Tag: professor
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Minnesota’s Walter Mondale was close advisor, influence on Jimmy Carter
University of Minnesota Professor Larry Jacobs, who worked closely with Mondale, spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about Mondale and Carter’s relationship. Full story: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/12/30/minnesotas-walter-mondale-was-close-advisor-influence-on-jimmy-carter
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UW Study Probes Quality of Life Gap for Hmong Seniors
Mai See Thao, a medical anthropologist and professor, studied the experiences of Hmong residents in a nursing home in Minnesota to gain insights … Full story: https://www.miragenews.com/uw-study-probes-quality-of-life-gap-for-hmong-1336491/
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Pacific Gas and Electric is not just a monopoly — it runs like a criminal enterprise | Opinion
And in forgetting, as Professor Yang Sao Xiong of Fresno State explained at his Fresno Art Museum presentation, we failed to recognize a group that fought fearlessly and valiantly for the United … Full story: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/pacific-gas-electric-not-just-123000501.html
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Eye on the Y: BYU Law Professor awarded by the AALS, newest winter 2024 nursing cohort, Max Steiner’s scores made more accessible
The newest nursing cohort speaks languages such as Spanish, French, Japanese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Mandarin, Hungarian, Slovak and Hmong. The cohort averages a 3.77 GPA, maintaining … Full story: https://universe.byu.edu/2024/01/19/eye-on-the-y-byu-law-professor-is-awarded-by-the-aals-newest-winter-2024-nursing-cohort-max-steiners-scores-are-made-more-accessible/
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Asian Americans have been left out of health studies, but a U professor plans to change that
The $13.6 million grant won by Prof. Ruby Nguyen will help recruit almost 800 pregnant Asian Americans from the metro area, filling a research gap in the field of child development. Full story: https://www.startribune.com/asian-americans-have-been-left-out-of-health-studies-but-a-u-professor-plans-to-change-that/600331464/
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Australia tsab cai Housing Australia Future Fund
Xov xwm luv tshaj tawm hnub zwj Feej (Wendesday newsflash 2023.09.13): Professor Macia Langton cov lus cov nyom txog Voice Referendum, High Court cov kev txiav txim rau Qantas cov kev rho 1700 tus … Read Full Article
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Hmong patients more likely to suffer strokes and at younger ages, says new UM study
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A new study by University of Minnesota professor Dr. Haitham Hussein published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found disparities in Hmong stroke patients. Read Full Article
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The Importance of Asian American Heritage Month
May is Asian American Heritage Month in which Americans of Asian descent come together to celebrate their cultures and identities. Choua Xiong is a multicultural and gender studies assistant professor … Read Full Article
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The Arbitrariness of Racial Classifications Gets Attention as SCOTUS Considers Affirmative Action
Presumably elite colleges don’t have hordes of applications from America’s roughly 27,000 Mongolians. “Imagine you are a child of Hmong refugees,” says Mr. Bernstein, a professor at George Mason … Read Full Article
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Fresno State professor named finalist for Pulitzer Prize
Mai Der Vang’s new book “Yellow Rain” takes a look at the severe illnesses and death that plagued the Hmong population in the aftermath of the US war in Vietnam. Read Full Article
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UW-L professor describes Russian invasion of Ukraine as a long-lived anxiety realized
“In some ways it is shocking and in other ways it feels like déjà vu,” Elizabeth Peacock said, an associate professor who has researched and lived in Ukraine. Read Full Article
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Making History, Remembering History: UWEC Professor Co-Directs Hmong History Exhibit Project
A community-based traveling exhibit will launch in January 2025 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hmong resettlement to Wisconsin thanks to the work of a UW-Eau Claire professor and a team of … Read Full Article
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The power behind representation: A CU Boulder professor advocating for racial equity
Dr. Jennifer Ho said she felt valued and reassured after bringing concerns to to leadership regarding the exclusion of AAPI students/faculty in their strategic plan. Read Full Article