and even shame, about the issue. The rise in in vitro fertilization points to the lost dreams of many parents […]

June 2, 2016

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Transgender in China: A Fight for Job Rights

BEIJING — A 28-year-old transgender man who goes by the name of “Mr. C” has become the public face of the fight for job equality in China, where sexual and gender minorities are only beginning to emerge from virtual invisibility. The man, who keeps his real name secret to protect his parents’ privacy, is fighting […]

June 2, 2016

Navajo Lawsuit Alleges Abuse in Mormon Foster Program

The Mormon Church has been hit with another lawsuit saying that it did nothing to protect children in a church-run foster program from sexual abuse. Two Navajo siblings sued The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Navajo Nation court earlier this year. A second lawsuit made public May 31 outlines similar allegations. A […]

June 2, 2016

County’s Crisis Team Assists When Mental Health Is an Issue

TAUNTON, Mass. — Less than three hours before Arthur “AJ” DaRosa embarked on a killing spree in a Myricks Street house and inside the Silver City Galleria, members of Taunton’s Community Crisis Intervention Team (CCIT) were in the mall’s community room wrapping up the first day of a three-day training session. The horrific events of […]

June 2, 2016

Surgeon General, Oklahoma Leaders Discuss Addiction

STILLWATER, Okla. — The crisis of addiction hasn’t spared any demographic or any state, including Oklahoma. The Trust for America’s Health ranked Oklahoma fifth-highest for drug overdose mortality in the U.S., based on 2013 numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Stillwater News Press (reported. The same report said that rate tripled […]

June 2, 2016

Equine Therapy Helps in Meth Recovery

BILLINGS, Mont. — Shelly Fyant, from Arlee, painted circles around the eyes of a horse named Big Medicine. “The circle gives us a clear vision so we can see our enemy,” she said. The enemy Fyant is talking about is methamphetamine, the Billings Gazette reported. She and a dozen others gathered at a horse barn […]

June 2, 2016

STEM: Building Prosthetics Expands Native Students’ Vision

YAKIMA, Wash. — In a building just outside the main Yakama Nation Tribal School, its MESA prosthetics team has turned a classroom into a workshop. A 3-D printer hides behind a poster board. A clay oven is covered just outside the room. And there are tools everywhere. Here, one can tell students have been at […]

June 2, 2016

CAROL T. CHRIST

CAROL T. CHRIST has been named interim executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Berkeley. She is director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) at UC Berkeley. Christ earned a bachelor’s from Douglass College, and a master’s and a doctorate from Yale University.

June 2, 2016

ANNISE PARKER

ANNISE PARKER has been appointed a professor in the practice at Rice University. She was an Institute of Politics Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Parker earned a bachelor’s from Rice.

June 2, 2016

MONTSERRAT FUENTES

MONTSERRAT FUENTES has been named dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the James M. Goodnight Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University. Fuentes earned a bachelor’s from the University of Valladolid and a doctorate from the University of Chicago.

June 2, 2016

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NORMA ELIA CANTÚ

NORMA ELIA CANTÚ has been appointed the Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Endowed Professor in Humanities at Trinity University, effective in August. She is a professor of Latina and Latino studies and English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Cantú earned a bachelor’s from Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M International), a master’s from Texas A&I-Kingsville (now Texas A&M Kingsville), and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

June 2, 2016

RACHEL SOLEMSAAS

RACHEL SOLEMSAAS has been appointed chancellor of Hawaii Community College. She is vice president for finance and administrative services at Truckee Meadows Community College. Solemsaas holds a bachelor’s from De La Salle University, a master’s from the University of Washington and a doctorate from Washington State University.

June 2, 2016

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ALISON CARR-CHELLMAN

ALISON CARR-CHELLMAN has been appointed dean of the College of Education at the University of Idaho, effective July 1. She is head of the the Department of Learning and Performance Systems and a professor of learning, design and technology in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University. Carr-Chellman has a bachelor’s and a master’s from Syracuse University, and a doctorate from Indiana University.

June 2, 2016

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AARON DOMINGUEZ

AARON DOMINGUEZ has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Catholic University of America. He is associate dean of research and global engagement and a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Dominguez earned a bachelor’s from Whitman College, a bachelor’s from the California Institute of Technology, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of California, San Diego.

June 2, 2016

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T. RAMON STUART

T. RAMON STUART has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fort Valley State University. He was associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs at Fort Valley State. Stuart holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from West Virginia University, and a doctorate from Ohio University.

June 2, 2016

NAJIBA BENABESS

NAJIBA BENABESS has been named dean of the Tabor School of Business at Millikin University, effective July 1. She is director of the School of Business and Management within the College of Professional Schools at Norwich University in Vermont. Benabess earned a bachelors degree from the University Mohammed Fifth, a master’s from Western Illinois University and a doctorate from the Universityof Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

June 2, 2016

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