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State High Court Orders New Hearing in UConn Animal Research Case
HARTFORD, Conn. ― The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a lower court judge to hold another hearing to determine whether the names of some University of Connecticut animal researchers can be kept secret to protect their safety. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the names and grant numbers of UConn researchers […]
June 22, 2016
Disparities
VA Takes Steps to Prevent Suicides
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. —When he was 6, police caught Kindall Johnson trying to cross Sunshine Street by himself. The Marine-obsessed child had discovered the recruitment office, then located in the Elfindale Center. His mother, Kathy Davis, seemed to enjoy sharing that memory. “One night I’m cooking dinner and there was a knock at the door. It […]
June 22, 2016
Disparities
Delays Push Waiting Patients to Buy Illegal Marijuana
SANTA FE, N.M. — Delays in renewing medical marijuana cards in New Mexico have grown so long that some seriously ill patients are resorting to purchasing marijuana on the black market, according to some patients and advocates. The state Department of Health says the backlog was caused by a surge in demand from new applicants, […]
June 22, 2016
Disparities
1912 O’Neill Drama Relates to Opioid Crisis Today
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Change a few words and dress the characters in modern outfits, and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical masterpiece, could be about any of the dozens of local families today torn apart by opioid addiction. “It’s very relevant,” Jessica Lange, who last week won a Tony […]
June 22, 2016
Disparities
Elderly on Opioids: 1 in 3 Got Them on Medicare
CHICAGO — Nearly 12 million Medicare beneficiaries received at least one prescription for an opioid painkiller last year at a cost of $4.1 billion, according to a federal report that shows how common the addictive drugs are in many older Americans’ medicine cabinets. With an overdose epidemic worsening, nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries received at […]
June 22, 2016
Disparities
House Republicans Present Obamacare Alternatives
WASHINGTON —House Republicans are unveiling new proposals to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care law, as Speaker Paul Ryan sought to showcase a GOP governing agenda amid the tumult of the presidential campaign. The plan, revealed Wednesday, (June 22) relies on individual tax credits to allow people to buy coverage from private insurers, […]
June 22, 2016
Disparities
For-Profit Medical Schools Offer Hope for Rural Areas
BOISE, Idaho —For-profit medical schools are starting to pop up around the country, promising to create new family doctors for underserved rural regions. Rural states like Idaho need more general practitioners, with the baby boom generation aging and expanded insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act making health care more accessible. But critics of the […]
June 22, 2016
African-American
Cedar Valley College Names Osaro Airen Dean of Student Retention
Among other duties, Dr. Osaro E. Airen will administer a $2.45 million grant that will be used to promote the success of Black male students and their participation in STEM programs.
June 21, 2016
African-American
Expert: Attrition Among Women of Color Faculty in Medical Schools Troubling
A new report by the Association of American Medical Colleges indicates that the number of women of color faculty in medical schools across the nation continues to hover below 30 percent.
June 21, 2016
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Michael Middleton Hopes Measures Keep Mizzou Out of Eye of Storm
The University of Missouri System interim president hopes that initiatives meant to bring about more diversity, equity and inclusion at the flagship campus can stave off the tumult that rocked the campus last fall.
June 21, 2016
Students
U of Missouri Dismissive of Grad Student Unionization Effort
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri asserts in a court filing that graduate students have no rights to collective bargaining. And if they do have that right, they are doing it wrong, attorney Michael Kaemmerer wrote in a brief filed last week in Boone County Circuit Court, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported. The filing […]
June 21, 2016
Students
Chancellor Jimmy Cheek Resigning at University of Tennessee in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ― Jimmy Cheek, the chancellor of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, is resigning to rejoin the faculty. In a Tuesday announcement, the university praised Cheek for increased diversity at the school, record fundraising and $1 billion in new construction and renovation. Cheek has also faced numerous challenges during his tenure. They include […]
June 21, 2016
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Rescued Horses Will Help Veterans with PTSD
After losing sight in his right eye from a 2013 rocket attack in Afghanistan, retired U.S. Army Maj. Dan Thomas recovered with help from an equine therapy program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
June 21, 2016
Disparities
Orlando shooting sheds light on mental health disparities in Florida’s Latino community
Fernandez. Guerrero. Martinez. As the names of the victims in the Orlando shooting were announced, it quickly became clear that the traumatic event had disproportionately affected the city’s Latino community. Nearly all 49 victims killed at the Pulse gay nightclub, were Latino. Of those, 23 were Puerto Rican. “With Latinos, the fact that my neighbor’s […]
June 21, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Breastfeeding as a trans dad: ‘A baby doesn’t know what your pronouns are’
Giving birth to two children as a transgender man gave Trevor MacDonald rare insight into the manifold struggles of trans individuals – and in blogging about it he became the public voice of a long hidden conversation. MacDonald, soft-spoken and sporting a wispy goatee, was breastfeeding his first child at the time. He and his […]
June 21, 2016
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Experts: In Wake of Orlando Massacre, Higher Ed Must Reaffirm Commitment to Diversity
Evidence suggests the shooter was motivated by messages on social media channels that stirred the gunman’s emotions on a myriad of issues ranging from sexual orientation to religion, politics, ethnic and racial appearance.
June 20, 2016
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Diverse Docket: Fordham Student’s Mental-illness-based Disability Suit Dismissed
A former graduate student has lost a mental-illness-based disability and retaliation suit against Fordham University.
June 20, 2016
Opinion
The Three Stages of College Choice, Critical Race Theory, and the Black Senior
The higher education system must be aware of how racism, in particular institutional racism, influences the process of a student’s college search.
June 20, 2016
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