Hispanic Community January 2018

$1.9M in Mellon Foundation Grants Aid Higher Education Institution Latino Humanities Studies

The University of Illinois at Chicago has been awarded two grants totaling nearly $1.9 million to expand undergraduate research in the humanities and to aid doctoral candidates in Latino humanities studies. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grants include $1 million as part of the Engage Humanities Initiative over 4 ½ years.

Global January 2018

With Senate Talks Falling Short, Shutdown Enters Workweek [Beyond Education]

The Senate inched closer but ultimately fell short of an agreement that would have reopened federal agencies before the beginning of the workweek. Under the proposal taking shape, Democrats would agree to a three-week spending measure — until Feb. 8 — in return for a commitment from the Republican leadership in the Senate to address immigration policy and other pressing legislative matters in the coming weeks.

Global January 2018

Education Officials: Thousands of Skilled Jobs Are Going Unfilled [Job News]

Education officials say 7,000 science, technology, engineering and math jobs are going unfilled each year in Idaho due to a lack of skilled workers. In a presentation to the state Legislature's joint budget committee, STEM Action Center Director Angela Hemingway says about $24 million in state tax revenue would have been generated if the jobs were filled.

Health Care January 2018

Arizona Higher Education Institution, State Split $2.2M Grant for Opioid Overdose Training

The University of Arizona and the state health department have been awarded a $2.2 million grant to train rural firefighters and police officers in how to recognize and treat opioid overdoses. The federal grant announced Wednesday will help pay for the university's Center for Rural Health and the state Bureau of Emergency Services to provide the training.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Higher Education Student in US Illegally Free after Weeks in Custody

A University of California, Berkeley student has been released after nearly three weeks in an immigration facility near the U.S.-Mexico border. His attorney says Luis Mora was released unconditionally from the Otay Mesa Detention Facility on Wednesday. Officials say Mora overstayed his visa while visiting the U.S. from Colombia as a child and is not authorized to be in the country.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Pope Wraps up Chile Stop with Visit to Migrants, on to Peru [Beyond Education]

Pope Francis wraps up his Chile visit Thursday by meeting with members of the South American nation's booming immigrant community, who are flocking to the region's strongest and most stable economy but are increasingly the focus of political and social discontent. Francis is going to the northern city of Iquique before heading to Peru for the final leg of his two-nation trip.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Trump Insists His Views on a Border Wall Have Not 'Evolved' [Beyond Education]

President Donald Trump insisted Thursday his views on a border wall with Mexico have not evolved, pushing back against his own chief of staff's comments to lawmakers. Some Democrats who met with White House chief of staff John Kelly on Wednesday say Kelly told them parts of the border don't need a wall — and that Trump didn't know that when making campaign promises.

Financing January 2018

Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Reminds Applicants of 2018 Higher Education Scholarship Deadline

The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania reminds prospective applicants that Feb. 1 is the deadline for the $5,000 Bob Fryer Memorial Scholarship as well as the $2,500 Press Club Scholarship awarded to aspiring journalists. The scholarship will be awarded in May 2018 in Pittsburgh at the annual Golden Quills Awards Dinner sponsored by The Press Club.

Financing January 2018

Boston Higher Education Institution Receives $10M Gift from Alumnus

A graduate of Suffolk University has pledged a record $10 million to the school for a scholarship fund for students in need from Massachusetts. The gift is the largest single alumni donation in the university's history. Suffolk will name a new classroom building after the donor, Leonard Samia.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Pope Recalls Dictatorship, Indigenous Cause in Symbolic Mass in Chile [Beyond Education]

Pope Francis traveled to the heart of Chile's centuries-old conflict with indigenous peoples Wednesday, celebrating Mass at a former military base that not only lies on contested Mapuche land but also was a former detention center used during Chile's brutal dictatorship, which took place from 1973 to 1990.

Global January 2018

Rival Koreas Agree to Form First Unified Olympic Team [Beyond Education]

The rival Koreas agreed Wednesday to form their first unified Olympic team and have their athletes parade together for the first time in 11 years during the opening ceremony of next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea. The agreements still require approval from the International Olympic Committee.

Global January 2018

3 Halls Open Around Notre Dame Stadium, Completing Higher Education Institution’s $400M Project

With the opening Monday of three academic halls attached to Notre Dame Stadium, the University of Notre Dame's massive $400 million Campus Crossroads project is complete, integrating the iconic football venue with everyday student life. The nine-floor Duncan Student Center, on the west side of the stadium, features new recreation, academic and extracurricular spaces for Notre Dame students, faculty and staff.