Two Indian American professors have been named by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine among the 2020-2021 Jefferson Science Fellows.
Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Commonwealth Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, directs the quantum device laboratory in the department of electrical and computer engineering, while Surajit Sen is a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo since 2006.
The 2020-2021 class of Jefferson Science Fellows is the 16th class of Fellows selected since the program was established in 2003 as an initiative of the Office of the Science and Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State.
Bandyopadhyay previously was a visiting assistant professor at Purdue, assistant and associate professor at the University of Notre Dame, and professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Insight: Rural health care in crisis
Here are five reforms the Biden administration can enact to turn around troubling trends.
By Lauren Hughes and Sameer VohraThe Conversation
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Rural hospitals have struggled with financial troubles for years. Over the past decade, more than 130 have closed, forcing residents to drive farther or delay needed care. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has many of them wondering whether rural health care systems will survive.
Twenty percent of the U.S. population lives in rural America, a region that fuels the country with food and energy. These Americans believe their health care needs have been overlooked or misunderstood by Washington for years.
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(OLNEY/NEWTON) The Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees had their regular monthly meeting for January earlier this week. The Board : approved COVID-19 related modifications to policies and guidelines for the District to ensure student and employee safety : updated requirements to the Americans with Disabilities Act to better accommodate students and staff : adopted a resolution to provide full abatement of all taxes due to be levied for the taxable General Obligation Community College Bonds, series 2020C, which were retired last fall and no longer needed : approved an affiliation agreement with Southern Illinois University at Carbondale to offer its Motorcycle Rider Training courses at all four IECC colleges in Olney, Fairfield, Mt. Carmel, and near Robinson : approved the purchase of a 15 passenger van for Frontier Community College from Eagleson Automotive in Olney : approved the bid fr
80-year-old Robert “Bob” Eugene Elliott of Flora, was born to Cecil and Carrie Elliott, at home in Equality on January 29, 1940 and died at his home on January 12. Bob, remembered by friends and family as a truly good, caring, thoughtful and encouraging person, spent his younger years in Equality.
He was predeceased by his parents, a sister, Betty Christian, and two nephews, Mark Hartman and Don Elliott, He is survived by a sister, M. Lovene Hartman of Florissant, Missouri; two nieces, Dawn Hartman of Palos Verdes, CA and Sandra Simmons of Carthage, Missouri, and a nephew, David Elliott of Carlinville, IL and some great grand nephews. In addition to his family, he is survived by special friends, Jason Collins of Carpentersville, IL , Dalton and Mason Hungate, of Flora.