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Ukrainian Academic Takes Refuge In Massachusetts Thanks To Tufts Program Ukrainian Academic Takes Refuge In Massachusetts Thanks To Tufts Program
Ukrainian Academic Takes Refuge In Massachusetts Thanks To Tufts Program The work of a lifetime does not stop because of political or humanitarian crises, at least for academics supported by Tufts University's Scholars at Risk program. Tufts has participated in the international umbrella program "Scholars at Risk" since 2011, according to the university. The program has recently expanded and is currently supporting four academics from war-torn countries, two from Afghanistan and two from Ukraine. Volodymr Dubovyk, who has a permanent position in Ukraine as an associate professor at Odesa Mechnikov National University, now holds a temporary position as a visiti…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Historic First: Harvard Appoints First Person Of Color As President Historic First: Harvard Appoints First Person Of Color As President
Historic First: Harvard Appoints First Person Of Color As President Harvard University's new president shattered a glass ceiling when she became the first person of color to be selected for the role.  Harvard announced on Thursday, Dec. 15, that Claudine Gay, the dean of the faculty of arts and science since 2018, will serve as the university's 30th president.   She replaces Lawrence S. Bacow in the position after a six-month search conducted by the university's Board of Overseers.  Gay joined Harvard's faculty in 2006 as a professor of government and was appointed as a professor of African and African American Studies in 2007, according to Harvard's websi…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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UConn President Thomas Katsouleas Resigns UConn President Thomas Katsouleas Resigns
UConn President Thomas Katsouleas Resigns University of Connecticut President Thomas Katsouleas has submitted his resignation, effective as of next month. Katsouleas, who was selected as president of UConn in February 2019, notified the school’s Board of Trustees that he will resign as president at the end of his current contract, which concludes as of Wednesday, June 30. Before taking over for Susan Herbst as the 16th president of UConn, Katsouleas served as a vice president and provost of the University of Virginia. No specific reason for Katsouleas stepping down has been provided, though he reportedly made the decision months …

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by Zak Failla
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42 Massachusetts Colleges Deal With COVID-19 Outbreaks; 1,000 NE Students And Staff Infected 42 Massachusetts Colleges Deal With COVID-19 Outbreaks; 1,000 NE Students And Staff Infected
42 Massachusetts Colleges Deal With Covid-19 Outbreaks; 1,000 NE Students And Staff Infected COVID-19 outbreaks on New England college campuses have infected more than 1,000 students *and staff since the pandemic began. Massachusetts has had 439 cases at 42 schools while neighboring Connecticut has had 434 cases at 10 schools. As for the rest of New England: Vermont has had 34 cases at 8 schools, New Hampshire has had 68 cases at 6 schools, Maine has had 44 cases at 10 schools, and Rhode Island has had 62 cases at 8 schools, according to a New York Times database. That makes a total of 1,047 college and university students and staff who have contracted COVID-19. The NYT has kept …

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by Kristin Palpini
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UMass Boston, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic UMass Boston, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic
UMass Boston, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To Covid-19, Says Higher Education Critic The University of Massachusetts Boston is on a list of universities that are facing extinction, according to Scott Galloway, an influential higher education critic. Galloway, a New York University marketing professor, poured over data for hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities to see which ones will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and which ones won’t. Right now, higher education institutions across the country are making plans on how to re-open their campuses in the fall, if at all.  UMass Boston made Galloway's schools that may “perish” list because it has a “sodium pentothal c…

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by Kristin Palpini