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Athletics Forum Panelists Advocate Proactivity During Crisis
From crisis management to fan engagement, the annual Intercollegiate Athletics Forum allowed leaders in the collegiate landscape to touch base and exchange ideas.
December 7, 2016
Students
UConn not Sanctuary Campus but Will Help Immigrant Students
STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut says it will do all it can to support students who don’t have legal immigration status even though it can’t become a sanctuary campus. UConn President Susan Herbst told the university community in an email Tuesday campus police won’t question immigration status or detain anyone based on administrative […]
December 7, 2016
Students
Hundreds Protest White Nationalist’s Speech at Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Hundreds of people protested a White nationalist’s speaking engagement at the Texas A&M University campus. Several groups protested outside of the student center Tuesday night during and before the appearance by Richard Spencer, who leads a White nationalist organization. Some silently held placards while others loudly chanted slogans. Hundreds gathered at […]
December 7, 2016
Students
University of Louisville Maintains Accreditation but Placed Probation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville said Tuesday it has been placed on probation by its regional accrediting agency, stemming from turmoil involving Gov. Matt Bevin over the makeup of the school’s governing board and the turbulent departure of its former president. In the school’s latest setback in a difficult year, UofL acting President […]
December 7, 2016
Students
Stanford Accused of Mishandling Sexual Assault Complaints
SAN FRANCISCO — A Stanford University student has filed a lawsuit against the university alleging a lax response to reports of sexual abuse. The San Jose Mercury News reports that the lawsuit claims a male student victimized at least four young women during his undergraduate years. The plaintiff identified in the lawsuit as “Ms. Doe” […]
December 7, 2016
Students
Texas A&M Student, Sigma Phi Epsilon member, Dies at House
COLLEGE STATION, Texas —Investigators say a 20-year-old Texas A&M student and Sigma Phi Epsilon member has died at the fraternity house where he lived. The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office says deputies Tuesday afternoon responded to a report of CPR being done and found Matthew Hayes unresponsive on his bed. Officials didn’t immediately release a possible […]
December 7, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
About Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks
Have you heard of the acronym H.I.R.E? I’m sure most of you haven’t unless you’ve heard me on radio or read old columns of mine. H.I.R.E is an acronym I created to describe four political topics that could potentially pose an existential threat to America from within. H.I.R.E stands for health care, immigration, regulation and […]
December 7, 2016
Other News
U of A Studies Cancer in Firefighters
TUCSON, Ariz.— Medical researchers at the University of Arizona’s College of Public Health will use new funding from the federal government to design a long-term study of the causes of cancer in firefighters. The $1.5 million Department of Homeland Security grant announced Wednesday will allow researchers to add firefighters at departments in Boston and southern […]
December 7, 2016
Other News
N.J. Community OKs Medical Marijuana in Schools
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. — A New Jersey town’s school board has adopted a medical marijuana policy that falls in line with recent legislation signed by Gov. Chris Christie. The Record reported that board members adopted a measureNovember 30 that permits medical marijuana on school grounds in Ridgefield Park. Christie signed a bill into law last […]
December 7, 2016
Disparities
Professor Helps Others With Food Addiction
CALIFORNIA, Pa.— Dr. Christina Fisanick-Greer reached her breaking point in 2013. Greer, an English professor at California University of Pennsylvania, recalls sitting in her living room at 3 a.m. watching “The Notebook,” and crying as she ate her fourth bowl of buttercream icing. She wasn’t crying about the movie. “I was so sad and depressed […]
December 7, 2016
Disparities
Michigan State Opens Medical Clinic in Detroit
DETROIT — Gifts of property to universities often are sold and endowments are established in the donor’s name, but the family of Dr. Michael Popoff had other ideas for the Detroit clinic where he practiced for nearly a half-century before his death last year. The gift to Michigan State University came with a stipulation: The […]
December 7, 2016
Nursing
Digitized Records Create Need for Medical “Scribes”
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Electronic medical records have spawned a new health care profession: medical scribe. Working alongside doctors, scribes enter information into a computer, their fingers furiously typing away so the doctors’ digits don’t have to. “I feel like it benefits me, but it benefits the patients more,” said Dr. Meena Agarwala of St. Luke’s […]
December 7, 2016
Policies
Aging Boomers May Need Wider Network of Kin, Friends
NEW ORLEANS–Family members already form an “invisible workforce” that cares for America’s frail elders. But changes in policy and family structure — from later-life divorce to smaller families — suggest that friends and extended family will play even more important roles as caregivers in coming years. Eighteen million Americans already care regularly for a fragile […]
December 7, 2016
Other News
Patient’s Suit Alleges Rape at Mental Hospital
HELENA, Mont. — A woman who was criminally committed to Montana State Hospital has sued the state, alleging that she was sexually assaulted and impregnated by another patient at the psychiatric facility. In the lawsuit filed in District Court in Helena, the woman said the hospital failed to supervise her adequately, leading to the rape […]
December 6, 2016
Students
Despite Political Fallout, Private Colleges Enrolling Undocumented Students
Even with outside funding, however, most private colleges are spending money from their own budgets on financial aid for undocumented students and that thrusts them into the center of controversy.
December 6, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Saint Augustine’s University, Bennett College on Probation
Two of the nation’s oldest historically Black colleges were placed on probation Tuesday by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), signaling the two North Carolina institutions continue to battle financial challenges.
December 6, 2016
Students
Expert: Enrollment Diversity a Matter of Survival
As the number of public high school graduates plateaus yet becomes more diverse, colleges and universities must do more to enroll students of color as a matter of economic sustainability.
December 6, 2016
Students
Fraternity Backs Indiana State Chapter Probation after Student’s Death
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A fraternity says it supports a decision by Indiana State University to place one of its chapters on probation following the accidental drowning of an 18-year-old freshman during an event in Illinois. Sigma Chi Fraternity International’s Executive Director Michael J. Church says in an emailed statement that its members are mourning […]
December 6, 2016
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