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Students

LORI GONZALEZ

LORI GONZALEZ has been appointed vice chancellor for academic, faculty, and student affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She was special adviser to the chief academic officer in the University of North Carolina General Administration. Gonzalez earned a bachelor’s from the University of Kentucky, a master’s from Eastern Kentucky University and a doctorate from the University of Florida.

May 26, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Southern University System Names Presidential Contenders

Southern University’s presidential search committee announced Friday that the pool of candidates for the job of system president and chancellor of the system’s Baton Rouge campus is down to six.

May 17, 2015

Faculty & Staff

JULIO FRENK

JULIO FRENK has been named president of the University of Miami. He is dean of faculty at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University. Frenk earned an M.D. from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. He earned two master’s and a joint doctorate from the University of Michigan. Frenk will take office in September.

May 5, 2015

Students

Student Group Pushes for Rape Crisis Center at Purdue

A coalition of student groups at Purdue University is pushing school officials to establish a rape crisis center on campus so that victims can get help sooner without being re-traumatized.

May 3, 2015

Students

Educator Introduces Online Program to Report Sexual Assault

In the wake of heightened sexual assaults on college campuses across the United States, a seasoned educator has developed a new online intervention program to respond to these attacks.

April 26, 2015

Health

Harvard’s Julio Frenk Named University of Miami President

Julio Frenk, a former health minister in Mexico and a dean who helped quadruple fundraising at Harvard during his recent tenure there, was tapped Monday as the next president of the University of Miami.

April 13, 2015

Students

Colleges Getting Out of Health Insurance Business

The federal health care overhaul is leading some colleges and universities to get out of the health insurance business.

March 29, 2015

Health

HOLLY ERNEST

HOLLY ERNEST was named as the holder of the Wyoming Excellence Chair in Disease Ecology at the University of Wyoming. She was a professor of wildlife genetics and population health at the University of California, Davis. Ernest earned a bachelor’s from Cornell University, and a master’s and a doctorate from The Ohio State University. She also earned a doctorate from the University of California, Davis.

March 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CU to Cover Transition Surgeries for Transgender Employees

The University of Colorado expects to soon begin covering the cost of transition surgery for transgender faculty and staff, the Daily Camera reported Friday.

February 8, 2015

Students

Younger Americans Embrace Healthier Eating Options

A recent report conducted by the Nielsen Global Health and Wellness Survey offered surprising and detailed information about the culinary habits of young people.

February 4, 2015

African-American

Morehouse, Kennedy Forum Establish Mental Health Policy Center

The Morehouse School of Medicine and The Kennedy Forum mental health advocacy group have teamed up to launch the Kennedy Center for Mental Health Policy and Research at the Atlanta-based medical school.

February 4, 2015

Health

Castaneda Uses Persistence and Hard Work to Heal the Masses

Dr. Rachel Castaneda, a Diverse 2015 Emerging Scholar, uses her expertise in mental illness and drug addiction to make a difference in her community.

January 26, 2015