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UI Hospitals Has ‘Healthy Appetite’ For Improving Low Marks From Patients

Fewer than half the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics patients who responded to questions about their satisfaction there said the areas around their hospital rooms were always quiet at night — earning UIHC just one star out of a possible five in a survey. The national average for that question was 62 percent who […]

August 5, 2019

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University of Florida Health Department Awarded Millions in Research Funding

The University of Florida Health Department is one of four institutions to be named a Research Center of Excellence. The University of Florida will receive two million dollars that will help researchers work on new projects and form new collaborations for their Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases. Read More

August 5, 2019

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Vanderbilt Doctors Say They Operated on Wrong Kidney by ‘Mistake’

Two Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctors said under oath they mistakenly implanted a medical device in the wrong kidney in 2017 and are now being investigated by state health officials. One of the doctors said that a malfunctioning electronic whiteboard contributed to the error. Read More

August 5, 2019

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Indiana University Health’s Operating Income Jumps to $307.9M in First Half of 2019

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health reported a year-over-year increase in revenue and operating income in the first six months of 2019, according to financial documents. Annual rate increases and higher surgery volumes contributed to the 16-hospital system’s revenue growth. The health system recorded operating revenue of $3.22 billion in the six months ended June 30, up […]

August 5, 2019

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Framingham Health Department Partners with Boston University To Inform Young Patients About Opioids

The Framingham Health Department and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) collaborated to develop a new program to better inform young patients about opioids and safeguard against potential addiction. Developed by BUSM, the Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE) of Pain program is designed to help health care providers use best practices when prescribing opioids. Read […]

August 5, 2019

Bill Would Require College Campuses to Offer ‘Abortion Pill’

Along with visiting legislators, a bishop in California urged people to collectively pray for the defeat of a bill that would require college campuses to offer medication abortions. California State Senator Connie Leyva sponsored Senate Bill 24, which awaits consideration by the Assembly Appropriations Committee. If signed into law, California State University and University of […]

August 5, 2019

Overdose Death Trend Shifts from Rural Back to Urban

U.S. drug overdose deaths, most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, are back to being more concentrated in big cities, according to an Associated Press story. According to a report released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both urban and rural overdose death rates have been rising, but […]

August 5, 2019

Man Arrested for Threats Against Temple University

A Pennsylvania man has been jailed on $100,000 bond after being charged with making threats against Temple University and its police department while buying ammunition at a Walmart last week, according to a Washington Post story. The Bucks County district attorney’s office said Patrick Buhler, who has addresses in Morrisville and Mount Bethel, was arraigned […]

August 5, 2019

Glasgow University Pays Millions in Reparations for Slave Trade Ties

Glasgow University is paying £20 million in reparations – the equivalent of more than $24.3 million in U.S. currency – after discovering financial ties to the slave trade, according to The Scotsman newspaper. The money will go toward establishing the Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research, with bases at Glasgow University and the University of the […]

August 5, 2019

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William & Mary Granted $1M to Research Slave Legacy

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has granted the College of William & Mary $1 million to research the history of slavery and racism within the university community, according to the Washington Post. The five-year project is part of the Lemon Project, a school initiative to amend past wrongdoings against African-Americans. Research will focus on the […]

August 5, 2019

Time to Shine

Trump administration’s Johnathan Holifield works to broaden opportunity for HBCUs.

August 5, 2019

Cleary Partnership Offers Free Tuition For Restaurant Employees, Families

What if tuition costs came free with employment, like healthcare benefits? Dr. Jayson Boyers, the president of Cleary University in Michigan, has been asking himself that question. Last week, Cleary launched a new partnership with Team Schostak, a family-owned restaurant group, to provide free tuition for restaurant employees.

August 2, 2019

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Civil Rights Leaders Warn Against New HUD Rule

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed changes to the disparate impact rule under the Fair Housing Act, a provision that prohibits seemingly neutral policies that have a “disparate impact” on marginalized groups. Civil rights leaders worry it will affect school segregation.

August 2, 2019

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UVA’s School of Engineering Recognized for Diversity Progress

The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Engineering received the bronze award from the American Society for Engineering Education’s Diversity Recognition Program. ASEE recognizes engineering and engineering technology colleges that have made headway in increasing diversity, inclusion and degree attainment within their programs. UVA was one of 220 universities that signed the ASEE Deans Diversity […]

August 2, 2019

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CUNY Plan Engages More with Minority, Women, Vet Businesses

The City University of New York will increase their engagement with minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOBs), according to Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, CUNY’s chancellor. Matos Rodríguez recently announced the first phase of the plan at the CUNY and City University Construction Fund’s (CUCF) annual Conference on Contract Opportunities, which […]

August 2, 2019

Colleges Vie for Resources to Address STEM Disparities

In an era of scarce resources, colleges and universities are increasingly turning to big donors to fund efforts focused squarely on closing achievement gaps in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. For more than a decade, institutions have tried — without much success — to address the ongoing disparity. Still, that has not kept them from making new efforts.

August 2, 2019

In 1969, The Military Thought It Had Eliminated Racism In Its Ranks. Then Troops Began Rioting

On a hot summer night 50 years ago, while other U.S. troops were fighting in Vietnam, dozens of Marines on Camp Lejeune, N.C. were fighting each other. The explosion of racial violence on the Marine Corps’ main East Coast infantry base left one white Marine dead and more than a dozen others injured − some […]

August 2, 2019

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USM and Mississippi National Guard Announce Tuition-Free Program

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) have announced the Golden Eagle Free Tuition Program, a joint initiative that will provide members of the Mississippi Army and Air National Guards the opportunity to graduate, tuition-free, from one of the nation’s leading comprehensive research universities. “Military service to our country is […]

August 2, 2019

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