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Naval Academy to Discuss 2 Buildings Named for Confederates

WASHINGTON — A panel on memorials at the U.S. Naval Academy will discuss whether two buildings on the campus grounds should remain named after two American naval officers who fought for the Confederacy, the academy’s superintendent said Monday. Vice Adm. Ted Carter, who briefed the academy’s Board of Visitors about the building names at a […]

September 11, 2017

Nevada University Selling Coveted Violin to Fund Arts Building

RENO, Nev. — A Nevada university will soon put a coveted, high-priced Stradivarius violin on the auction block in order to pay for their new arts building. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents gave approval last week for the University of Nevada in Reno to sell the […]

September 11, 2017

$50M Gift Prompts New Name for Iowa State Business College

AMES, Iowa — Officials say the Iowa State University College of Business will be renamed because of a $50 million commitment from two California benefactors. The university said in a news release Monday that the college will be renamed the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. […]

September 11, 2017

“Right to Know” Facts, Not Misinformation

Imagine a law requiring your doctor to give you misleading information about the health risks of a medical procedure. In Louisiana, this is a reality. State law requires physicians to give women seeking abortions inaccurate information about the development of embryos and misleading statements about the health risks of abortion. Louisiana legislators have singled out […]

September 11, 2017

Many Women Don’t Know Heart Risks

Despite efforts in recent years to change perceptions, heart disease is still largely seen as only a men’s health concern. In a recent study, only 56 percent of women knew that heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States, when in fact, heart disease and stroke kill more women […]

September 11, 2017

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Addressing Indian Health Disparities: Q&A

Donald Warne, MD, MPH, is the chair of the Department of Public Health at North Dakota State University and an adjunct clinical professor at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he taught American Indian Health Policy. In addition, he serves as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Great Plains Tribal […]

September 11, 2017

Restaurant Customers with Allergies Urge Greater Awareness

Twelve-year-old Cameron Rich was on vacation with his family four years ago in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, but instead of enjoying the barrier islands’ open-sea beaches and shipwreck diving sites, he was running to the bathroom with stomach cramps and diarrhea, throwing up three to four times a day. These symptoms continued for […]

September 11, 2017

NIH Awards $100 Million for Autism Research

The National Institutes of Health has awarded nine research grants totaling nearly $100 million over the next five years for the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE), a program that supports large research projects aimed at understanding and developing interventions for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The ACE program was created in 2007 from the consolidation of […]

September 11, 2017

Lawmakers Seek Bipartisan Fix for Obamacare

In Bismarck, North Dakota Wednesday night, President Donald Trump called on supporters to press Congress on health care. “You have to make sure that they do what they have to do,” said Trump. “And believe me, we haven’t given up on healthcare. We haven’t given up on healthcare. We never give up.” Read More

September 11, 2017

First Responders to Harvey Sue Over Chemical Fire

HOUSTON—Seven sheriff’s deputies and medical emergency responders who say they were sickened by a chemical fire at a plant outside Houston that flooded during Harvey sued the owner Thursday for gross negligence, seeking $1 million in damages. A state judge granted a temporary restraining order to prevent plant owner Arkema Inc. from removing evidence or […]

September 11, 2017

Study: Ending DACA Will Have Health Effects

The Trump administration’s recent decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which granted protection from deportation to unauthorized immigrants who entered the United States as minors, affects roughly 800,000 immigrants. But terminating DACA may also have perilous consequences for the children of those DREAMers, according to a new study published in […]

September 11, 2017

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UNC Vote Halts Civil Rights Center From Engaging in Litigation

In a move that was widely regarded as a foregone conclusion, the University of North Carolina board of governors voted on Friday to ban centers across the university system from engaging in litigation

September 10, 2017

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Congressional Leaders Convene Conversation on Campus Climate Issues

Besieged by a barrage of hate incidents and propaganda efforts by White supremacists, colleges and universities must lead authentic discussions about troubling aspects of the nation’s racial past in order to secure a better future.

September 10, 2017

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Upcoming Conference to Focus on Crisis in Education

Thousands are expected to gather in Cincinnati later this month for the annual meeting of ASALH, the organization that Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded in 1915.

September 10, 2017

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Alabama State University Elects Local Politician as New President

The past three years have not been easy for Alabama State University. Between 2014 and 2015, the university cut over $75 million from its budget, according to a letter from former president Gwendolyn Boyd to university stakeholders. In 2016, Boyd, whose tenure started in 2014, was dismissed by the school’s board of trustees for reasons […]

September 10, 2017

Universities Buckle Down for Irma

As Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida on Sunday with winds blowing at over 130 miles an hour, universities in the Southern United States kept their students informed and protected. While the aftermath of Irma will bring its own set of challenges, these schools are currently focusing on the safety of students and employees while […]

September 10, 2017

Are We Recreating Segregated Education Online?

Online courses helped kick off a movement promising that your zipcode no longer had to determine the quality of education you received. People in rural Bhutan could take a computer science class from Harvard. Students at a community college could supplement their math class with lectures from MIT. A single mom in middle America could […]

September 8, 2017

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Veterans Care Center for Students Opens

Veterans returning to further their education now have a wealth of resources at their fingertips, thanks to the new Veterans Resource Center at Horry Georgetown Technical College. “There are so many ins and outs of coming out of service,” said Jocelyn Williams, director of Student Development, one of three that currently advises the HGTC Student […]

September 8, 2017