University of Miami Law student Sam Sachs advocates for tenants affected by COVID-19
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant housing crisis at both a national and local level. Third-year Miami Law student Sam Sachs has spent the last year and a half on the front lines advocating for tenants at Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. Sachs started at LSGMI in…
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PENN LAW — Over the summer, over 65 emerging young leaders from over 13 countries came together for the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s 2021Global Institute for Human Rights (GIHR) organized by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Senior Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership and the Academic Director of the Global Institute for Human Rights, and…
Read More about Penn Law Global Institute for Human Rights hosts hackathon focused on building a better post-COVID-19 worldTampa law firms adjust recruitment strategies amid pandemic
BUSINESS OBSERVER — The pandemic has created seismic changes in lots of industries — from yacht clubs to fast-food and homebuilding to business travel. The law sector, especially how firms in the region hire and retain top talent, has likewise been on a turbulent pandemic ride. “Lawsuits are still progressing,” says Shannon Puopolo, chair of the hiring committee and shareholder…
Read More about Tampa law firms adjust recruitment strategies amid pandemicUCLA Law professor Sharon Dolovich co-authors paper on COVID-19 and prisoners in the Journal of the American Medical Association
UCLA LAW — UCLA School of Law Professor Sharon Dolovich co-wrote an article on rates of COVID-19 infection and death in U.S. prisons that has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the country’s leading medical journal. The research letter, “COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in Federal and State Prisons Compared With the US Population,…
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW — The pandemic undoubtedly inflicted real pain on higher education during the past year, but it also brought about clarity for what’s next. Much has already been written about how Covid-19 forced schools to accelerate their blending of in-person and online learning. While this abrupt shift created significant challenges, this hybrid model…
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POLITICO — Kirstyn Katherine Ahuero, a 20-year-old Texas A&M student from Fort Worth, died on Sept. 8 from complications related to Covid-19. A few days later, about 50 A&M students gathered on campus to read her obituary out loud: she studied biomedical science, volunteered for the National Suicide Hotline, aspired to be a psychiatric nurse and left…
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DIVERSE EDUCATION — Although budget cuts in the wake of COVID-19 have led to hiring freezes at some institutions, faculty diversity initiatives continue. In the pandemic world of academia, many institutions are struggling to keep enrollment up and costs down, but there is still a distinct awareness that moves must be made to bring faculty diversity closer…
Read More about Colleges adjust faculty hiring strategies amid pandemicUniversity of Northern Iowa professor removed from classroom for requiring masks
INSIDER HIGHER ED — The University of Northern Iowa removed Steve O’Kane from the classroom last week and made him ineligible for merit pay for the rest of the academic year. Previously, the longtime tenured professor of biology had been in good standing at UNI. Now, his dean says his performance “needs improvement,” and he’s required to…
Read More about University of Northern Iowa professor removed from classroom for requiring masksOpinion: Allowing “mental health days” for college students can ease stress and anxiety
AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN — I listened empathetically and gave any leniency I could on due dates or missing classes. Each year, the number of students expressing stress, anxiety and fear seemed to double. I did some research and found the problem was more far-reaching than I could have imagined. Anxiety and depression are on the…
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THE WASHINGTON POST — Wearing a mask and Birkenstocks as he roved the classroom one afternoon, associate professor John Delacruz sought to rev up his students for an assignment in advertising design. They were each to create a poster defining an artist’s brand through color, font and other elements of text.“Do it,” Delacruz urged them.…
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