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ANN E. CUDD

ANN E. CUDD was selected as provost and senior vice chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh, effective fall 2018. She currently serves as dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Boston University. Cudd received a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and both master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.

August 8, 2018

M.L. PETTY

M.L. PETTY was named the inaugural dean of the student experience at George Washington University. She recently served as vice president for student affairs and associate provost at Loyola University in New Orleans. Petty received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Florida State University.

August 8, 2018

Trump Effect

A proposed rule by the Trump administration would prohibit health centers that rely on Title X federal funding for family planning services from providing women with information about abortion services. The Trump administration is, once again, going after Planned Parenthood but this rule change is bigger than Planned Parenthood. There are 95 Title X health […]

August 8, 2018

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An AIDS Solution for Africa Comes out of Israel

Circumcision – dating back to Abraham – is the oldest surgical procedure in the world. It has always represented entry to membership in the Jewish people among males, whether in infancy or later in life. Yet, an Israeli circumcision initiative that has nothing to do with religious identification and is performed on teens and men […]

August 8, 2018

Pregnant Women Advised to Get Group B Strep Vaccine

If you are pregnant, talk with your doctor or midwife about getting a GBS test. It doesn’t matter if you did or did not have this type of bacteria before; each pregnancy is different. CDC recommends getting it when you are 35–37 weeks pregnant. The test is an easy swab of the vagina and rectum […]

August 8, 2018

Tick-borne Diseases on the Rise, NIH Says

The incidence of tickborne infections in the United States has risen significantly within the past decade. It is imperative, therefore, that public health officials and scientists build a robust understanding of pathogenesis, design improved diagnostics, and develop preventive vaccines, according to a new commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine from leading scientists at […]

August 8, 2018

CDC: Black Lung Patients Dying Earlier

Coal workers who died of black lung disease in recent years lost more years of life relative to their life expectancies than workers dying of the occupational disorder just a few decades ago, the CDC reports. The study findings, published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, are consistent with a reported increase in a particularly […]

August 8, 2018

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NIH: Help for First-Time Moms Improves Babies’ BMI

An intervention designed to help first-time mothers effectively respond to their infant’s cues for hunger, sleep, feeding, and other infant behaviors significantly improved the body mass index (BMI) z-scores of the child through age 3 years compared with the control group. Results of the study, call Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Health Trajectories (INSIGHT), […]

August 8, 2018

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Cardiologist Gets 20 Months for Fraudulent Billing

A Somerset, New Jersey man, Dr. Apostolos Voudouris, age 44, was sentenced to 20 months in prison on July 31st for fraudulent billing schemes against the VA. Voudouris is a cardiologist who has worked with the Newark VA since 2006. His sentence is part of a plea agreement, and it would likely have been harsher […]

August 8, 2018

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V.A. Employees Complain of Horrific Conditions at Hospital

The persistence of serious problems endangering America’s veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC has employees begging Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie for assistance. “We ask you, our respected leaders, to stop this coverup and incompetence, to really care and live up to America’s promise to its Heroes,” the […]

August 8, 2018

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LUCIAN YATES III

LUCIAN YATES III has been named interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Kentucky State University in Frankfort. He previously served as dean of the Graduate School and professor of curriculum and instruction at Tennessee State University. Yates earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Morehead State University and his Ph.D. at Ohio University.

August 8, 2018

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BRIGITTE MADRIAN

BRIGITTE MADRIAN has been named dean of the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University. Madrian currently serves as the Aetna professor of public policy and corporate management in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brigham Young University and her Ph.D. from MIT.

August 8, 2018

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PELEMA I. MORRICE

PELEMA I. MORRICE was named president of Great Bay Community College, effective August 2018. Morrice recently served as vice provost of enrollment and strategic development at the University of Missouri. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from San Jose State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

August 8, 2018

LENORA CAMPBELL

LENORA CAMPBELL was named dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University. She has been serving as the interim dean since August 2016 when the college was launched. Campbell holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University, a master’s degree from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

August 8, 2018

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TANYA MILLNER-HARLEE

TANYA MILLNER-HARLEE was named interim campus CEO of Manchester Community College in Connecticut. She recently served as interim dean of academic affairs at the college and is a professor of English. Millner-Harlee holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, a master’s degree from Northeastern University and a doctorate from George Washington University.

August 8, 2018

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JUDGE ELAINE MERCIA O’NEAL

JUDGE ELAINE MERCIA O’NEAL was appointed interim dean of the School of Law at North Carolina Central University, effective July 16. Judge O’Neal was recently elected to the Superior Court bench in the 14th District of North Carolina. She received her bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctorate from North Carolina Central University.

August 8, 2018

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Study: Student Loan Debt for Millennials Becoming More Manageable

While student loan debt is still a big challenge for millennials, there is evidence that it is becoming more manageable thanks in large part to an improving economy, expanding job market and rising incomes for the demographic group.

August 7, 2018

Good and Bad

In my Marine Corps War College office in Quantico, a two-foot pile of articles lamenting or defending the state of professional military education gathers dust on a bookshelf while I’m on my sabbatical. Three recent War on the Rocks articles make some good points. I would put one of these, written by Paula Thornhill, in […]

August 7, 2018