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Tag: Public health
STEM
How Can We Increase Diversity in STEM? Support Students
As college students graduating in a world defined by climate crisis and public health emergencies, we strongly believe that supporting talented young people from underrepresented groups in STEM (like us) is essential for our generation to tackle the challenges ahead.
May 21, 2021
COVID-19
Loyola University New Orleans Launches Public Health Undergraduate Program, Starting Fall 2021
Loyola University New Orleans is launching a new undergraduate degree program – major and minor – in public health, starting Fall 2021. Students will be able to research patterns in diseases, design fitness and nutrition programs for vulnerable communities or help control and prevent infectious disease outbreaks, according to Loyola New Orleans officials. They will […]
March 9, 2021
Sports
Study: College Football Players Underestimate Risk of Concussion and Injury
U.S. college football players don’t accurately estimate their risk of concussion or injury, finds a recently released report.
January 5, 2021
COVID-19
Students Leave Campus for Thanksgiving—Will They Return?
Kentucky got beat by Alabama pretty bad last Saturday in football. But I’m sure my friend Ted Schatzki, a professor of Geography, and of Philosophy and Sociology, and the former senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky is more concerned if his school will get badly beaten-up by the coronavirus over the next few months. Students at UK began clearing out last weekend from university housing to begin their journey home. They’re expected to stay there after the holiday, take exams online, and then return at the end of January. But will they return to campus? Will it be safe enough?
November 24, 2020
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing: The Key to Keeping Students, Staff, Campus, and Community Safe
One of the great strengths of a college campus is the free flow of people and ideas. Students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds and locations add to the unique tapestry of each individual institution. Human interaction, whether in a classroom, a lab, or even just the cafeteria adds immeasurably to the collective community experience.
October 9, 2020
HBCUs
What Higher Ed Can Learn From Public Health, in the Midst of Covid-19?
Since mid-March, COVID-19 has brought the traditional operations of higher education institutions in the U.S to a grinding halt, forcing students, faculty and staff to move all meetings and classroom engagement to a virtual format. This decision focuses on the public health of the campus community as administrators have always led with a healthy and safe environment in mind.
May 28, 2020
COVID-19
Higher Ed Groups Write to Congress for COVID-19 Liability Protections to Colleges
The American Council on Education and dozens of other groups representing higher education institutions wrote to Congress on Thursday urging the quick enacting of temporary and targeted liability protections related to the COVID-19 pandemic for colleges and universities. In the letter, Ted Mitchell, president of the council said that as colleges contemplate reopening, the safety […]
May 28, 2020
Opinion
COVID-19 Reveals Viral Discrimination, Higher Ed Should Pay Attention
People are still saying “the virus doesn’t discriminate,” in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.  We are not equally “all in this together.” The virus is hitting vulnerable populations the hardest—our elderly, those with underlying health conditions, unhoused people, Natives, Black and Brown communities, and especially those living at any of these intersections.
May 26, 2020
COVID-19
Coronavirus Silver lining—Online Learning?
Let’s face it. Learning isn’t about entering in engaged conversation while standing in togas. It’s the changing world of teaching a younger generation already well attuned to technology. Coronavirus fears have resulted in some unintended positive consequences.
March 11, 2020
Latest News
2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Daisy Le
George Washington University (GWU) School of Nursing recently released a doctoral program in which the school’s assistant professor in health disparities and oncology, Dr. Daisy Le, will figure prominently. Although not a nurse, Le’s in-depth research in health equity and healthcare disparities as well as her extensive community-based work make her of crucial importance to dean Dr. Pamela Jeffries’ transdisciplinary research vision.
January 23, 2020
Health
Diversity at Public Health Schools Improves at a Crawl, Report Finds
A 20-year update on a 1999 study found that public health schools are diversifying – but not nearly at the rate that they should be. In particular, minority faculty remain concentrated in junior positions.
December 11, 2019
News Roundup
Dr. Michael A. Joseph Appointed Vice Dean at SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Dr. Kitaw Demissie, dean of SUNY Downstate Medical Center School of Public Health has announced that Dr. Michael A. Joseph has been appointed the school’s new vice dean of academic and student affairs. “I’m excited to work with Dr. Joseph as I begin my tenure here at SUNY Downstate,” Demissie said in the announcement. “He […]
January 14, 2019
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