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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. Medical colleges nationwide are catching on and prioritizing the implementation of specialized training programs to address this.

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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. I can’t wait to see people in California, Chicago, Florida send me pictures of them using the tray, smiling in a restaurant or in the library at school.” Duran was excited, and she reached out to a friend who was a carpenter.

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Get smarter with AI: Popular LinkedIn Learning courses and Percipio tools

CU Work-Life Balance

Know the rules for using AI tools at CU Each CU campus has released AI guidelines: CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU Boulder CU Denver UCCS CU System Administration It’s most important that you understand and carefully follow the university’s information security and data classification policies. You can also access it from the library.

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Anchors Away: Building Community, Mindfulness, Equity, and Reflection

The Scholarly Teacher

For example, the health services medical director led the participants through breathing exercises. Techniques video library: Update your classmate. Additionally, experts from various university offices were invited to lead these moments, in hopes that new faculty could connect with campus resources. link] Edutopia (2023).

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“They give voice to limited English proficient individuals during some of their most vulnerable moments—whether it’s a medical appointment, a court proceeding, or accessing educational and social services.”

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

University Business

. “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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CU Advantage is your library to health benefits, features and more

CU Work-Life Balance

The CU Advantage is a library of information on all CU’s benefits, perks, resources and discounts. (MT) May 5 to update or enroll in their chosen health plans for the 2023-24 plan year. This year, there’s a brand-new tool eligible enrollees have at their fingertips to understand and use some hidden gems included in their benefits.