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Administration January 2025 Premium

Project upGRADS Addresses Academic Barriers for Latinx Graduate Students

Photos courtesy of CSU Fullerton Cal State Fullerton’s federally funded Project upGRADS enhances Latinx and underrepresented students’ access to graduate education through advising, mentorship, scholarships, and cultural awareness initiatives, significantly improving enrollment, retention, and graduation rates while fostering community and institutional transformation.

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Katherine Powers & Volker Janssen

Financing January 2025 Premium

Retirement Distress and Financial Wellness

Hispanics face retirement challenges due to low financial literacy, limited savings, and distrust of financial institutions. Improved education, proactive planning, and investment in diverse assets like real estate and mutual funds can help bridge wealth gaps and ensure financial security.

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Gustavo A. Mellander

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Global January 2018

Massive Winter Storm Bringing Snow, Cold to Huge Swath of US [Beyond Education]

A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold. Places where the National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings include the Delmarva Peninsula, which includes parts of Delaware, Virginia and Maryland; coastal New Jersey; eastern Long Island, New York; and coastal eastern New England.

Technology January 2018

Higher Education Institution Department Chair Gets $3.7M Military Grant to Develop Computer Tech

A Tulane University professor is getting a $3.7 million, three-year military grant to help develop computing technology. The university announced Tuesday that professor Michael Mislove, chair of Tulane's computer science department, received the grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The research grant is aimed at creating new technology related to quantum computing, specifically targeting the development of programming languages for quantum computers.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Homeland Chief: Wait and See on Citizenship for Immigrants [Beyond Education]

The Trump administration would consider immigration legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of young people, the U.S. Homeland Security secretary said Tuesday, while emphasizing no decision on that issue has been made and a border wall remains the priority. Congress is considering three options, including citizenship or permanent legal status for people who were temporarily shielded from deportation, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in an interview.

Financing January 2018

Higher Education Institution in Florida Gets $8.7M Grant to Improve Food Supply in Africa

The University of Florida has received an $8.7 million grant aimed at research that will reduce hunger in Africa. The school said the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund hunger research over five years at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The researchers will focus on developing more healthy feed for livestock used by poor farmers in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, and creating more environmentally friendly farming methods.

Global January 2018

Colorado Authorities Were Warned about Gunman's Mental State [Beyond Education]

Colorado authorities were contacted with concerns about the mental health of Matthew Riehl over a month before he shot and killed a deputy and wounded four others. But the 37-year-old man was never held for a mental health evaluation. Authorities say Riehl fired more than 100 rounds in his suburban Denver apartment before he was killed by a SWAT team on Sunday.

Health Care January 2018

Partnership Provides Overdose-reversing Drug to 9 UW Higher Education Institutions

The overdose-reversing drug Narcan will be available for use by security officers at nine University of Wisconsin campuses. State Attorney General Brad Schimel was to announce a partnership with the pharmaceutical company Adapt Pharma Wednesday to supply a nasal spray version of Narcan. The campuses involved include Madison, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout and Superior.

Global December 2017

Trump Signs, Lauds Tax Overhaul, off to Florida for Holidays (Beyond Education)

President Donald Trump signed the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law Friday, using his last moments in the White House before flying to Florida for the holidays to celebrate a much-needed political win. He also signed a temporary spending bill to keep the government running and provide money to upgrade the nation's missile defenses. The tax cut, which fulfilled a long-held Republican goal, was at the forefront of Trump's mind.

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