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Navigating Microaggressions: A Call for DEI Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Picture this: you are in a hospital setting and you witness another staff member ask a Black medical student if they need help cleaning up. The staff member assumes the medical student is the janitor. Unfortunately, experiences like these are all too common in healthcare today.

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Brown University Exhibit on Mumia Abu-Jamal to Highlight American Prison System

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alongside the opening, there will be a two-day symposium, “Voices of Mass Incarceration,” about law enforcement, prison medical care, public art, incarceration’s effects on women and girls, and the history of incarceration. Abu-Jamal’s papers will be available for research Sept.

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BMCC Grad Looks to Make Restaurants More Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

You could take it anywhere and use for it anything from eating meals to studying in a library. With the help of Snipes, she’s now researching larger-scale manufacturing and making adjustments. What if there were a foldable, adjustable tray that could connect securely to the underside of any table with a screw?

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How the “next phase” of LGBTQ+ student support is stirring at this Ivy League

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. “This is the next phase of how to address what we might call a social conversation, a social problem, a current issue that needs all hands on deck,” says Jessica Halem, former LGBTQ+ director at Harvard Medical School and current senior director of Eidos. adults who self-identify as something other than heterosexual is 7.1%

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Through partnerships with organizations such as the aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, EPW is able to offer internships and research opportunities. They can work on their mentor’s already established research project or develop their own.

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What Looks Good on a College Application?

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Here’s what looks good on a college application It’s not what you do, but how well you do it Many folks think that there is some secret check list that one follows to get into selective colleges: community service, academic research, leadership, sports, the arts, an internship. These can definitely look good on a college application.

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Does Volunteer Work Matter for College Admissions?

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sports, the arts, research, internships, paid work, or volunteer work). To make the point, consider the young man who spends four hours every Saturday shelving books at the local library. This shows dedication and consistency, but it does not show increases in responsibility or increased impact for the library.