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Clarinetist Gives $100M to Boston U Medical School

Inside Higher Ed

Retired clarinetist Edward Avedisian has donated $100 million to the Boston University medical school, the university announced Thursday. The school, which since 1873 has been called the Boston University School of Medicine, will now be known as the Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine.

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Philley to Become the Next UT Tyler President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Calhoun, serves as the university’s executive vice president for health affairs and vice provost and is a board-certified physician in pulmonary and critical care medicine. She played an instrumental role in launching the UT Tyler School of Medicine, the UT System’s seventh medical school. Dr. Julie V.

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Melissa L. Gilliam Chosen as First Woman, First African American to Lead BU

Insight Into Diversity

Gilliam, an accomplished scholar, research scientist, and physician, currently serves as the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University. Gilliam holds degrees from Yale University, the University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health.

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

University Business

The University of Pennsylvania’s Eidos LGBTQ+ Health initiative invites its schools, colleges and even third-party telehealth companies to address the current cultural gaps in healthcare that preclude its professionals from adequately caring for a growing demographic of the U.S. For example, the school of dentistry aims to be the No.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Building institution-wide trust is essential, especially on the accelerated timeline of an interim leadership position, so Chancellor Reyes described his shortcut: "I immediately asked the president to allow me to get a provost colleague, Karen Colley , to become the interim provost. I think it's very valuable.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

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Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Inside Higher Ed

Iler, assistant director of the University of North Carolina’s School of the Arts—answers itself. By way of contrast, consider the University of Pennsylvania’s 2020 pledge to contribute $100 million over 10 years to the Philadelphia School District to renovate decrepit schools. The 35 most prestigious U.S.