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News Roundup
Belhaven U Renames Hall That Petition Says Is Named After a Segregationist
Mississippi’s Belhaven University, a private Christian institution, has changed the name of a hall that a petition said was named after a segregationist. The university didn’t give a reason for the name change. Guy T. Gillespie Hall was named after a former president of Belhaven. It will now be called Lakeview Hall. Additionally, a gathering […]
July 7, 2020
Leadership & Policy
‘Dramatic Change Will Require Leadership.’ A Message to the Next Generation of Leaders
This summer we have all been living and learning through an unprecedented crisis: literally the greatest disruption to daily life in the United States since at least World War II, a rapid economic collapse that is approaching and may exceed the scale of the Great Depression, deeply inequitable impacts from the crisis mapped into pre-existing inequalities of race and class, and a death count conservatively estimated at more than 500,000 and rising.
July 7, 2020
News Roundup
Rutgers’ First Black President Announces the Institution Will Keep Its Name Despite Slavery Connection
Rutgers University’s first Black president, Dr. Jonathan Holloway, announced that he doesn’t plan to change the university’s name, which commemorates slave owner and Revolutionary War veteran Henry Rutgers, NJ.com reported. “The reason we’re not going to change the name is that names have value that exceed someone’s existence,” Holloway said at his first press conference […]
July 6, 2020
Students
Some Princeton Grad Students Say Name Change Isn’t Enough to Address Racism
While Princeton University’s decision to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from its school of public policy roughly a week ago came as good news to many, the school’s graduate students continue to stress that “changing the name, though long overdue, cannot and will not be enough” to address systematic racism. In a letter written before the […]
July 6, 2020
COVID-19
Howard Cancels Its Homecoming Citing COVID-19 Concerns
Howard University’s Howard Homecoming — an historic and annual event which typically attracts tens of thousands of people to the institution — has been cancelled for 2020, reports ABC 7 WJLA news. Due to the large crowds Howard Homecoming draws, the event would be too difficult to conduct safely in the age of COVID-19, said […]
July 6, 2020
News Roundup
Ex-Syracuse Athlete Group Launches Anti-Racism Social Media Campaign
Black Oranges, a group of former Syracuse University (SU) student athletes of color, launched the social media campaign #GetOffTheBench on July 4th to encourage others to act against systemic racism. After Ahmaud Arbery was murdered in February, former SU football player Brian Tarrant wanted to organize with others who were “angry.” He sent a Facebook […]
July 6, 2020
News Roundup
Hampton University Goes Remote-Only for Fall Semester
Hampton University (HU) announced plans to continue remote-only learning for the fall semester. With 2.9 million COVID-19 cases and 130,000 deaths in the U.S. as of July 6, the decision was made “out of an abundance of caution for the health, safety and welfare of our students as well as the faculty, administrative staff, administrators, […]
July 6, 2020
Home
Report: Students Struggle to Find Accurate Estimates for Non-Tuition Costs
A new report by uAspire, a non-profit focused on college affordability, examines how colleges calculate and communicate information about non-tuition expenses to students.
July 6, 2020
HBCUs
LeMoyne-Owen College Receives Largest Gift in the Institution’s History
LeMoyne-Owen College – an historically Black college based in Memphis, Tennessee – is quadrupling its current endowment thanks to $40 million from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. It’s the biggest gift in the institution’s history, the school announced on Thursday. The college will annually receive 5%, about $2 million, of the average balance. Christopher […]
July 6, 2020
Community Colleges
Dr. Charlene Dukes Leaves Legacy of Compassion as President of Prince George’s Community College
Last month, Dr. Charlene Dukes, president of Prince George’s County Community College in Maryland since 2007, retired after serving more than 40 years within the higher education sector. Her ability to connect with low-income and first-generation college students was informed by the fact that she was one herself.
July 6, 2020
International
ICE: Foreign Students At Schools Switching Fully Online Must Leave US
On Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that international students whose institutions are switching to online-only courses this fall semester must leave the country; otherwise, they risk violating their student visa status, The Hill reported. Previously, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) — or the ICE-directed organization that determines student visa rules — […]
July 6, 2020
Disparities
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland State University Receive $1.2 Million NIH Award to Recruit Underrepresented Minority Ph.D. Students
At a time when the national conversation is focused on narrowing the gap of racial equity, two of Cleveland’s anchor institutions have been awarded grant funding that will help them turn words into action. Cleveland State University and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute received a five-year, $1.2 million T32 training award from the National Institutes […]
July 6, 2020
Disparities
$3.25 Million Grant Provides Scholarship Opportunities for Disadvantaged Students to Pursue Graduate Degrees in Public Health at Georgia Southern
Nandi A. Marshall, DrPH, and Joseph Telfair, DrPH, of the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) at Georgia Southern University have received a 2020-25 U.S. Department of Health Resources and Service Administration grant valued at $3.25 million to support the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program. Each year, $650,000 will be available to offer […]
July 6, 2020
Other News
Alabama College Students Blasted for Trying to Get the Coronavirus on Purpose
Groups of college students in Alabama have been throwing coronavirus parties and taking bets as to who will test positive for COVID-19 first. The story admittedly sounds outrageous and would easily be dismissed as “fake news” but for the fact that it’s been confirmed by a number of Tuscaloosa city officials. Read More
July 6, 2020
Disparities
Black Patients Fare Worse After Angioplasty
MONDAY, July 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Even after undergoing the artery-clearing procedure angioplasty, Black patients with heart disease are more likely than whites to suffer a heart attack or die within the next several years. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of 10 clinical trials: On balance, both Black and Hispanic patients fared […]
July 6, 2020
Mental Health
The Effects of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Indigenous Communities
Since the pandemic started, it has become increasingly clear that COVID-19 affects certain communities to a disproportionate degree. Race, biological sex, age, and socioeconomic status are some of the factors that can amplify the impact of the new coronavirus. At Medical News Today, we’ve started to examine the racialized impact of this global pandemic, and […]
July 6, 2020
Other News
College of Medicine Physician Assistant Program Partners for Early Acceptance
HERSHEY, Pa. — Penn State College of Medicine is creating a new partnership with Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Hampton University in Virginia that provides their undergraduate students early acceptance into its physician assistant program. Students at the two universities can apply early ― during their junior year in undergraduate studies ― to the physician […]
July 6, 2020
Other News
UK Faculty, Students Refurbish and Provide Medical Equipment in Rural Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 2, 2020) — Roughly one in seven Americans live with a disability that impacts daily mobility. The average cost of a wheelchair ranges from $500 to $2,000 without insurance, seriously curbing access to this essential equipment for patients who lack proper coverage. The University of Kentucky’s Center of Excellence in Rural Health […]
July 6, 2020
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