New Florida law blocks Chinese students from academic labs
A new state law is thwarting faculty at Florida’s public universities who want to hire Chinese graduate students and postdocs to work in their labs. In effect since July, the law prohibits institutions from taking money from or partnering with entities in China and six other “countries of concern.” The list of banned interactions includes offering anyone living in one of those countries a contract to do research. Students could be hired if they pass a rigorous vetting by state officials. But how that process would work is not clear, and the 12 public colleges and universities covered by the law are st...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 12, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Harvard board says Claudine Gay will remain president after antisemitism hearing backlash
Harvard University's governing board announced on Tuesday that Claudine Gay will stay on as the school's president despite calls for her resignation following her congressional testimony about antisemitism on college campuses. Why it matters: Universities have grappled with how to respond to the…#harvarduniversity #claudinegay #israel #antimuslim #harvard #islamophobia #hamas #university #mit #sallykornbluth (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

An Explosion in Sports Betting Is Driving Gambling Addiction Among College Students
When Evan Ozmat, a Ph.D. student in psychology at the University of Albany, first began counseling undergraduates about HIV and substance abuse, he expected to hear about their health issues. Instead, he heard about problem gambling. “Since the beginning of the project three years ago, students have brought up, unprompted, gambling,” Ozmat says. “We started asking about it in every appointment and everyone has something to say. It’s everywhere.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The majority of the gambling takes place on mobile phones, Ozmat says, largely—although not ...
Source: TIME: Health - December 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Oliver Staley Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Wealthy donors and campus speech
Investors poured record sums into high-yield bond exchange traded funds in November, Rishi Sunak will on Tuesday seek to face down rightwing Tory rebels by pushing ahead with his controversial Rwanda bill, and the FT’s Joshua Chaffin tells us about the wealthy donors pushing for US universities to…#rishisunak #tory #rwanda #joshuachaffin #ftnewsbriefing #fionasymon #sonjahutson #kasiabroussalian #marcfilippino #samgiovinco (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Campus speech restrictions come back to bite universities
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman debate free speech on campus amid the fallout from a tense congressional questioning of elite university presidents last week. 02:35—University presidents face free speech questions…#reasonroundtable #mattwelch #katherinemanguward #nickgillespie #petersuderman #robbysoave #fighthatespeech #aclu #nadinestrossen #lizwolfe (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Who Should Run Universities?
In the wake of a controversy at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard over antisemitism, a debate has arisen over whether academics are best suited to lead big schools. After weeks of criticism from alumni, donors and public officials — and disastrous testimony on Capitol Hill — Liz Magill…#harvard #capitolhill #lizmagill #mit #magill #scottbok #penns #jews #claudinegay #billackman (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Surprise and delight: response to informal versus formal mindfulness among university students with self-injury - Petrovic J, Milad JM, Mettler J, Hamza CA, Heath NL.
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as the deliberate destruction of one's bodily tissue without suicidal intent. Mindfulness practice is commonly incorporated into universities' stress management programming and may benefit students with a history o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

'The law needs to catch up on student mental health'
A High Court case is looking at whether universities owe a duty of care towards their students. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

on " Why University Presidents are Under Fire "
From Friday's opinion piece: American universities have been neglecting excellence in order to pursue a variety of agendas — many of them clustered around diversity and inclusion. It started with the best of intentions. Colleges wanted to make sure young people of all backgrounds had access to…#jewish #jews #asians #fareedzakaria #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

With universities under pressure over antisemitism, NY governor warns of legal action if discrimination occurs
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Saturday warned state colleges and universities of “aggressive enforcement action” if discrimination laws are violated, as pressure mounts on schools across the country to deal with antisemitism on campus in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. Hochul’s letter letter…#kathyhochul #israel #harvarduniversity #jews #lizmagill #penncareylawschool #suny #jewish #johnking #felixmatosrodriguez (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What Universities Should Punish and What They Shouldn't
Talia Khan, an MIT graduate student, had a detailed and powerful statement about what she sees as anti-Semitism on campus (apparently written in response to an invitation from Reps. Fox and Stefanek). Extraordinary video in which a Jewish student highlights the extent of antisemitism on campus at…#taliakhan #mit #stefanek #jewish #dei #edleonklinger #antiisrael #israel #israeli #westandwithisrael (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Meta and IBM team up against dominant Big Tech players
In a prominent push toward open-sourcing artificial intelligence, IBM and Meta on Tuesday launched a group called the AI Alliance, an international coalition of corporations, universities and organizations that are collectively committed to "open science" and "open technologies." The Alliance,…#ibm #meta #aialliance #alliance #amd #cornelluniversity #harvarduniversity #yaleuniversity #nasa #huggingface (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ivy League alums must keep up the fight against on-campus antisemitism
Top donors pulling their funding over antisemitism on campus have spooked elite schools. Keep it up. Ivy League universities are lowering their threshold for donations that can get a prospective student’s application bumped to the top of the pile, reports The Post’s Rikki Schlott; one expert says…#rikkischlott #leswexner #harvard #ronaldlauder #davidmagerman #kengriffin #billackman #lenblavatnik #apollo #marcrowan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Wisconsin university system reaches deal with Republicans that would scale back diversity positions
Faced with a demand from Republican lawmakers to axe diversity initiatives or go without raises and other funding, Universities of Wisconsin officials announced Friday that they’ve agreed to freeze hiring for diversity positions, drop an affirmative action faculty hiring program at UW-Madison and…#uwmadison #conservatives #uw #wisconsin #assembly #robinvos #democrats #republicans #vos #jayrothman (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why Bill Ackman says Harvard needs to answer for antisemitism, but says Elon Musk's comments are OK
has criticized elite universities for their policies on antisemitism but was more forgiving when it came to Elon Musk. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Bill Ackman is on the warpath against elite universities. The hedge fund boss says top schools like Harvard are letting…#elonmusk #billackman #harvard #hamas #israel #pershingsquare #mit #upenn #jews #claudinegay (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news