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BIPOC Mental Health Month Highlights an Increasingly Prominent Issue

July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month and medical organizations, advocacy groups, and the U.S. government are highlighting the unique mental health needs of BIPOC individuals and trying to find solutions.

July 13, 2022

North Carolina Institutions Awarded $2.3 Million to Study How to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes

N.C. A&T and UNC Chapel Hill were awarded a $2.3 million grant to study how to improve outcomes among women who are more likely to experience pregnancy complications due to poor heart health.

July 12, 2022

Minoritized Students, Already Stressed, Now Worry About Abortion

Experts worry that overturning Roe v. Wade may have an impact on the mental health of college students.

July 7, 2022

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Responding to Desperate Need for More Health Care Workers

In the wake of the pandemic, new efforts are underway to increase the health care workforce.

November 29, 2021

Several Universities Extend Employee Deadline for COVID-19 Vaccination After New Guidance from White House

November 15, 2021

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Loyola Undergrads Can Now Work Toward a Master's of Public Health at Tulane While Completing Their Bachelor's

November 9, 2021

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Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams Joins Purdue University

September 30, 2021

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Holistic Health Expert To Compliment Traditional Medicine Courses At University of Central Florida

September 27, 2021

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AAMC Creates Center for Health Justice

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has created a Center for Health Justice, designed to address health inequities that affect communities across the nation.

September 21, 2021

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$5M Grant Focuses on Improving Health Equity in Indianapolis

September 16, 2021

Montana State Receives $101M, Largest Gift Ever Given to a U.S. Nursing college

August 30, 2021

AAUP Pressures Campuses to Enact Safe Reopenings with Delta Variant

As schools prepare for the fall, the president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), issued a statement calling on campus administrations to put safety measures in place given the spread of COVID-19's Delta variant.

August 16, 2021

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Iona College To Establish Health Science School on Former Concordia College Campus

NewYork-Presbyterian, an academic health care network, has donated $20 million to establish a NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences, in partnership with Iona College, reports The Journal News. The new school will be on Concordia College’s former campus in Bronxville, which Iona College bought after Concordia announced that it would be closing. Iona’s plans to […]

July 23, 2021

Tulane Graduate Medical Programs Put on Probation, Partly Due to Diversity Concerns

Tulane University School of Medicine’s graduate medical education programs were put on probation last week, partly due to diversity and inclusion concerns, WDSU reported. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) notified the school Jul. 2, according to a letter Tulane medical school Dean Dr. Lee Hamm sent to faculty and students. The change […]

July 8, 2021

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Telehealth Provider Launches Basic Needs Support Connecting Service for Community College Students

Higher ed telehealth provider TimelyMD is launching a service this fall so that community college students have access to affordable support programs for basic needs. Such basic needs include medical and mental health care, food, housing, childcare, transportation and bill pay. The service will connect students to free or reduced-cost support programs for these needs. […]

July 7, 2021

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This Professor Introduces Women to STEM By Bridging Engineering and Health Care

Currently, women represent 15–18% of the STEM workforce but 85% of the health care field. As the director of Florida Poly’s Health Systems Engineering program, Dr. Grisselle Centeno hopes to encourage more women to opt for STEM careers by developing a bridge between health care and engineering.

July 7, 2021

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Students, Nonprofits Work to End Period Poverty on Campuses Nationwide

In March, a group gathered in the middle of Lincoln University’s student union area for a celebration, complete with balloons, music, photo opportunities and appearances made by the university’s king and queen. The occasion? A “period pop-up shop,” in which tampons, pads and other sanitary products were handed out as casually as party favors.

July 2, 2021

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Business Execs Create Nurse Aid Scholars Program at Carolinas College of Health Sciences

Carolinas College of Health Sciences is partnering with Charlotte business execs Todd and Janelle Collins of Red Hill Ventures to create a nurse aide education program meant to remove barriers, especially for students of color, Q City Metro reported. The Collins duo created the Todd and Janelle Collins Nurse Aide Scholars Program. “The nurse’s aide […]

July 2, 2021

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Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court: What’s at Stake?

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