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Report: Minimal Growth of American Indians and Alaska Natives in Medicine
Though there have been substantial efforts in increasing the racial and ethnic diversity in medicine, there has been minimal growth in people who identify as American Indian and Alaska Native and apply and enroll in medical school in the U.S., according to a new report released Tuesday.
October 30, 2018
News Roundup
Multiple CUNY Events to Honor Thousands of Student-Veterans in November
The City University of New York (CUNY) will recognize more than 300 student-veterans for outstanding academic achievement at an event leading up to Veterans Day, Nov. 11 – part of a host of activities planned throughout November by the school to honor its more than 3,200 military veteran undergraduates and graduates. The Central Office of […]
October 30, 2018
Veterans
Palm Beach State College Opens New Vet Center
Veterans Success Center, a 2,300 square-foot site at Palm Beach State College to help veterans pursue an education, will open Thursday in suburban Lake Worth as U.S. Reps Lois Frankel and Brian Mast speak before an expected crowd of 200 people. “This center will help veterans get enrolled in classes and use their GI Bill […]
October 30, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Aviation Industry
In a few milliseconds, electrical arcing in aircraft wiring can release thousands of joules of energy. This is enough to ignite wire insulation, pierce hydraulic lines, and compromise critical flight-control subsystems. The aviation industry urgently needs reliable arc-fault detection and mitigation measures. Going on decades now, academic and commercial research on the subject continues because […]
October 30, 2018
Other News
University of Bridgeport Debuts New STEM Bus
BRIDGEPORT — The University of Bridgeport will cut the ribbon Thursday on a STEM on Wheels bus that will bring hands-on science — and a robot named Dash — to area schools. The mobile laboratory will teach students how to code, retrieve and interpret satellite data by contacting earth orbiting satellites and about mechatronics, a […]
October 30, 2018
Other News
West Point Signs Research Agreement With IT Consulting Firm
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Maryland. Officials at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Enlighten IT Consulting — a MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) subsidiary, an Alion Company. The research agreement provides advanced data analytics and tackles system challenges including how the application of analytics within key cyber terrain […]
October 30, 2018
Other News
Marine from Rural Ga. Says Military Helped Him Leave Comfort Zone
The Marine Corps expanded Adam Tomblin’s view of the world and helped him achieve a series of firsts. The longtime Commerce resident had never flown in an airplane until he joined the Marines in 2008. In four years in the Marines, Tomblin, now 28, traveled far out of his comfort zone in rural northeast Georgia […]
October 30, 2018
Students
TMCF Gala Raises $5.6M for HBCU Students
During its 31st Anniversary Awards Gala on Monday evening, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) raised more than $5.6 million to support students attending that nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Charitable giving from more than 1,000 civic, corporate, government and education leaders raised TMCF’s total anniversary gala fundraising to over $50 million since […]
October 30, 2018
Academics
Military Could Face Budget Cuts if Democrats Control Congress
If Democrats gain control of one or both houses of Congress in November, military experts are concerned about potential budget cuts – and the resulting effects on military preparedness. “I think we’ll find that the money Congress and the president have given the military in the past two years has been desperately needed – and […]
October 30, 2018
Veterans
Northwestern Michigan College Ranked Among the Best for Vets
TRAVERSE CITY — Since the script has flipped from soldier to student, so has the service. Military Times magazine ranked Northwestern Michigan College the second-best two-year college for veterans in its Best for Vets list for 2019. NMC moved up one spot from the 2017 list. The community college has implemented a series of initiatives […]
October 30, 2018
Academics
NYC Mayor Announces Funding for Student Veterans at Risk of Eviction
With about 12,000 New York City student veterans at risk of eviction from their homes in the coming months, city officials on Monday announced a plan to provide emergency rental assistance. A pair of city agencies — the Department of Veterans’ Services and Department of Social Services — are streamlining the process for those student […]
October 30, 2018
News Roundup
Black and Hispanic Unemployment Rates Still Larger Than Whites Nationwide
For the third quarter of 2018, recent data collected by economic analyst Janelle Jones showed that the unemployment rates for Black and Hispanic workers continue to be high in comparison to White workers statewide. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the areas with the highest African-American unemployment rates were in Washington, D.C. (12.4 percent), followed by […]
October 30, 2018
Students
Dear Educators/Administrators: EVERY Student is a Scholar
I am urging my fellow academicians from this day forth to address all learners in your classrooms, institutions, churches, non-profit organizations, mentor programs in Pre-K-12, undergraduate and graduate studies as “scholars”.
October 30, 2018
African-American
Family Storytellers Inspired Professor-Historian
Dr. Allyson Hobbs comes from a family of storytellers, perhaps chief among them her Aunt Shirley.
October 30, 2018
African-American
Millennium Leadership Initiative Boasts Record Participation in 20th Year
Demand exceeded expectations Monday when 89 higher education leaders from underrepresented populations registered for the Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) gathering at the annual meeting of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).
October 29, 2018
Policies
Cannabis Use on Many States’ Ballots for Upcoming Election Day
The lucrative legal cannabis industry is again front and center this voting year as Americans head to the polls for midterm elections November 6. Ballots across the U.S. will include numerous cannabis-related measures — many at the county and municipal level — regarding laws for commercial cultivation in certain zones and how to spend abundant […]
October 29, 2018
Disparities
Trump Administration’s Redefining Gender Law Could Affect Transgender People’s Health
The accelerated timeline to transition came after Hooker heard reports that the Trump administration is mulling a narrower definition of gender under the law based on the genitals a person is born with. Hooker, who grew up in North Carolina and now lives in Las Vegas, said he moved to get closer to California, a […]
October 29, 2018
Disparities
Green Card Holders Worry About Health Care Under Trump’s New Plan
Laura Plasencia, who works at an Oakland medical clinic helping mostly low-income patients enroll in government-subsidized health benefits, has seen a troubling pattern emerge in recent weeks. Read More
October 29, 2018
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