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Empty Promises
Lost amid the pundits’ applause for President Trump’s calmer demeanor in his speech to Congress Tuesday was a key shift that received far less national attention: the abandonment of promises made by candidate and President-elect Trump on healthcare. “We’re going to have insurance for everybody,” Trump said in press conference Jan. 11. “We’re going to […]
March 6, 2017
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Other News
UK Plans Med School in Northern Part of State
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky has announced plans for a third regional medical school, with the latest campus to be in the northern part of the state. UK said in a statement that it has partnered with Northern Kentucky University and St. Elizabeth Healthcare to develop a campus where students will receive a […]
March 6, 2017
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Temperature Extremes in Pregnancy Increase Risk
Extreme hot or cold temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk that infants born at term will be of low birth weight, according to a study of U.S. women by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The study was published in Environmental Research. The authors found that exposure to atypically cold temperature during the […]
March 6, 2017
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First Native American Doctor Lived Inspiring Life
When 21-year-old Susan La Flesche first stepped off the train in Philadelphia in early October 1886, nearly 1,300 miles from her Missouri River homeland, she’d already far surpassed the country’s wildest expectations for a member of the so-called “vanishing race.” Born during the Omaha’s summer buffalo hunt in June 1865 in the northeast corner of […]
March 6, 2017
Other News
Facebook Post on VA Conditions Goes Viral
DURHAM, N.C.—A former Marine and his wife say the scene inside a Veterans Administration hospital in Durham, North Carolina, was so shocking that they felt compelled to take pictures and post them to Facebook. Now thousands of people are expressing outrage and the head of the medical center says an employee involved has been removed […]
March 6, 2017
Disparities
Study Finds Ways to Prevent Alcohol Use
Community-based and individual-level prevention strategies are effective ways to reduce alcohol use among American Indian and other youth living in rural communities, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The National Institute on Drug Abuse also provided support for […]
March 6, 2017
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Policies
Policies Put Women at Risk
Donald Trump’s sexual and reproductive health policy changes threaten women in the USA and across the world, warns an expert in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. “Much progress has been made in the use of more effective contraception and in the reduction of unintended pregnancies”, explains Professor Daniel Grossman from the […]
March 6, 2017
Policies
Drug Trump Touted Costs $300,000 a Year
President Donald Trump told Congress on Tuesday that more needs to be done to bring down “artificially high” prices for prescription drugs, while at the same time praising a drug that turns out to cost $300,000 per year. During the televised address, Trump acknowledged in the audience Megan Crowley, a college student who has Pompe […]
March 6, 2017
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Students
Southern Grad Schools See Need to Tap into Diversity Boom
As the United States moves toward a future where the population will be “majority minority” — a milestone demographic shift expected to occur by 2040 — graduate schools across the nation are evolving to meet the demands of current student and to anticipate their needs in the future.
March 5, 2017
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Students
Guillermo: How to Solve the Issue of Free Speech on Campus
Anyone who can show a receipt from the bursar has a right to say anything they want well beyond the everyday. If you are a student, you have paid the price of admission.
March 5, 2017
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Research Counters Trump View of Immigration
Monica Gomez Isaac, executive director of the Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason University, says, “The contributions of immigrants permeate nearly every facet of American society.”
March 5, 2017
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University of Wyoming President Reaches Out to Reservation Schools
RIVERTON, Wyo. — University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols visited Wind River Indian Reservation schools this week as part of an outreach effort to promote new programs available for American Indian students attending UW. Her visit Wednesday also included a stop at the chambers of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho business councils. The Ranger […]
March 5, 2017
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Harvard Publicly Acknowledges Historical Ties to Slavery
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University publicly acknowledged its deep ties to colonial-era slavery on Friday, casting a light on parts of its history that long remained in the shadows. At a conference that Harvard organized to explore the relationship between colleges and slavery, university President Drew Faust said the school must confront the grimmer parts […]
March 5, 2017
Students
Lecturer at Middlebury College Calls Protesting Students ‘Seriously Scary’
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — A libertarian author who has been called a white nationalist said college students who protested his guest lecture this week were “scary.” Middlebury College said a professor was injured by a protester following a demonstration against guest speaker Charles Murray on Thursday. The Southern Poverty Law Center considers Murray a White nationalist […]
March 5, 2017
Students
Professor Wants More College Classes Taught in Hawaiian
HILO, Hawaii — A University of Hawaii professor is working to get an entire curriculum at the university taught in Hawaiian to supplement the language courses taught to children across the state. About 3,000 students in preschool through high school are involved in Hawaiian language immersion programs statewide, associate professor Larry Kimura told The Hawaii […]
March 5, 2017
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105 Bodies Found During Construction Project to be Reburied
ATLANTA — University of Georgia officials say they will rebury the remains of 105 bodies discovered when expanding a building on the campus. Construction to expand Baldwin Hall was temporarily halted after workers found grave sites in December 2015, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The grave sites were part of Old Athens Cemetery near Baldwin Hall. […]
March 5, 2017
Leadership & Policy
UT-San Antonio President Resigns over How he Embraced Women
SAN ANTONIO — The president of the University of Texas-San Antonio has resigned with an apology for embracing women in a manner that made them uncomfortable. President Ricardo Romo had been placed on administrative leave by University of Texas System Chancellor Bill McRaven last month. Romo had previously said he would clear his name. His […]
March 5, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Work Overseas, Study Online
It’s true that an education from one of America’s universities is highly valuable. Our universities are among the best in the world, with students from all over the globe seeking admittance. But it’s also true that America’s job market is tough. It’s highly competitive and wages are relatively low, meaning grads with student loan debt […]
March 3, 2017
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