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Blind Veterans

As Veterans Day approaches, we can expect to see news reports featuring wounded warriors in rehabilitation, learning how to use their new prosthetic limbs. These scenes are heartrending and hopeful. But not often shared are reports about veterans who don’t see — the 1 million veterans who have suffered visual impairment and the 130,000 who […]

October 23, 2018

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For-Profit Berkeley College Faces Civil Charges

WHITE PLAINS – A for-profit college with a downtown city campus is facing civil charges for predatory student recruitment and financial aid practices alleged in a lawsuit filed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs this month. The department accused the school of luring students — in particular low-income and first-generation college students — to enroll with promises […]

October 23, 2018

Veterans Compete in Annual Detroit Free Press/Chemical Bank Marathon

DETROIT – Every year veterans and wounded warriors from around the country come to Detroit to take part in the annual Detroit Free Press/Chemical Bank Marathon. Most use handcycles because they have lost limbs while fighting in combat. Some participate in wheelchairs and others are vision impaired. Many are being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington and are a […]

October 23, 2018

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Not Many Troops are Opting into New Blended Retirement System

With less than three months to go before the year-end deadline, only one in six service members who are eligible to make the choice to opt in to the new military retirement system have done so, falling far short of prior expectations and raising questions about why the response has been so low. About 1.6 […]

October 23, 2018

Alumni of Shuttered Military Academy in Missouri Acquire School Memorabilia, Open Museum

Despite the drizzle and the chill in the air, Lexington’s Main Street was packed at the 12th Street intersection on Oct. 6. Hundreds of Wentworth Military Academy alumni sat in reverent silence during the dedication of the WMA Museum, which had been in the works for a year. Behind the crowd stood a contingent of […]

October 23, 2018

AECF Appoints Lisa Hamilton as next President & CEO

The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) announced that Lisa Hamilton, currently the Foundation’s executive vice president and chief program officer, was appointed its next president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2019. The ACEF is a national philanthropic organization located in Baltimore, Maryland focused on developing a brighter future for American children by creating […]

October 23, 2018

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University of St. Thomas Student Finds Racial Epithet on Room Door

A Black freshman at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota said he found a racial epithet written on his dorm room door on Friday morning, according to a Twin Cities Pioneer Press report. Kevyn Perkins, an 18-year-old Chicago native told the Pioneer Press that he was upset and immediately scrubbed the words away, but did […]

October 23, 2018

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International Students Creating an American Legacy

Wednesday marks the third annual I Stand with Immigrants College and University Day of Action. This is especially profound as I reflect on the hallmark of American higher education: the unique combination of openness to all, promotion of new ideas and emphasis on critical thinking.

October 23, 2018

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Gene Sequencing Creates Ethnic Dilemma Among Native American Tribes

When Senator Elizabeth Warren took a DNA test in hopes of settling one controversy, Stanford geneticist Carlos Bustamante confronted a different one: Even as Warren sought to settle over her claim to Native American ancestry through a genetic test, many tribes in the United States are deeply wary of reconstructing the past via DNA sequencing. […]

October 22, 2018

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Mercer University Partnerships with Georgia Health District to Reduce Maternal Mortality

Georgia is struggling to keep its women healthy. The state has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country, and access to health care can be especially difficult for low-income and rural residents. But things could soon get better in Middle Georgia. Read More

October 22, 2018

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Hispanics Have Lower Rates of Heart Disease Deaths than Whites, Except in Mostly Hispanic Communities

While symptoms like chest or belly pain might reasonably drive you to the emergency room with worries about a heart attack or appendicitis, your insurance company might decide not to pay if it turns out your fears were unfounded, a new study suggests. With the price of emergency room care going up, U.S. insurance companies […]

October 22, 2018

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Berkeley Health

The city of Berkeley recently completed the 2018 Health Status Report, assessing a broad range of data to better understand the social inequities of health conditions affecting our community, assess prevention efforts and identify emerging health threats. This information is crucial because if we can better understand not just the current prevalence of serious health […]

October 22, 2018

Harvard Medical School Said Heart Researcher’s Lab Produced Falsified Data

Days after Harvard Medical School said it found extensive falsified or fabricated data from the laboratory of a prominent heart researcher, doctors and scientists are urging a halt to a medical trial based in part on his work. They say that sick people should not be subjected to the risks of an experiment whose underlying […]

October 22, 2018

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Two University of Maine Nursing Students Contract Viral Meningitis

Two University of Maine nursing students have been diagnosed with viral meningitis, prompting the university to step up disinfection efforts to prevent new cases. The students, one taking graduate courses and the other an undergraduate on the Orono campus, are recovering at their homes after diagnoses by their personal physicians, said Dick Young, the associate […]

October 22, 2018

Washington University Offers In-state Tuition, Native American Health Sciences Program to Montana Tribe

PABLO — Did you know Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribal (CSKT) members have in-state tuition benefits at Washington State University? The initiative was made possible through a historic memorandum of understanding that recognizes the college campus is located on the Indigenous territory of the Palus and Nez Perce tribes. CSKT is one of 11 tribes […]

October 22, 2018

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Teen Marijuana Vaping Raises Concerns

A new study gives the first U.S. estimates of teen and preteen vaping of marijuana — and the rates are relatively high. The findings raise concerns about addiction and other long-term health risks, researchers say. E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that vaporize liquids. Most e-liquids contain nicotine. That’s the chemical that makes tobacco addictive. But the […]

October 22, 2018

Experts: Federal Policy Change Would Harm Transgender Students

No one who has been paying attention over the last two years should be surprised to learn that Trump administration officials are completing a policy proposal that would more conservatively define gender under Title IX and have implications for transgender students on college campuses, says one academic who has added his voice to the early chorus of critics.

October 22, 2018

Educators and Activists Discuss Civic and Political Engagement

The interconnection between the roles of educators and activists in today’s political climate were evident Monday during a roundtable discussion at Howard University that featured students, former U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. John B. King, Jr. and social justice activist Brittany Packnett.

October 22, 2018