Monroe College Launches Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Justice to Provide Civics Education, Social Justice Programming, Mentorship and Community Outreach
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Bronx community leader Michael Blake will help lead the Institute as the College’s newly appointed Visiting Social Justice and Civics Fellow. The Institute s first program, a semester-long dual enrollment course on civics and social justice, starts today for more than 200 Bronx high school students from approximately 30 local high schools.
“.It is an honor to continue my commitment to empowering our young people by serving as the Inaugural Visiting Social Justice and Civics Fellow. At this critical moment in history, Monroe will train these students to be the next generation of civic and social justice leaders.” Michael Blake
Ulster University confirms transfer of Health Science courses to Magee
The relocation will bring over 800 undergraduate students to the Magee campus in courses such as physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and radiotherapy
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Ulster University has confirmed that the School of Health Sciences undergraduate programmes will relocate to its Magee campus in Derry from September 2022.
The relocation will bring over 800 undergraduate students to the Magee campus.
Postgraduate Health Sciences teaching will move to the University’s Belfast campus at the same time.
Announcing the relocation decision, Professor Carol Curran, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences at Ulster University explained: “Now, more than ever, in the context of a health service that continues to face sustained challenge in tackling COVID-19, we are acutely aware of the vital contribution of our allied health professionals.
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The following area students were named to the dean’s list for the 2020 fall semester at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth: Blue Earth Katelynn Reddick, Zachary Murphy; Bricelyn Jessica Holland; Truman Lindsey Miles.
The following area students were named to the dean’s list for the 2020 fall semester at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D.: Mountain Lake Braden Rempel, Karen Soutthivong; Truman Sadia Zafar.
The following area students graduated and received degrees and honors following the 2020 summer and fall semesters for South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D.: Armstrong Bryce Harris, Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Services; Ringsted Erica Anderson, Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Education and Human Services; Blue Earth Tyler Hannaman, Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Services; Jackson Shelby Benson, Bach
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New Orleans, LA - An analysis by Nicholas Gilpin, PhD, Professor of Physiology and Associate Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and Michael Taffe, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, summarizes long-standing racial inequities in federal funding for biosciences research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Their report describes prior failures to correct these racial inequities and offers strategies that may be effective in eliminating these disparities. Their paper, published online in the open-access science journal,
eLife, is available for download here.