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3 Clemson Professors not Eating to Protest Trump Travel Ban
CLEMSON, S.C. — Three Clemson University professors are refusing to eat for nearly a week to protest the university’s failure to demand that President Donald Trump rescind an executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries. The professors started “The Fast Against Silence” Monday morning and plan to not eat again […]
February 8, 2017
Students
Student Dead After Fall at Penn State; Frat Did Not Seek Help for 12 Hours
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Police say a Penn State University fraternity did not summon paramedics for a student who fell down a stairwell until about 12 hours after the incident. He later died. Authorities say 19-year-old Timothy Piazza of Lebanon, New Jersey, died Saturday at Hershey Medical Center. State College police found Piazza unconscious on […]
February 8, 2017
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Forged Racist Emails Cause Stir at University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Someone sent racist and anti-Semitic emails to University of Michigan students and made it look like they were from a computer science professor who pushed for presidential election recounts in several states. About 40 students protested early Wednesday outside the home of the school’s president, Mark Schlissel, about the spoofed emails […]
February 8, 2017
Students
Ground-level Support Helps Solve FAFSA ‘Riddle’
Until the FAFSA sees a dramatic overhaul, the best and perhaps only answer to addressing some of its perceived weaknesses is a boots on the ground approach.
February 8, 2017
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Students
Rodriguez: Light Skin Preference and the Denial of Indigeneity
Part of what I choose to examine is the earliest memories when children become conscious of their color and that there is meaning attached to their color.
February 8, 2017
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Students
Ethics and the 21st Century HBCU
The real question is this: how do we achieve this seemingly elusive goal of ensuring the success of the HBCU while still upholding the college’s mission and longstanding legacy?
February 8, 2017
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Students
DeVos Touts Merits of Diversity, Inclusion in Debut
Newly minted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made her debut at the agency she now oversees with a call for unity, a bit of self-deprecating humor, and a thoughtful emphasis on diversity and inclusion.
February 8, 2017
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Blogs/Opinion
Doctors Speak Out Against Trump
On January 21st, the day of the Women’s March on Washington, I was working in the hospital as a resident physician assigned to the weekend shift. In some ways, it was like any other day on call. I rounded on patients in the morning, managed medical issues during the day, and evaluated new patients in […]
February 8, 2017
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Disparities
$8.4M Grant Extends Malaria Study
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University professor will be able to spend at least seven more years researching malaria thanks to an $8.4 million grant. The grant from the National Institute of Health will allow Terrie Taylor to find ways to improve health care for malaria-infected patients. Taylor has spent six months every […]
February 8, 2017
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Policies
Could Trump Plan Hurt Some Health Stocks?
Help or hurt? That’s the question investors are trying to answer about how President Trump’s policies might impact healthcare stocks. So far, specific policy proposals put forward by the president appear likely to cause significant problems for certain healthcare stocks. Here’s why three of President Trump’s policies could be downright terrible for Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH), […]
February 8, 2017
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Other News
Spiritual Therapy Possible Treatment For PTSD
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Doctors in Augusta are exploring the idea of using spiritual therapy to treat veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Such veterans are often treated with medication and psychotherapy, the Augusta Chronicle reported. But a research survey at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta aims to find out whether spiritual therapy might […]
February 8, 2017
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Other News
Senator from N.M. Pushes Back On Healthcare Overhaul
SANTA FE, N.M. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Udall highlighted the risks and uncertainties of efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress during a speech Thursday to a joint session of the New Mexico state Legislature. Udall said Republican vows to repeal the Affordable Care Act […]
February 8, 2017
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Policies
Arizona and Texas Hope Trump Will Expand Waivers
Arizona and Texas officials hope the Trump administration will be more receptive to Medicaid waivers that would fund care for the uninsured, impose work requirements and place a life cap on enrollment. Texas state officials want a 21-month extension waiver that will help cover the unpaid bills of Medicaid-eligible and uninsured patients in the state. […]
February 8, 2017
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Policies
Sanders: Access “Doesn’t Mean a Damn Thing”
WASHINGTON — On the issue of health care, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) agree on very little. At a town hall debate Tuesday night hosted by CNN, the two former presidential candidates clashed on the future of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, which President Donald Trump and Republican members […]
February 8, 2017
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Policies
Obamacare — Trump Stretches Timeline for Replacing It
Donald Trump’s comments on Sunday suggesting that a replacement for Obamacare may not arrive until 2018 coincides with crowds turning out to pressure Republicans not to scrap the system too hastily. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly promised one of his first actions as president would be to simultaneously repeal and replace the landmark healthcare […]
February 8, 2017
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SHELDON FIELDS
SHELDON FIELDS has been named dean of New York Institute of Technology, School of Health Professions effective January 3. Fields, who was most recently dean of California’s Mervyn M. Dymally School of Nursing at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, received his Ph.D. in nursing science from the University of Pennsylvania and M.S. and B.S. degrees from Binghamton (N.Y.) University.
February 8, 2017
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ELIZABETH HOWE BRADLEY
ELIZABETH HOWE BRADLEY has been appointed the 11th president of Vassar College effective July 1. She graduated from Harvard University in 1984 with degrees in art history and economics. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in health policy and health economy.
February 8, 2017
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DENISE STEPHENS
DENISE STEPHENS, university librarian at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been appointed vice provost and university librarian at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1. Prior to UCSB, Stephens worked at the University of Kansas, where she held positions as strategic and organizational research librarian, information management coordinator and vice provost for information services.
February 8, 2017
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