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Academics
Army and MIT Team Up for Innovative Technology
ADELPHI, MD. — New 3-D printed robotic structures can squeeze in tight spaces like a crack in the wall of a cave, jump over trip wire or crawl under a vehicle — all complex Army-relevant functions impossible for humans to perform safely. Investigators at the Army’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, located at MIT, have developed […]
August 2, 2018
Veterans
Study: Companies Don’t Know Veterans
More than half of veterans struggle to find work in their desired fields after leaving the military because civilian employers want experienced and educated candidates ― and often don’t realize veterans qualify, a new survey finds. Only 17 percent of employers say veterans are viewed as strategic assets in the workplace, according to the survey, […]
August 2, 2018
Other News
How Online Learning Will Change Education
Digital learning is, in many ways, already making inroads into our education system. The internet, and everything surrounding it, has changed the way in which we can carry out research and writing. This trend seems set to continue, and with our technology continually advancing, it will most likely expand in the coming years. How this […]
August 2, 2018
Policy
Flight School on the GI Bill? House Would Cap Tuition
The House of Representatives voted this week to cap the amount of tuition covered by the Post-9/11 GI Bill for veterans enrolled in public flight schools, among other changes. Currently, these programs at public schools are covered at the in-state tuition rate, the same as any other degree program at the schools. But advocates of […]
August 2, 2018
Other News
Obama, Biden Meet at Bakery That Helps Military Families
Former United States president Barack Obama reunited with his vice president and dear friend Joe Biden over lunch at the Dog Tag Bakery in Georgetown, Washington D.C., where they showed support for veterans and military families and military caregivers. The bakery, a non-profit that provides work experience and education for veterans and military families through […]
August 2, 2018
News Roundup
UHD Students Support Houston Police as Translators
In the fourth-largest city in the United States, students at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) are helping Houston Police Department officers diminish language barriers they encounter on duty. The UHD students, criminal justice majors in the College of Public Service, are serving as members of Communicators on Patrol, an initiative launched by the HPD. Citizens […]
August 2, 2018
LGBTQ+
Donors Help Gay High School Valedictorian Afford College
Seth Owen, a high school valedictorian from First Coast High school in Florida, who said he was shunned by his parents because of his sexuality, can now attend college in the fall thanks to a GoFundMe campaign. The campaign was started by Jane Martin, one of his teachers. After hearing that Owen was worried he […]
August 2, 2018
Students
Single Moms with College Degrees Less Likely to Experience Poverty
A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) this week adds to the institute’s ongoing research on the “life-changing” impact of earning a postsecondary degree for single mothers. IWPR’s findings show that, in 2016 – the year with the latest available data – just 13 percent of single mothers who earned a […]
August 1, 2018
Students
NASA Gives $1.4M for STEM Course Development at MSIs
College of the Desert and Prince George’s Community College are among five minority serving institutions selected to receive grant funding from NASA to develop or enhance science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project.
August 1, 2018
Students
Institute for University Women Leaders from Diverse Global Venues Builds Network
When undertaking American federal grants in the United States and England, we encountered international women students from countries in the midst of or having recently undergone political conflicts, violent kidnappings, and civil wars. Now they are in transitional stages moving toward democratic governments.
August 1, 2018
Leadership & Policy
Academic Uses Technology to Close the Achievement Gap
After Dr. Antonio PĂ©rez steps down from his position as president of Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) later this month, he will focus his energy on further developing his app, HiddenChalk.
August 1, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Politics and Birth Control
Political protesters may shout and hold signs telling the U.S. government to “get your laws off my body,” but the current presidential administration is trying to do just the opposite. While women’s contraception has until recently been readily accessible and free of cost under most healthcare plans through the Affordable Care Act, implemented when Democrat […]
August 1, 2018
Disparities
Who’s Still Smoking and Why
Smoking rates have plummeted in recent decades thanks to mass media campaigns, cigarette taxes and public bans, yet nearly 38 million Americans still light up regularly. The divide between who puffs and who passes on traditional tobacco cigarettes today is largely drawn by often overlapping factors such as income, education and geography. Disparities in these […]
August 1, 2018
Disparities
Easing Toxic Stress in Children Prevents Long-Term Impact
Homelessness, neglect, malnutrition, or forced parent-child separation have long been known to cause toxic stress levels in childhood that harm developing brains and bodies. Two decades ago, the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and long-lasting health effects surfaced in a pivotal study. Now, clinicians and researchers are taking a deep dive into how the […]
August 1, 2018
Disparities
How Bots Could Compromise Public Health
Headlines for months have railed about social media bots aiming to manipulate election votes. But similar digital devices and the forces behind them may be seeking to influence something even more personal: your health. Researchers estimate there are tens of millions of bots – automated accounts sometimes posed as real people – on Twitter, with […]
August 1, 2018
Disparities
Drug Makers Have High Hopes for Drug in Alzheimer’s Study
CHICAGO — Hopes are rising again for a drug to alter the course of Alzheimer’s disease after decades of failures. An experimental therapy slowed mental decline by 30 percent in patients who got the highest dose in a mid-stage study, and it removed much of the sticky plaque gumming up their brains, the drug’s makers […]
August 1, 2018
Other News
New York City Launches Initiative on Maternal Deaths
In response to alarming racial disparities, New York City announced a new initiative last week to reduce maternal deaths and complications among women of color. Under the new plan, the city will improve the data collection on maternal deaths and complications, fund implicit bias training for medical staff at private and public hospitals, and launch […]
August 1, 2018
Other News
After Cardiac Arrest in Hospital, Blacks Show Poorer Outcomes
That health disparities exist between black and white patients during their hospital stays will come as no surprise to clinicians. New research on in-hospital cardiac arrest, however, shows that these differences in outcomes can persist for years, with black patients being more than 10% less likely to survive at 1, 3, and 5 years after […]
August 1, 2018
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