Campus protesters make longshot divestment demands
Protest encampments are front and center in college quads across the US as students continue to demonstrate against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Among the loudspeaker slogans reverberating through campuses is a call for universities to divest from Israel. What do the protesters want? Many…#israel #gaza #yale #israeldefenseforces #columbia #alphabet #amazon #israeli #propalestinian #southafrica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NIH funding in Oregon rose to near $428 million last year
Oregon's research universities and many of its health startups and social service nonprofits depend on federal funding from the NIH. Last year they got a substantial boost in that support. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Brandon Sawyer Source Type: news
Big alcohol: universities and schools urged to throw out industry-funded public health advice - Davies M, Boytchev H.
The long term harms of alcohol are being minimised in industry funded education, find Madlen Davies and Hristio Boytchev
Universities and schools are being urged to join a growing movement in Ireland and the UK that seeks to drive out the alcohol indust... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Antiwar protesters ’ calls for divestment at universities put spotlight on how endowments are managed
One of the demands of antiwar protestors on college campuses is for their schools to divest their endowments from companies that are profiting from Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.#israel #hamas #gaza (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antiwar protesters' calls for divestment at universities put spotlight on how endowments are managed
“Divest from death” read the bubble letters written in chalk on the sidewalk on Tuesday outside of The New School in New York City. The slogan articulates one of the demands of the antiwar protests on campuses which call on colleges or universities to divest their endowments from companies…#newschool #newyorkcity #israel #southafrica #nacubo #commonfund #columbiauniversity #toddely #georgesdyer #dyer (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Arrests at Universities Pile Up as Pro-Palestinian Protests Spread
The protests that began at Columbia University have spread to other states from Texas to California, where students have set up encampments on campuses.#columbiauniversity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alcohol advice at schools and universities 'normalise drinking and downplay the risks', health experts warn
Schools and universities should be banned from using materials funded by the alcohol industry which 'normalise drinking and downplay health risks'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tom Cotton Brings Hysteria About Campus Anti-Semitism to Its Absurd Conclusion: ‘Nascent Pogroms’
The hysteria regarding anti-Semitism and college campuses reached its naturally absurd conclusion on Tuesday when a sitting U.S. senator compared contemporary U.S. universities to the Nazi regime. “Joe Biden has a duty to protect these Jewish students from what is a nascent pogrom on these…#nazi #jewish #tomcotton #fomo #propalestinian #israel #gaza #september11th #palestinians #columbiauniversity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Laser technology offers breakthrough in detecting illegal ivory
A new way of quickly distinguishing between illegal elephant ivory and legal mammoth tusk ivory could prove critical to fighting the illegal ivory trade. A laser-based approach developed by scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Lancaster, could be used by customs worldwide to aid in the enforcement of illegal ivory from being traded under the guise of legal ivory. Results from the study are published in PLOS ONE today [24 April]. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - April 24, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Anatomy; Press Release Source Type: news
Biden faced with challenge to maneuver Israel-Hamas war protests unfolding on college campuses amid reelection bid
Some people have reported antisemitic chants and messages at and around the Columbia campus, and similar concerns have been reported at other universities. Some Jewish students say they’ve felt unsafe on campus. The White House, in a message Sunday to mark the Passover holiday, denounced what it…#columbia #jewish #propalestinian #israel #gaza #hamas #morehousecollege #capitol #stateofunion #delaware (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
' Merit' Makes A Comeback: More Universities Reinstate Testing Requirement For Admissions
'Merit' Makes A Comeback: More Universities Reinstate Testing Requirement For Admissions Authored by Wenyuan Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Harvard, following in the footsteps of its Ivy League peers (Dartmouth and Yale) has reinstated standardized testing in its undergraduate admissions.…#wenyuanwu #epochtimes #harvard #dartmouth #yale #jews #harvardyard #harvarduniversity #cambridge #mass (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.K. visa changes imperil recruitment of scientific talent, policy experts warn
New U.K. immigration rules will deter international scientific talent and harm universities, science policy experts say. This month, a rise in the minimum salary that international skilled workers must meet to obtain a visa took effect, coming on top of a sharp hike in the fee migrants must pay to access health care, as well as new restrictions on visas for family members.
The changes “will make it much harder for higher education institutions to attract talent from overseas,” says Jenny Sherrard, national head of equality and policy for the University and College Union (UCU). They are “counterproductive to the...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 23, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
China Researchers Got Banned Nvidia Chips Via Server Products
Universities and research institutes in China have been able to buy high-end Nvidia artificial intelligence chips via resellers, despite stronger US curbs imposed by Washington late last year. A review of hundreds of tender documents shows 10 Chinese entities acquired advanced Nvidia chips…#nvidia #supermicrocomputer #delltechnologies #taiwan #gigabytetechnology #huawei #raimondo #shandong #southwest #heilongjiang (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News Wrap: More pro-Palestinian protests held at prominent universities
In our news wrap Monday, there are more pro-Palestinian protests at some of the nation's prominent universities, Vice President Harris unveiled rules to improve care at federally-funded nursing homes, the Supreme Court agreed to take up a Biden administration appeal in favor of regulating 'ghost…#propalestinian #supremecourt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Poll seeks to unravel why Gen Z appears more anti-Israel than others
As protests engulf American universities over Israel's response to an October 7 attack by Hamas, a Christian group behind a poll released Monday says it knows why Gen Z has a more favorable opinion of the terrorist group than do others: Israel is more powerful; thus, it's the oppressor. The poll,…#israel #hamas #christian #genz #summitministries #scottrasmussen #rmgresearch #jeffmyers #myers #passover (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
