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Top Medical Schools for Hispanics

The field of medicine is known to be one of the most challenging, as well as one of the most necessary in today’s society. All students embarking on this journey face a variety of hurdles; these are greater for those who come from lower-income backgrounds and are the first in their families to attend college, often correlated with belonging to under-represented, rural or recent immigrant communities. These students, who already struggle with access to higher education, find the entrance requirements, higher fees and longer duration of medical studies particularly daunting. 

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Skull Surgery in the Andes: The Inca Medical Marvel

The Inca civilization, celebrated for its stunning architecture and sophisticated societal systems, also achieved remarkable feats in medicine, particularly in neurosurgery. Among their most fascinating contributions was trepanation, the surgical practice of removing a piece of the skull to treat head trauma, neurological conditions, or even spiritual afflictions. While trepanation was practiced across several ancient cultures, it reached unprecedented levels of success and sophistication in the Andes. OpenAI. (2025). Tumi ceremonial knife [AI-generated image]. ChatGPT. https://chat.openai.com/

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Technology October 2016

Women in Engineering Day Challenges Future Vandals to Change the World

The University of Idaho College of Engineering begins its annual Women in Engineering Day at 8:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, in the Horizon/Aurora Rooms of the Idaho Commons Women in Engineering Day is a one-day workshop for high school women in grades 11-12 designed to introduce students to academic and career options in engineering and computer science.

Global October 2016

CU Boulder top in state, No. 2 in geosciences in global rankings

For the third year in a row, the University of Colorado Boulder has been ranked No. 2 in geosciences among the world’s universities, according to U.S. News & World Report, which today released its third annual global standings for 2017. In the global standings, CU Boulder takes the No. 32 position overall, tying with Boston University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, placing it top among all Colorado institutions. The No. 32 ranking is up from No. 48 for 2016 and No. 58 for 2015. Among U.S. public institutions that made it onto the global list, CU Boulder ranks No. 11.

Hispanic Community October 2016

U. of Michigan Reports More Minorities Among Undergraduates

The University of Michigan says its undergraduates include more underrepresented minorities and more students from low-income families. Underrepresented minorities include blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and some other groups and make up 13.8 percent of the freshman class, up from 12.8 percent in fall 2015.

Financing October 2016

Williston State Expanding Free Tuition Program to Montana

A small two-year college in northwestern North Dakota that offers free tuition to high-school graduates in the area is expanding the program to Montana. Williston State College began the program two years ago to increase the number of professionals such as nurses and accountants in the booming oil patch. This year it was expanded to the North Dakota counties of Burke, Divide, McKenzie and Mountrail. Beginning next fall, the program will also be offered in Montana's Daniels, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan, and Valley counties, opening the program to an additional 600 high school seniors, according to John Miller, the college's acting president.

Global October 2016

PennAHEAD Launches College Promise Database

At a time when questions about college affordability are at the center of American policy debates, the number of College Promise programs is expanding dramatically. These programs which ‘promise’ a financial or other type of award to eligible students who attend specified schools and/or reside in particular communities to enter and complete higher education, have nearly tripled in the last year, to 150 in 37 states.

Global October 2016

U of Illinois-Springfield Starts Food Pantry for Students

A graduate student at the University of Illinois' Springfield campus has started a food pantry for students. Malayzja Anderson is helping to stock donated, nonperishable food items for the new UIS Cares initiative. She tells The (Springfield) State Journal-Register (http://bit.ly/2eys0ZF ) that student meal plans start to deplete around this time of the semester so students may not eat as much. She says UIS Cares lets them "come in and just grab something to supplement them."

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