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The Power and Problems of Language When Used by Leaders with Power and Privilege

I am beyond outraged when Purdue President Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. (or anyone for that matter) had the audacity— which I call ‘caudacity’— to refer to Black scholars as “creatures”.

December 16, 2019

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How Should Asian Americans Respond to Asian Racism?

Asian racism is an especially touchy subject for Asian Americans. For every effort to denounce the attitudes overseas comes the inevitable backlash of “Who are you to judge us?”

December 16, 2019

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Rice University Announces First African American Provost

Rice University recently promoted its dean of engineering, Dr. Reginald DesRoches, to the position of provost. DesRoches will be the university’s first African-American provost, a historic moment for the Texas campus, which didn’t enroll Black undergraduates until 1965, the Houston Chronicle reported. As dean, DesRoches opened the Center for Transforming Data to Knowledge, which gives […]

December 16, 2019

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Former Death Row Inmate Graduates College

After being exonerated of murder, Ryan Matthews worked to earn his college degree. In 1997, Matthews and a friend were accused of killing a grocery store owner in an attempted robbery. The suspected getaway car shared a similar color as his friends but had a different body style. However, police pulled them over and brought […]

December 16, 2019

Foundation Pulls $1.5 Million Following UNC’s ‘Silent Sam’ Settlement

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation withdrew its anticipated $1.5 million grant to the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, in direct response to the school’s decision to allocate $2.5 million to the N.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans for the upkeep of a Confederate memorial. The grant, according to the foundation’s director of communications, […]

December 16, 2019

Knee-Jerk Vaping Bans Will Fail Public Health, Experts Argue

Bans and other policies restricting e-cigarette sales could do more public harm than good, according to a group of public-health, tobacco-policy and ethics experts. In a piece published online today (Dec. 12, 2019) in the journal Science, the authors, including three public health deans, caution that blanket policies developed in a rush to address two […]

December 16, 2019

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‘Magic Mushroom’ Ingredient Could be Used to Treat Depression, Study Says

“Magic mushrooms” may have moved one step closer to becoming a treatment for depression. The active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms is called psilocybin — and a new British study suggests it could safely be used to treat depression when other drugs have failed, offering hope to millions of patients worldwide. Read More

December 16, 2019

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Amber Eagen Named VSU College of Nursing and Health Sciences Top Graduate

VALDOSTA — Amber Faith Eagen of Tallahassee, Florida, is the recipient of the Fall 2019 President’s Award for Academic Excellence for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Valdosta State University. The President’s Award for Academic Excellence is presented to the graduating student with the highest grade point average in each of VSU’s six […]

December 16, 2019

Tower Health, Drexel Complete $50M Deal for St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

West Reading-based Tower Health and Drexel University in Philadelphia have finalized their $50 million acquisition of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. The proposed deal for the 188-bed North Philadelphia pediatric medical center was approved in September by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The closing of the sale, which became effective Sunday, returns the 144-year-old […]

December 16, 2019

Drinking Problems Rampage Among College Students Causing Severe Health Risks

College students often assume that they can escape most of the negative physical and mental effects of consuming alcohol because they are young and healthy and some don’t drink all that frequently. But even minimal consumption of alcoholic beverages can still have significant negative impacts on health regardless of age. That’s according to Dr. Mashkoor […]

December 16, 2019

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Manhattan College to Offer Public Health Major in Fall 2020

Manhattan College will introduce a new public health major beginning in the fall of 2020. “Public health affects all of us,” said Tekeyah Sears, Ed.D., MPH, program director of allied health. “From individual health to societal health, public health focuses on the promotion and prevention of health in all areas.” Read More

December 16, 2019

FSU to Name College of Health Sciences and Technology After Alumni Who Donates $500K

The Fayetteville State University College of Health Sciences and Technology will be named after retired physician Clarence Lloyd who recently donated $500,000 to the university. Lloyd, who retired in March of this year as a radiologist at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Winston-Salem, was a member of the Fayetteville State University class of 1965. […]

December 16, 2019

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University of Phoenix Agrees to Cancel $141M in Student Loan Debt to Settle ‘Deceptive’ Advertising Case

(AP) – The University of Phoenix and its parent company have agreed to pay $50 million in cash and cancel $141 million in student debt to settle allegations of deceptive advertisement brought by the Federal Trade Commission. The deal, announced Tuesday, settles a dispute over an ad campaign the for-profit college unrolled in 2012 touting […]

December 15, 2019

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The Navy’s New Proposed Community College Initiative

One of the initiatives that came out of the Navy’s Education for Seapower report was increasing the emphasis across the board in the educating of sailors and Marines at all levels. In the report, it found that the best way for the Navy to prepare for a certain uncertain future is to develop the force […]

December 15, 2019

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The Pentagon Orders Operational Training Pause for All Saudi Students in the US After NAS Pensacola Shooting

The Department of Defense has ordered a pause on operational training for all Saudi military personnel training in the US as the department conducts a review in the wake of the deadly shooting last Friday at Naval Air Station Pensacola, according to a DoD memo. Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist, at the order […]

December 15, 2019

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Report Faults Coast Guard Academy for Response to Harassment, Bullying Complaints

Washington — The Coast Guard did not properly investigate complaints of harassment and bullying, and failed to hold officials accountable for carrying out deficient and incomplete investigations, two U.S. House committees have found. The 18-month investigation by the House Oversight and Reform and Homeland Security committees, in consultation with the office of U.S. Rep. Joe […]

December 15, 2019

Harvard University Students Host Sit-In, Demand Ethnic Studies Department

Around 50 Harvard University students hosted a sit-in last week demanding the establishment of an ethnic studies department on campus. The students occupied Harvard’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid shortly after the school’s early action admissions decisions were released. The students argued that the university needed to increase its commitment to diversity beyond race-conscious […]

December 15, 2019

Judith Brown Clarke Named Chief Diversity Officer at Stony Brook University

Dr. Judith Brown Clarke has been appointed chief diversity officer at Stony Brook University, where she will serve on the university’s council and work to promote a culture of equity and inclusion. Clarke is currently serving as diversity director of the Bio-Computational Evolution in Action Consortium Science and Technology Center at Michigan State University. In […]

December 15, 2019

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