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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

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

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

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Family Storytellers Inspired Professor-Historian

Dr. Allyson Hobbs comes from a family of storytellers, perhaps chief among them her Aunt Shirley.

October 30, 2018

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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

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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

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

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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Study on SAILS Program Recommends Better Remediation, Support for Students

A new Harvard University Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) study on Tennessee’s Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning Support (SAILS) math remediation program is raising questions on the benefits of remediation for college students.

October 29, 2018

Cherokee Nation

There is a critical need for more doctors in rural Oklahoma and on tribal lands. Thankfully, there is now a unique solution that will lead the nation in innovation and scope. For the first time in U.S. history, a Native American tribe is partnering with a top-ranked medical school to create the nation’s first tribally […]

October 29, 2018

WVU Doctoral Student Researches Treatment for Rare Blood Cancer

Ongoing research with West Virginia University’s clinical and translational science program aims to find better treatments for multiple myeloma, a rare but deadly form of blood cancer. Multiple myeloma develops in bone marrow, the spongy tissue found in the center of most bones, where red blood cells are produced. The disease itself is characterized by […]

October 29, 2018

New York Bill Aims to Get Insurance Coverage for Medical Marijuana

Medical marijuana is legal in New York State but it’s too expensive for many people who need it. Some lawmakers are working to fix that. A bill has just been introduced in the Assembly that would require state public health plans, like Medicaid and Child Health Plus, to cover the drug. Read More

October 29, 2018

Maine Graduating More Nurses, But Shortage Still Looms

Maine’s current and projected shortage of registered nurses remains real despite some success among the state’s nursing programs in recent years to boost their numbers of graduates. The state recorded 801 nursing graduates from its public and private nursing programs in 2017, up from 659 in 2015, 701 in 2013 and 563 in 2011. Read […]

October 29, 2018

Midland University Nursing Program Making New Strides

Right after high school, Deborah Brester channeled her compassion for others – and an aversion to the idea of an office job – into a decision to become a registered nurse (RN). Her decades-long career has taken her from labor and delivery and surgery to management roles in long-term care, home health and hospice. “Eventually, […]

October 29, 2018

Accused Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Appears in Court for First Time

Robert Bowers, 46, appeared in court yesterday after being taken into custody for opening fire and killing 11 innocent people in a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday. Pittsburgh authorities said that Bowers barged into the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, shouting hateful remarks towards Jewish people in a […]

October 29, 2018

Marian University & Saint Joseph’s College Partner on New Two-Year College

Marian University has announced it will collaborate with Saint Joseph’s College to open a two-year college in Indianapolis. The Boards of Trustees at both institutions signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to formalize the partnership. Under the MOU, the new college, scheduled to open in July 2019, will be called Saint Joseph’s College of Marian […]

October 29, 2018

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UAB Institute Launches $500,000 Innovation Fund to Support University Start-Ups

The Bill K. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has created a $500,000 Innovation Fund for the development of new university businesses and early-stage findings. The Innovation Fund, which will begin January 1, will support two phases of commercialization: the bridge funding phase of applications development inside […]

October 29, 2018

The Hate We Give: Voting Against Violence

Lifting your voice can be subversive. This is a lesson learned by Starr Carter, the main character in Angie Thomas’s debut novel The Hate You Give. Thomas shattered that mold by crafting a complex narrative of the repeated messages that tell young people their lives have less meaning than others simply because of where they live, who they love and how they look. The book is an affirmation of the beauty of young people and their ability to challenge the boundaries of community both real and imagined: “Your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter. Be the roses that grow in the concrete.” Let’s be roses. Together.”

October 29, 2018