Donating snakebite antivenom from Australia to Papua New Guinea helps save hundreds of lives each year. PNG has one of the highest snakebite rates in the world, with deaths in parts of the country three times higher than those lost to malaria or tuberculosis. Antivenom producer Seqirus will donate up to 600 vials a year to PNG, and the Australian ...
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True Crime Book Focus Group from Rodman | News, Sports, Jobs
Ashley Mock, Reference Librarian at the Rodman Public Library at Alliance, will lead a new True Mystery Novel focus group starting in October. (Photo submitted) If reading up on actual embezzlement and misconduct is your idea of a good time, then you must join the True Crime Junkies. Led by Ashley Mock, Reference Librarian at the Rodman Public Library at ...
Read More »The United States “in danger” if it does not remain open to global talent
During the launch of a webinar of his new book, America Calling: a foreign student in a land of possibilities, owned by the nonprofit The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, Bhandari, an advisor to the organization, noted the declining population of the United States. “By all accounts, university enrollment by domestic students will decline. If the United States ...
Read More »ONTARIO: Colleges and universities must update their policies on sexual assault
Policies on sexual harassment and sexual violence to be updated by next March to better support students Ontario colleges and universities will need to update their policies on sexual violence and harassment by next March to better support students who file complaints. The government said on Thursday that policies must ensure that students who report sexual violence will not be ...
Read More »A new connection for dry bean research: Scottsbluff and 10 African countries
Lincoln, Neb. – A dry bean breeder based in western Nebraska and a bean breeder from Tanzania, Africa met in Scottsbluff this week to get to know each other, discuss their breeding work and tour the labs and plots of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and the CEnter extension to Scottsbluff. The new connection could open a channel for ...
Read More »Fueled by her own trauma, a doctoral student fights to break the cycle of sexual violence | UMM News
Contact: Erin FlynnSeptember 7, 2021 Tabitha Mpamira established the EDJA Foundation, now known as the Mutera Healing Foundation, to break the cycle of sexual and gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa. KALAMAZOO, Michigan — Trauma manifests itself in several ways. Tabitha mpamira became fascinated by its intricacies while working in psychology labs as an undergraduate student at Western Michigan University. But ...
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Noele Certain, fifth-year doctoral candidate in the PhD program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at Stony Brook University, received the NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and AVC from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH D-SPAN Award will support up to six years of funding ...
Read More »Every Biennial Louisville Photo Event You May Attend This Year
The Photo Biennale has been around since 1999. What was once a dream of former Artemisia owner Erin Devine was almost lost until Paul Paletti stepped in and took the helm. Today, despite the setbacks of the pandemic, Paletti has found a way to move the Biennale forward – with the cooperation of many people and organizations. This year, the ...
Read More »Westfield special education student wins college scholarship
New Jersey Alliance of Private Special Education Schools press release: August 27, 2021 Rory Scialabba, a Westfield resident and a graduate of Calais School in Whippany, is one of two recipients of the Joe Gorga Fellowship, awarded by the Alliance of Private Special Education Schools of New Jersey. The Alliance is a nonprofit group of 40 state-approved private special education ...
Read More »The Big Ten, Pac 12, and the ACC Alliance are official (sort of)
On Tuesday, the Big Ten, Pac 12 and ACC conferences officially formed an alliance in hopes of shaping the future of college football. The announcement follows the departure of two historic Big 12 Conference programs, the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma, to join the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The trio of commissioners held a joint press conference after ...
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