Global August 2019

UC Achieves Record-Setting Admissions

The University of California has offered the highest numbers of freshmen and transfer students in UC’s history setting an all-time record number of incoming students.

Health Care August 2019

Purdue Pharma Hearing Protests

Protestors made up of activists and parents who lost children to overdoses rallied outside Suffolk County Superior Court as the judge heard arguments regarding Purdue Pharma.

Global August 2019

4 Articles On Weekend Mass Shootings

The following covers how the weekend mass shootings could have been even worse, Mexico’s reaction to the El Paso shooting, the Dayton shooter’s motive and who some of the victims were.

Health Care August 2019

SUNY Medical School Receives $2.7M Grant

SUNY’s Upstate Medical University College of Nursing has received a four-year, $2.7 million grant to support students who are interested in working in rural or underserved areas.

Global August 2019

Can FBI Prevent Domestic Terrorism?

Can the FBI prevent domestic terrorism? Challenges include the bureau having fewer tools and legal powers at their disposal than it would dealing with an international threat.

Hispanic Community August 2019

Tensions Escalate With Venezuela

President Donald Trump has frozen all Venezuela government assets, blocking American companies and individuals from doing business with the government and its top supporters.

Global August 2019

3 Countries Warn Against Traveling To US

Venezuela, Japan and Uruguay have all issued warnings about traveling to the United States, following the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.

Health Care August 2019

Trauma Care Honoree Named Interim Dean

Dr. John Fildes has been named interim dean of the School of Medicine at the UNLV. Dr. Fildes directed trauma care for some of the victims of the Las Vegas Strip massacre in 2017.

Global August 2019

Deny Green Cards Because Of Food Stamps?

New rules by the Trump administration could deny green cards to immigrants using public assistance programs like food stamps, housing vouchers and Medicaid.

Hispanic Community August 2019

March Against Immigration Raids

"I will not sit in silence while my parents are taken away," was on the sign of two Hispanic boys who participated in a march against the immigration raids that led to 680 arrests.

Health Care August 2019

Quinnipiac U Getting $750K

Quinnipiac University’s Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine is receiving a $750,000 award, which will help fund the school’s first family medicine residency program.

Health Care August 2019

Billionaire Donates $35M To Universities

A billionaire has donated $10 million to the Stanford Microbiome Therapies Initiative and $25 million to launch the UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine.

Financing August 2019

Purdue Lands $10M Grant

Purdue’s new Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety is getting a jumpstart thanks to a $10 million federal grant from the United States Agency for International Development.

Global August 2019

Statue Of Liberty’s Poem’s Meaning

A biographer of Emma Lazarus, who wrote the Statue of Liberty’s poem, challenged the comment by the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regarding the poem.

Hispanic Community August 2019

"Letter Of Solidarity" To US Latinos

More than 150 artists, writers and leaders have written a “letter of solidarity” to U.S. Latinos who may feel "terrified, heartbroken and defeated by the barrage of attacks."