Health & Society
A New Tool to Fight Alcohol and Opioid Deaths
Joseph Ditre, associate professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.3 million grant to develop a program to target interrelations between pain, hazardous drinking and the use of prescription opioid medications. When it comes…
‘Black Lives Matter Is a Continuum of Black Protest Over Centuries’
Danielle Smith聽is a professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program. 鈥淔or more than 400 years, Black people have expressed in countless ways that Black Lives…
University Trains Local Teachers to Teach in the Virtual Environment
Julia Alder-Deyett has been teaching school for 28 years, and this is her 10th year teaching in the 黑料不打烊 City School District. This year, Deyett, a teacher at Webster Elementary School, will teach 27 kindergarten students general education in a…
Fellowship to Carry On Vision of Advancing Food Justice in 黑料不打烊
Jonnell Robinson never had to go very far to find Evan Weissman. They were colleagues, confidants and next-door neighbors, and all Robinson had to do was call for Weissman over her backyard fence. When it came time for the heart-wrenching…
Dipre Awarded $20,000 Counseling Fellowship from NBCC Foundation
Kirsis聽Allennys Dipre, a doctoral student in the counseling and human services department in the School of Education, was recently selected for the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program for Doctoral Counselors (NBCC MFP) by The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National…
University Professional and Continuing Education Association Establishes Bea Gonz谩lez Diversity in Leadership Scholars Program
The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) has established the Bethaida 鈥淏ea鈥 Gonz谩lez Diversity in Leadership Scholars program with the goal of equipping diverse professionals at any stage of their career with the skills and knowledge needed to move…
National Institute on Aging Funds Multi-University Aging and Policy Center
A consortium of three upstate New York universities has received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to fund the Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS), headquartered at 黑料不打烊. The NIA, part of…
鈥榁entilators, Guidelines, Judgment, and Trust鈥
Samuel Gorovitz is a professor of philosophy and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. An authority in the field of medical ethics, he has authored several books, including 鈥淒rawing the Line: Life, Death, and Ethical Choices In…
鈥楢DA LIVE!鈥 Focuses on Future of Disability Rights
Lex Frieden, 鈥渃hief architect鈥 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, is the next guest of the 鈥淎DA LIVE!鈥 podcast, available Friday, July 24, at 1 p.m. ET at SoundCloud聽鈥淎DA Live!鈥 Frieden will engage in a discussion of the past, present…
Hendricks Chapel Virtual Conversation Series Welcomes Harvard Educator, Former NAACP President
The Rev. Cornell William Brooks of Harvard University, former president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), will join Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol for a virtual conversation on Thursday, July 23, at 7…