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Historian Dr. Jonathan Holloway to Lead Henry Luce Foundation Following Rutgers Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Henry Luce Foundation announced on Friday, that Holloway will become its seventh President and CEO in the organization's 89-year history. Holloway's appointment comes after his term as Rutgers' 21st president and first Black president in the university's 250-year history. history, particularly social and intellectual history.

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Veteran Healers

Insight Into Diversity

Medical School and Veterans Affairs Partnerships Advance Research, Innovation Since the end of World War II, when an overwhelming number of veterans returned from deployment in need of care, the U.S. Nearly 70 percent of all physicians have trained with the VA in at least one of its 170 medical centers. VA Hospital.

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Program Encourages Regional Native American Students to Pursue Health Sciences

Insight Into Diversity

The University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School Duluth Campus will increase access to biomedical science careers for Native American students in the region with the new Gateways to Medicine and Research Master of Science degree program. There needs to be more representation of Native Americans in clinics and in academic medicine.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. It serves to recruit local talent for the graduate school pipeline to help diversify the workforce.

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The Unbearable Weight of 1000 Days: Afghan girls and their Stolen Future 

HEPI

In 1893, for the first time in modern democratic history, women voted in the national elections in New Zealand. [1] Yet the arc of history does not always bend towards justice. My sister was supposed to sit for her final medical exit exam, yet remains a doctor without a certificate. Names and faces will be missing. Greenfinch.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A graduate of Morehouse College, Canton earned a master’s degree in Black studies at The Ohio State University and a doctorate in history at Temple University. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. In March 2023, UF will host the National Council for Black Studies conference.

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International education – doing the right thing for students and the world

The PIE News

And the first Chinese student to formally graduate in Britain was Dr. Wong Fun (Huang Kuan) who attended Edinburgh University Medical School from 1850 to 1855, returning to China to practise as a surgeon. In my own time as a student, I read History at The University of Aberdeen. The world’s universities are also changing.