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Disparities
Yale Leads Study on Disparities Among Seniors
A research team led by F&ES Professor Michelle Bell has received a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine environmental health disparities within the U.S. senior population. Using a wide range of data sets, including Medicare claims, Bell and colleagues from Rice and Harvard universities will investigate how environmental and […]
November 1, 2017
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Other News
Trump to Gut Obamacare Benefit Rules
In the wake of the collapse of Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Trump administration is testing the legal limits of what it can do to reshape — or some would say gut — the Affordable Care Act using, ironically, the regulatory tools the ACA gave the executive branch. The president’s suspension of […]
November 1, 2017
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Other News
Power Outage Strains P.R. Healthcare System
Forty days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, most of the U.S. territory remains without power. Over the weekend, the island’s power company fired a key contractor working to restore electrical service. The cancellation of the $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy, after the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies expressed significant concerns about […]
November 1, 2017
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Sports
Pro Athletes Have a Unique Platform and They’re Using It
Certainly, before Colin Kaepernick’s gesture, you didn’t see cameras scanning the crowd to see who was standing and who was sitting.
October 31, 2017
Students
3 Dartmouth Professors investigated for Sexual Misconduct
The New Hampshire Department of Justice on Tuesday announced an investigation of alleged sexual misconduct by three Dartmouth College professors.
October 31, 2017
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Students
Study: Career and Tech Ed Provides Slight Boost for High School Achievement
Students who take career and technical education courses during their junior or senior year in high school are 1.5 percent more likely to graduate on time and 1.6 percent less likely to drop out of high school for each CTE course taken, a new study has found.
October 31, 2017
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Home
Virginia Tech Talent Acquisition Exec Employs Range of Strategies
The job search can be a stressful proposition for a candidate, but for those making a hiring decision the process can be just as fraught. At colleges and universities, hiring is a crucial part of creating the desired campus culture.
October 31, 2017
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Students
Students from Puerto Rico Can Get Free Semester at Cornell
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University is offering a free semester of study for up to 58 students from Puerto Rico’s main public university system. The University of Puerto Rico is operating at partial strength as the island recovers from Hurricane Maria. Cornell President Martha Pollack says the offer of free tuition, room and board this […]
October 31, 2017
Students
Police Arrest Man Sought in Shooting Death of University of Utah Student
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A man sought in a carjacking that took the life of a University of Utah student and the death of a Colorado man was arrested Tuesday after he turned himself in at a Salt Lake City library, police said. Austin Boutain, 24, dodged a manhunt in the rugged foothills near […]
October 31, 2017
Students
Notre Dame Ends Free Contraceptive Coverage for Employees
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame is ending no-cost contraceptive coverage for employees and students. The South Bend Tribune reports that an email set by the Catholic university on Friday to faculty and staff shows that coverage will end for employees on Jan. 1. Students under the school’s insurance plan will be […]
October 31, 2017
Health
University of Hawaii Closing State’s Only Public Hyperbaric Treatment Center
KAIULA-KONA, Hawaii — Hawaii’s only means of treatment for divers with decompression sickness is remaining closed through November. The University of Hawaii at Manoa announced Oct. 20 that its public hyperbaric treatment center is closed due to “unforeseen circumstances,” West Hawaii Today reported. Decompression sickness, also known as the bends, is the result of gases […]
October 31, 2017
African-American
College of Charleston Probing ‘Racially Insensitive’ Halloween Costumes
CHARLESTON, S.C. —  A South Carolina college is investigating social media posts that appear to show students in “racially insensitive” Halloween costumes, the school’s president said. College of Charleston President Glenn McConnell says in a statement that the school’s Division of Student Affairs and Department of Public Safety are probing whether students violated the code […]
October 31, 2017
Students
21 NY College Students Charged with Hazing Frat Pledges
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Twenty-one students at a New York college have been charged with hazing fraternity pledges by making them drink alcohol, forcing them to eat food off the floor, and vomiting and urinating on them. State University of New York at Plattsburgh authorities say campus police were told in late September that pledges to […]
October 31, 2017
Students
Professor Investigated for Sharp Responses to Muslim Student
CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati is reviewing a music professor’s sharp responses to a Middle Eastern Muslim student who wrote in a class assignment that Donald Trump’s presidency negatively affected her family. Assistant professor Clifford Adams’ written replies on the assignment included: “Review this list of Islamic terrorist attacks and then tell me about […]
October 31, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Julian Castro’s Stump Speech
Julian Castro is among three dozen or so Democrats considering running for president in 2020. Maybe that’s why his 24-minute keynote address Saturday at the Florida Democratic Party’s statewide conference sounded like a stump speech, one ready-made for a national road trip. The charismatic former San Antonio mayor and Housing and Urban Development secretary under […]
October 31, 2017
Veterans
Surgical Technology Program Attracts Vets.
TOMBALL, Texas – Military Veteran Joseph Torres is accustomed to training for combat; however, he and several other military veterans have signed up for a different type of training at LSC-Tomball: the hospital operating room. “We have an interesting trend of graduates of our Surgical Technology program who also happen to be military veterans,” said […]
October 31, 2017
Veterans
Speakers: Veterans Have What It Takes for Farm Work
Food security equals national security, and what more logical way to add to the nation’s breadbasket than having veterans take up farming after their service to their country. That was a primary message delivered at the first Virginia Farming Conference, held Thursday-Friday at Hudson Heritage Farms near Elmo, and hosted by David and Denise Hudson, […]
October 31, 2017
Academics
AT&T funds Military Education Program
Through a grant from AT&T, the National Infantry Museum is preparing to link high school ROTC students with active duty and retired military personnel next week in an one-day educational effort. Monday, AT&T Regional Director for External Affairs Terry Smith, a Navy veteran, presented National Infantry Museum officials with a $35,000 check that will fund […]
October 31, 2017
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