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Yale Worker Destroys Stained-glass Window Depicting Slaves

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A former Yale University dining services worker facing criminal charges for destroying a stained-glass window depicting slaves in a cotton field said Tuesday that he should not have done it, but he found the image disturbing. Corey Menafee, who is black, used a broomstick last month to break the window inside Calhoun […]

July 12, 2016

Policy Analysts Propose ‘Rule of 10’ to Refocus on Students’ Financial Needs

Policy analysts unveiled a new paper Tuesday that espouses a “Rule of 10”in an effort to refocus the student financial aid system on student needs and limitations.

July 12, 2016

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Dallas Police Shooting — Trading Calm for Reason and Truth

The tragic events that recently occurred in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas combine to teach a sad and painful message about the fragility of American society and how far we have not come in the last half century. The occurrence of the tragedy is the first part of the story. The way in which that […]

July 12, 2016

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JCSU Establishes Center for Culture and Race in China

Johnson C. Smith University brings Black history and culture to China with the opening of the Center for American Culture and Race at Guangdong Baiyun University.

July 12, 2016

Maine Residency Program Promotes Preventative Health

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine Medical Center is leaning on the power of plants to grow a crop the state could always use more of — doctors. A new preventive medicine residency program at the hospital hopes to build up the number of doctors in the state who are dedicated to helping Mainers avoid disease through […]

July 12, 2016

Hospital and IHS Partner Against Cancer

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Roswell Park Cancer Institute is part of a new collaboration targeting cancer in Native American and Alaska Native communities. The Buffalo hospital will work with the Indian Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under an agreement that focuses on cancer prevention and research. Roswell Park researcher […]

July 12, 2016

Mental Health And Latinos After Orlando

Weeks after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando on June 12, where 96% of victims and most survivors were Hispanics, the issue of mental health has taken center stage as one of the most pressing community concerns. “The perception amongst Hispanics is that people who need mental health services are ‘locos’ or insane,” states Denisse […]

July 12, 2016

Cleveland State: No On-campus Classes During Convention

CLEVELAND ― Cleveland State University has announced it won’t hold classes on campus during the Republican National Convention next week. The university has told professors to find other ways to teach, including off-campus meeting places, working online or assigning take-home work. University spokesman Will Dube tells cleveland.com the decision came after the Secret Service released […]

July 12, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of Akron Announces Interim President

AKRON, Ohio ― The University of Akron has announced its interim president. The university’s Board of Trustees on Monday named School of Law Dean Matthew Wilson as interim president. In a statement, the university says Wilson has increased enrollment and employment rates at the School of Law. Wilson says he’s humbled by the appointment. He […]

July 12, 2016

Texas Accused of Ignoring Mentally Disabled in Nursing Homes

It took more than 40 years for Leonard Barefield to finally get to choose where he lived. The intellectually-disabled Texas native moved to a group home in Lubbock in September after he had first lived in near slavery conditions for more than three decades in a squalid house in Iowa and worked at a turkey […]

July 12, 2016

How ‘Pokémon Go’ is improving mental health

It’s been less than a week since “Pokémon Go” was unceremoniously dropped into the hands of the smartphone-wielding masses, and players have already managed to troll Westboro Baptist Church, get robbed at gunpoint and even stumble across a dead body. The response to the augmented reality game has been explosive — not unlike the initial […]

July 12, 2016

Nursing School in Indiana Gets $2 Million

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The University of Southern Indiana’s nursing school is getting more than $2 million in federal grants to improve health care in underserved areas. The Evansville Courier & Press reports that the school’s Nursing and Health Professions Dean Ann White says the money comes from the federal health Resources and Services Administration. Of […]

July 12, 2016

N.M. Region Lacks Maternity Facilities

LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Four months after Alta Vista Regional Hospital shuttered its labor, delivery and pediatric services with only six days’ notice to patients and providers, the Las Vegas region’s only hospital is still struggling to find medical staff needed to help pregnant women deliver babies close to home. The investor— owned hospital has […]

July 12, 2016

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Doctor Sentenced for Medicare Fraud

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida doctor will spend more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to falsely diagnosing hundreds of patients in a Medicare fraud scheme. Court records show 57— year— old Isaac Thompson of Delray Beach also was ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $2.1 million […]

July 12, 2016

Medical Marijuana Company to Sponsor Gathering

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A medical marijuana company operating in New Mexico and Arizona has signed on as a sponsor of one of North America’s largest powwows. Gathering of Nations organizers announced their partnership with Ultra Health this week, saying it’s similar to health and dental clinics at previous powwows. Founder Derek Mathews told Albuquerque television […]

July 12, 2016

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Planned Parenthood Seeks Repeal of Abortion Rule

MADISON, Wis. — Planned Parenthood and Democratic lawmakers has called on the Republican— led Wisconsin Legislature to strike an abortion restriction from the state’s legal code even though the U.S. Supreme Court struck it down last week, rendering it unenforceable. The Supreme Court overturned a similar Texas statute requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges […]

July 12, 2016

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Black Males: “Will I Be the Next Hashtag?”

PHILADELPHIA — Javon Grant has come up with a plan for what to do should he cross paths with a police officer: Get as far away as possible. “People are getting shot every day,” says Javon, 14. “I’ll walk on the other side of the street. I will run. I don’t know what they’re gonna […]

July 12, 2016

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GVSU Committed to Advancing Success of Latino Students

In August, about 80 Latino students and their families will be welcomed at Grand Valley State University for the third annual Laker Familia, an orientation specific to Latino/a students.

July 11, 2016

Dr. Thomas J. Haas is president of Grand Valley State University.