University of Utah Receives $75M for New Medical Campus
“For 60 years, the Eccles family has offered both unwavering leadership and financial support for excellence in health care throughout the state.”
Preparing nursing students to deliver culturally aware health care
For example, in a case study that explored end of life rituals, students discussed how they could honor a patient’s wishes that the deceased remain untouched, intact (no organ donation) and unmoved for a period in today’s fast-paced inpatient hospital environment where bed space is limited.
Johns Hopkins to lay off 2,200 workers as it reels from Trump’s USAID cuts
Employees in USAID-funded positions at Johns Hopkins have worked to “care for mothers and infants, fight disease, provide clean drinking water, and advance countless other critical, life-saving efforts around the world,” a university spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
How Can Deans Support Faculty Well-Being? (opinion)
William A. Smith’s concept of “racial battle fatigue” is unfortunately alive and well in higher education, and deans can support their personnel suffering under the weight of that trauma not only by enacting policies that advance equity and inclusion, but also by offering to listen, intervening when invited and endorsing strategies of self-care.
D.C. Area Colleges Help Retrain Laid-Off Federal Workers
Northern Virginia Community College introduced the NOVA New Employment, Exploration and Transition (NOVAnext) program last week, offering laid-off federal workers and contractors in the region select classes—including in information technology, human resources, product management and entrepreneurship—for free.
Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges
Andy Beshear, who has previously opposed efforts to limit DEI at public colleges, said Thursday that he intends to closely review the bill but appeared skeptical.