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NAACP Honors Psychologist

Carolyn B. Murray, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded the 2018 Dr. William Montague Cobb award for special achievements in public health at the local level, presented annually by the National Health Committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP. The award is given to an […]

July 18, 2018

Study: Why Women Buy Abortion Meds Online

A new study reveals the motivations and experiences of women seeking abortion medication online. The practice can be a response to clinic access barriers in states with and without restrictive abortion laws, or can occur when self-managed abortion is preferred over clinical care, researchers say. Researchers learned that online options may offer either information or […]

July 18, 2018

Study of Boston Hospitals Reveal Gender Disparities

Gender and racial disparities are real in healthcare. Women are paid significantly less than men for the same work. That holds true in IT shops, for physicians as well as executive leadership and a new study focusing on the latter demonstrates that gender and racial scales are tipped toward men perhaps even more than previously […]

July 18, 2018

NIH, Foundation Launch Study of Prostate Cancer in Black Men

The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with aggressive prostate cancer in African-American men has begun. The $26.5 million study is called RESPOND, or Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Tumor Markers, and Social Stress. It will investigate environmental and genetic factors […]

July 18, 2018

Insurers Face Congressional Scrutiny on Maternal Health

More than 30 senators and representatives asked 15 major insurers last week about the pregnancy and postpartum services they cover as part of an effort to reduce racial disparities in maternal health. The effort was led by a trio of Democratic Illinois lawmakers: Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, along with Rep. Robin Kelly. The […]

July 18, 2018

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Shelley Broderick: A Social Justice Lawyer

As Katherine “Shelley” Broderick prepares to step down this summer as dean of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) David A. Clarke School of Law, she reflects on her law career that began more than 40 years ago.

July 17, 2018

Colleges Sever Ties with Papa John’s

In the wake of the downfall of John Schnatter—the former CEO and founder of Papa John’s Pizza—amid the use of racist remarks, academics believe that educational institutions and other companies can learn from this organization’s mistake going forward.

July 17, 2018

New Report Explores Florida’s Minority Serving Institutions

Researchers predict that as Florida’s diverse population grows, so, too, will the state’s Minority Serving Institutions. That is one of the key findings in a new report from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania.

July 17, 2018

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The Digital Revolution

Peter Smith ’68 has been a strong proponent of educational opportunities for adults since the 1970s, when he spearheaded the launch of the Community College of Vermont. Since that time, he has seen opportunities for non-traditional students grow dramatically, especially through the growth of the internet and online-learning programs. Free Range Learning in the Digital […]

July 17, 2018

Face of Defense: Navy Corpsman Serves Others

MANAMA, Bahrain – “You guys are the Marines’ doctors; there’s no better in the business than Navy corpsmen,” Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lewis B. ‘Chesty’ Puller told his corpsmen during the Korean War. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin O’Neal Reynard Jr., a health service support corpsman, is known as ‘doc’ by the Marines and […]

July 17, 2018

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Applications Being Accepted for National Guard’s Tuition Aid

SALEM, Ore. – The Higher Education Coordinating Commission on Friday announced the state of Oregon is now accepting applications through Sept.1 for the Oregon National Guard State Tuition Assistance (ONG-STA) grant for students planning to attend college this fall. This new grant program provides funds for tuition at Oregon community colleges and public universities for current eligible service […]

July 17, 2018

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University ‘Boot Camp’ Helps Active Military, Vet Transition

A two-week program exclusively for veterans and active-duty military members has returned for its second year on the University of Arizona campus to help transition vets into college life. Warrior-Scholar Project, which runs from July 13 through 29, is an independent organization that works with the UA to provide an “academic boot camp” that […]

July 17, 2018

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Coast Guard Academy to Offer New Major in Cyber Systems

NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is now offering an academic program in cyber systems, its first new major in a quarter century. The program beginning this fall reflects the maritime service’s evolution toward conducting operations in cyberspace as it does at sea and by air, said Capt. Lee Petty, chief of […]

July 17, 2018

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Defrauded Massachusetts Students Will Get Loans Discharged

Massachusetts students that were defrauded by an online education company will soon have their student loans discharged, thanks to Attorney General Maura Healey. This week, AG Healey announced that she reached a settlement with the Tennessee-based Southeast Financial Credit Union. The settlement was reached in connection to The College Network, a for-profit education company that […]

July 17, 2018

Could New Policies Get More Military to Use Tuition Assistance?

One of the perks of serving in the military is being able to go to college on the Defense Department’s dime. But the number of service members taking advantage of this education benefit — often hailed as a key military recruitment and retention tool — has been declining in recent years, with all branches seeing […]

July 17, 2018

Trustees OK $1.7M for University of Arkansas Medical Campus

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — University of Arkansas trustees have approved a $1.7 million renovation at the school’s medical campus in Fayetteville. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that trustees on Monday unanimously approved the renovations to support classrooms and lab space for students in a new occupational therapy program. The three-year, clinical doctorate program expects to enroll its […]

July 17, 2018

Harvard-Linked Employee Apologizes Over ‘Affordable’ Comment

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — An employee with a Harvard University-affiliated research center has issued an apology after she was captured on video asking a neighbor and the woman’s biracial daughter if they lived in affordable apartments. Theresa Lund, executive director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, told The Boston Globe on Monday that she’s “terribly sorry” and […]

July 17, 2018

Obama Gives Trump Sharp Rebuke in Mandela Address on Values

JOHANNESBURG — Without ever mentioning President Donald Trump by name, former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday took aim at “strongman politics” in his highest-profile speech since leaving office, urging people around the world to respect human rights and other values now under threat in an impassioned address marking the 100th anniversary of anti-apartheid leader […]

July 17, 2018