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Sarah Crespi
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Olga Dobrovidova
Yuri Kovalev remembers how some of his older colleagues took offense when he moved to the United States in 2003 to take a postdoc position at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. He could have stayed in Russia where he got his Ph.D., at the Lebedev Physical Institute, one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious science centers. Why ...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 9, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Using behavioral economics to optimize safer undergraduate late-night transportation - Gelino BW, Graham ME, Strickland JC, Glatter HW, Hursh SR, Reed DD.
Many universities sponsor student-oriented transit services that could reduce alcohol-induced risks but only if services adequately anticipate and adapt to student needs. Human choice data offer an optimal foundation for planning and executing late-night t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Assisted dying ethical review published
The Minister for Health and Social Services has published the Assisted Dying in Jersey Ethical Review report, which has contributions by three experts of medical law and ethics
from the universities of Bristol, Manchester and Toronto. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Institutes, Institutes, Bristol Population Health Science Institute; Press Release Source Type: news
Nigeria: Transforming Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health - the Tombey Approach
[Nigeria Health Watch] In 2021, Oluwafisayomi Olowu came across the Hacey Health Initiative call for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) champions to be trained as peer educators to disseminate SRHR knowledge to other young people. She had always been keen on empowering young people to be more knowledgeable about their sexual health and reproductive rights. As the National Public Relations Officer for the Nigerian Universities Nursing Students Association at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Oyo State, (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 7, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Virulent Antisemitism And The Rot At Our Universities
Authored by Charles Lipson via RealClearPolitics.com, It is time for blunt talk. Jewish students at universities are being harassed and threatened in unprecedented numbers, with disturbing vitriol. That’s more than a danger for those students.…#virulentantisemitism #charleslipson #jewish #israel #hamas #palestinians #antiisraeli #berkeley #erwinchemerinsky #jews (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The fight to end bullying in academia: UK researchers launch nationwide campaign - Witze A.
A group of academics and other staff members at several UK universities have launched an independent initiative to combat bullying and harassment in higher education. One of the group's goals is to advocate for the establishment of an independent ombudsman... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Virtual qualitative research using transnational feminist queer methodology: the challenges and opportunities of zoom-based research during moments of crisis - Tungohan E, Catungal JP.
In this paper, we discussed our experiences with Zoom-based virtual qualitative research with Asian international students attending Canadian universities. When reflecting on our study, we drew inspiration from Roberts et al., (2020) who highlight the ethi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news
Biosciences and AI merge with launch of new UKRI Network
Bringing artificial intelligence (AI) and biosciences together to tackle major societal challenges is the aim of a new five-year £ 1.6m project involving the University of Bristol and several other UK universities. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Announcements; Faculty of Engineering; Press Release Source Type: news
The 50 Hardest Colleges and Universities to Get Into, Ranked
When it comes to deciding where to attend college, there are a number of factors to weigh and consider – and many of them are subjective. These include size, proximity to home, campus atmosphere, and housing options. But for some portion of the nearly 82 million American adults with a bachelor’s…#sat #harvard #yale #carnegiemellon #colby #middlebury #nces #colgateuniversity #ny #atlanta (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trump-era antisemitism policy expected to fuel flood of student lawsuits against universities
As campuses across the country continue to erupt in protests over the Israel-Hamas war, a little-known 2019 presidential executive order is expected to fuel a flood of student legal claims against universities. Attorneys — from a mix of white-shoe corporate firms to Jewish advocacy groups — are…#israel #jewish #donaldtrump #titlevi #civilrightsact #trump #jews #pittsburgh #newjersey #sweden (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Japan re-creates lunar conditions to aid moon projects
TOKYO -- Japanese businesses and universities are setting up test sites that simulate conditions on the surface of the moon, such as its gravity and communications delays, spurring hopes for Japanese contributions to lunar exploration. The moon is about 380,000 kilometers away from Earth, with…#tokyo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The peace education concept and practice at universities: a systematic review - Purwanto Y, Suprapto, Munaf DR, Albana H, Marifataini L, Siregar I, sumarni.
Peace education has long been integrated into the higher education curriculum to equip students from diverse cultural backgrounds, languages, religions, regions, and lifestyles with the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to foster a culture of harmony... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
£ 10.5 million investment to revolutionise future vaccine manufacture
A new collaborative initiative between UK universities and countries worldwide to share cutting-edge vaccine technology to prevent future global outbreaks of infectious diseases has been awarded £ 10.5 million from the Department of Health& Social Care (DHSC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 3, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Announcements, Health, Grants and Awards, Research; Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Biochemistry, Institutes, Bristol BioDesign Institute, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Source Type: news
Minority students at universities more likely to suffer depression, race plays role
Study shows that race may play a role in depression among college students who are minorities at both predominantly white institutions and historically Black universities. (Source: PsycPORT.com)
Source: PsycPORT.com - November 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
