The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists Away From Universities
Among the early backers of Arena BioWorks are Stephen Pagliuca, the Boston Celtics owner, far left; and Thomas Cahill, a Boston venture capitalist, second from right. Stuart Schreiber, far right, a longtime Harvard-affiliated researcher, quit to be Arena’s lead scientist; and Keith Joung, seated,…#arenabioworks #stephenpagliuca #bostonceltics #thomascahill #boston #stuartschreiber #harvard #arena #keithjoung #mit (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists Away From Universities
Arena BioWorks is promising big paydays to nearly 100 researchers from Harvard, M.I.T. and other prestigious institutions. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Copeland Tags: Research High Net Worth Individuals Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Science and Technology Pagliuca, Stephen G Dell, Michael S Boston (Mass) Arena BioWorks audio-neutral-informative Source Type: news
American universities face a reckoning over antisemitism
S get the technicalities right but still flunk the test. So it was at the congressional hearing on campus antisemitism on December 5th. When asked if calling for the genocide of Jews would be punished at their schools, the presidents of Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania prevaricated.…#jews #harvard #lizmagill #claudinegay #israel #hamas #hillelinternational #jewish #elisestefanik #scottbok (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dayton university aims to bolster healthcare workforce with $2.5M project
One of the region ’s largest universities is looking to expand one of its buildings to better serve the growing need for healthcare workers. The $2.5 million project would help expand program enrollment from 480 to 600 annually and continue to support the region’s healthcare sector. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 10, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Blythe Alspaugh Source Type: news
Assessment of basic life support knowledge among medical students in Jordan: implications for improving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and road traffic accident survival rates - Al-Husinat L, Nusir M, Al-Gharaibeh H, Nusir M, Haddad F, Al Modanat Z, Varrassi G.
This study aimed to assess the level of basic life support (BLS) knowledge among fifth- and sixth-year medical students in Jordan, identify differences in knowledge levels between male and female students and between different universities, and provide ins... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Virtual Student IDs Offer a Connected Campus Experience
The pandemic’s push towards online learning not only accelerated the integration of online payment platforms and cashless transactions in higher education but also catalyzed the broader transformation of the connected campus. This shift has prompted colleges and universities to invest…#americanexpress #virtual #drakeuniversity #iowa #timesdelphic #appleiphone #android #starbucks #apple #jeffregan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Michigan ’s President on Harbaugh, Higher Education and the Unifying Power of College Sports
HOUSTON—At the last two universities where he served as school president—Cincinnati and British Columbia—Santa Ono crowd-surfed at football games. When Ono took over as president of the University of Michigan in October 2022, however, he encountered a problem. Michigan Stadium holds about 110,000…#houston #cincinnati #britishcolumbia #santaono #universityofmichigan #michiganstadium #throng (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Technology Transfer Critical to Revolutionizing Africa ’s Pharma Industry
BioNTainers, facilities equipped to manufacture a range of mRNA-based vaccines have been inaugurated in Rwanda in December 2023. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPSBy Aimable TwahirwaKIGALI, Jan 8 2024 (IPS) An agreement signed between the Rwandan government and the Africa Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF) gives impetus to Africa’s domestic industry with the hope of helping the continent tackle vaccine inequity and fill the critical gap in vaccine manufacturing.
The agreement to operationalize the foundation was signed in Kigali, Rwanda, in late 2023.
What is important, according to stakeholders, is to focus efforts o...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aimable Twahirwa Tags: Africa COVID-19 Development & Aid Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Rwanda Source Type: news
Rethinking sexual violence labels: exploring the impact of 'victim' and 'survivor' discourse - O'Shea B, Feicht R, Brown M, Numer M.
BACKGROUND: Universities' responses to sexual violence have faced scrutiny for their lack of proactiveness and their failure to address campus socio-cultural norms that contribute to rape myth acceptance. The labels victim and survivor play a crucial role ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Colleges under siege over Israel, Hamas and antisemitism, look to PR giants for help
Some of the nation’s top universities are scrambling to hire heavyweight communications firms as their campuses become consumed by cultural and political proxy fights stemming from the Israel-Hamas war. Among the schools that have turned to firms for help in recent months: New York University,…#israel #newyorkuniversity #harvarduniversity #columbiauniversity #cooperunion #middleeast #claudinegay #harvard #lizmagill #jews (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Universities use DEI statements to enforce groupthink
Yoel Inbar must not be allowed to teach psychology at UCLA—or so a student petition informed the California university's administration this past July. Inbar is an eminent, influential, and highly cited researcher with a Ph.D. in social psychology from Cornell University. There is no question that…#ucla #inbar #phd #cornelluniversity #dei #supremecourt #firstamendment #natehoneycutt #ohiostateuniversity #johnsailer (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wanted: New College Presidents. Mission: Impossible
Harvard University is looking for a new leader. So is the University of Pennsylvania. And Yale University. And Stanford University. While plenty of college presidents retire or resign every year, it’s rare for so many prestigious research universities to be simultaneously hunting for replacements.…#harvarduniversity #yaleuniversity #stanforduniversity #billfunk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Golden Globe Foundation Awards $5 Million in Grants to 96 Organizations
The Golden Globe Foundation has announced the recipients of $5 million in grant awards for 2023-24, supporting 96 organizations that help underserved communities, universities and colleges. The Foundation also assists film restoration projects and offers aid to journalists around the world. The…#foundation #outlastarts #education #blacktv #earlgibsoniii #santamonicacollege #ucla (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Universities Are Facing Diversity Whiplash. Four President Searches Will Set the Tone
In the past year, the Ivy League hit a milestone that corporate America hasn’t even come close to reaching: Six of eight prestigious institutions were run by women. Three were on their second round of women presidents, with two of them people of color. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Enlarged perivascular spaces in infant brains linked to autism risk
Infants with enlarged perivascular spaces have a more than two-fold greater chance of developing autism compared with infants with normal perivascular spaces, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill."These results suggest that perivascular spaces could serve as an early marker for autism," said study lead author Dea Garic, PhD, in a statement released January 2 by the university.Every six hours, the brain expels a wave of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that flows through perivascular spaces; this fluid mitigates the buildup of neuroinflammatory proteins, such as amyloid beta. The cleansing ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties Neuroradiology Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news
