Financing September 2018

Ohio College Offers Half-Price Tuition To Encourage Service

Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, is offering undergraduates whose parents, spouses or legal guardians work in “mission-centered” nonprofit and public-service jobs a 50 percent break in tuition. These jobs can include law enforcement professionals, teachers, church and faith-based employees, military personnel, and arts organizations workers.

Financing September 2018

3 U of Florida Area Studies Centers Receive $5.9M

Three University of Florida area studies centers have received $5.9 million in major grants. The U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program has named UF’s African, European and Latin American studies centers Title VI Comprehensive National Resource Centers (NRC) and has awarded them Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship grants.

Financing September 2018

IU Southeast Gets $300K Grant To Combat Sexual Violence

Indiana University Southeast (IU Southeast) is one of a dozen college campuses nationally to receive federal grant money to help combat sexual violence. IU Southeast received $300,000, which will be used specifically for the New Albany campus. The money was awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women.

Global September 2018

Top 3 Latest San Diego State U Jobs On The Hispanic Outlook Job Board

This week, Hispanic Outlook’s job board is featuring three tenure-track positions at the assistant level at San Diego State University. The jobs are all faculty positions in the following areas: biomedical sensors and nanotechnology, automation and control in manufacturing, and advanced manufacturing.

Hispanic Community September 2018

Johns Hopkins Provides Financial Aid To DACA Grad Student

Johns Hopkins University is giving financial aid to graduate student Daniela Gaona. Gaona is a part of the DACA program, however, a spokesperson for the university said the student being a part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is not a factor in such decisions.

Global September 2018

Trump's Candidate to Be Grilled; 10 Things To Know For Today

Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, begins his hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Trump again criticized his justice department via Twitter. The late Aretha Franklin’s family criticized the eulogy delivered by an Atlanta pastor at her funeral as distasteful and offensive.

Global August 2018

SUNY And CUNY Public Colleges To Have Food Pantries Or Free Food Access

All New York State public colleges at The State University of New York (SUNY) and The City University of New York (CUNY) will have a food pantry or stigma-free food access as part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Comprehensive “No Student Goes Hungry Program.”

Global August 2018

SUNY And CUNY Public Colleges To Have Food Pantries Or Free Food Access

All New York State public colleges at The State University of New York (SUNY) and The City University of New York (CUNY) will have a food pantry or stigma-free food access as part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Comprehensive “No Student Goes Hungry Program.”

Hispanic Community August 2018

Mexican Experts: Nearly 1,000-Year-Old Maya Text Authentic

An ancient Maya pictographic text has been authenticated as the oldest know pre-Hispanic document. The calendar-style text, which will now be known as the Mexico Maya Codex, contains observations and predictions related to the astral movement of the planet Venus.

Global August 2018

This Week’s Top 4 Featured Jobs On Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board

This week's featured jobs on Hispanic Outlook's job board are: Dean, School of Business and Economics at Indiana University East; Dean, Soules College of Business at the University of Texas at Tyler; Dean, College of Population Heath at the University of New Mexico; and Professor, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University.

Global August 2018

University Of North Texas Professor Makes Meth For Research

Chemistry professor Guido Verbeck and one of his graduate students have spent the last nine years making PCP, fentanyl and meth. This drug-making, however, is all legal, and the drugs are being used to test a new type of breath analyzer.

Global August 2018

This Week’s Top 5 Trending Headlines In Education And Beyond

Top 100 issue going live on our website, NAFTA being renamed to reflect the new trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico