Legal August 2016

University's 1st Year Law Students Take on 17 Local Projects

Nearly 200 first-year law students at the University of South Carolina are heading to 17 locations around Columbia to take part in efforts to serve the local community. Friday's event marks the eighth year incoming students take part in such an effort, which Dean Rob Wilcox calls a hallmark of the School of Law's education.

Global August 2016

Seton Hall's Sister Rose Thering Fund Names New Program Manager

The Sister Rose Thering Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University has selected Clare Giangreco, M.A. ’00 as its new program manager. Giangreco brings more than 35 years of professional experience in both ministerial and corporate leadership roles, as well as personal interest in the Fund’s mission.

Global August 2016

Civil Engineering Professor Erik Coats Receives Prestigious Wastewater Award

University of Idaho civil engineering professor Erik Coats has been selected to receive the 2016 Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal by the Water Environment Federation, a technical and educational organization representing water quality professionals and associations from around the world. Coats will accept the award at the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) Creating the Future of Water technical exhibition and conference in New Orleans Sept. 27, 2016.

Global August 2016

North Texas Boy, 12, to Attend Cornell University this Fall

A Dallas-area boy who's not yet a teenager plans to attend Cornell University this fall and study engineering physics and math. A Cornell tweet Monday welcomed Jeremy Shuler of Grand Prairie, saying: "He's 12, he's from Texas, and he's very, very smart." Jeremy was home schooled. His high school diploma is from the Texas Tech University Independent School District, a flexible online program.

Global August 2016

UT Austin Selected for National Experiment with Funding for Nontraditional Students

The University of Texas at Austin is one of eight universities selected to participate with private sector partners in a new, experimental U.S. Department of Education program that will allow nontraditional students to have access to $17 million in financial aid. The Educational Quality through Innovative Partnerships (EQUIP) program will allow students to access federal student aid to enroll in courses.

Global August 2016

IGS Poll Finds Support for Extending Taxes on Wealthy, Increasing Cigarette Tax

Most California voters support Proposition 55, a November ballot measure that would extend higher temporary income taxes on people earning more than $250,000 a year, according to a new poll released today by the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. August 16, 2016.

Financing August 2016

U of Illinois Developing Models to Test Grid Protection

The University of Illinois says it has received an $18.7 million federal grant to develop a way to test the United States' response to and recovery from any attack on the country's electric grid. The university said Tuesday that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded the grant.

Health Care August 2016

Columbia University School of Nursing Awarded $7.9 Million Grant to Develop Mobile HIV Intervention for High Risk Young Men

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) comprise more than half the population living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. despite accounting for just 2 percent of the population. A research team led by Rebecca Schnall, PhD, assistant professor at Columbia University School of Nursing, was awarded a $7.9 million grant from The National Institutes of Health to address this disparity.

Hispanic Community August 2016 Premium

Chronic Shortage of Spanish-speaking Doctors in US Results in Growing Demand for Multi-Lingual Health Professionals, Courtesy of Instituto Cervantes

According to Spain’s nonprofit organization Instituto Cervantes, the U.S. now has the world’s second-largest population of Spanish speakers behind only Mexico. With a growing number of Spanish-speaking patients, hospitals and health clinics are facing an immediate and chronic shortage of bilingual physicians -- a serious problem in a field where lives can depend on an accurate exchange of information between doctor and patient, and where the use of interpreters raises privacy concerns.

Global August 2016

WVSU Chemistry Professor Leads Effort to Replace Science Equipment Lost in June Floods

Since flood waters destroyed communities throughout West Virginia in late June, West Virginia State University (WVSU) Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Micheal Fultz has been coordinating an effort to ensure science education remains a part of those schools that were impacted including Herbert Hoover High School, Elkview Middle School and Richwood Middle School.

Global August 2016

SLCC Trustees Chair Gail Miller Receives National Leadership Award

Salt Lake Community College Board of Trustees Chair Gail Miller has been chosen to receive the Association of Community College Trustees Pacific Region Trustee Leadership award. Miller will be given the award at the 47th annual ACCT Leadership Congress in New Orleans in October.

Hispanic Community August 2016

DCCCD student receives President’s Award for volunteer service

As Fabiola Chavez prepares to leave Eastfield College this summer, she will take with her the President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama.Chavez, who is transferring to the University of Dallas this fall, has volunteered her time at Methodist Hospital since August 2015 in the clinical research department where she assists a clinical research scientist.