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Global Efforts Aim to Replace Mental Illness Stigma with Compassion

Further research bolsters the link between mental illness and early adulthood. More than 1 in 4 young adults between the ages of 18 to 24 have a diagnosable mental health illness, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

October 11, 2015

Students

Professor: Student Debt Threatening American Dream

William Elliott said stakeholders must ask whether students who go to college and get debt can “achieve similar long-term outcomes as someone who didn’t take out debt.”

July 22, 2015

African-American

Dylann Roof is a Racist and Terrorist. Period.

The sad and sobering truth is that this is hardly the first time that a Black church has been the target of homegrown terrorism by White supremacists.

June 22, 2015

Faculty & Staff

John Nash: A Life of Great Struggle and Even Greater Success

Born to an electrical engineer, and later a precocious and dashing young man who attained an Ivy League education, John Nash seemed destined for a life of stunning success.

May 25, 2015

Opinion

Teaching with Mental Illness

I hope that my coming out of the mental health closet will be a small blow in combating the pervasive stigma against mental health in the halls of our educational institutions and our society more broadly.

May 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Social Justice and HBCUs: The Fight for Equality in Baltimore

The recent events in Baltimore highlight the economic, political and social disparities that continue to persist in communities throughout the United States.

May 3, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Norfolk State Warns of Budget Deficit, Possible Layoffs

Norfolk State University has warned its faculty of possible layoffs due to the likelihood of a budget deficit.

April 19, 2015

Sports

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January 22, 2015

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Vassar College Students Protest as National, Campus Issues Mount

On Vassar’s campus, complaints relating to sexual assault, racial profiling and mental health came to a head last week in a confluence of events resulting in protests.

December 11, 2014

African-American

Professor’s Early Experiences Combating Racism Come in Handy for Helping, Healing

Dr. Jackie C. Robinson’s path toward a career in psychology began as early as high school. Robinson was one of three African-Americans to integrate a public school in her small town of Malone, Florida.

November 30, 2014

Students

‘Enough, I’m Tired’ Becomes Rallying Cry of Mexican Protest

An off-the-cuff comment by the attorney general to cut off a news conference about the apparent killing of 43 missing college students has been taken up by protesters as a rallying cry against Mexico’s corruption and drug trade-fueled violence.

November 9, 2014

Community Colleges

LSU Employee Asked to Stay off Campus After Trip to Liberia

Louisiana State University says an employee who trained Liberian police officers to use protective clothing has been asked to stay off campus for three weeks – the period during which Ebola virus symptoms could show up.

October 16, 2014