Tag: Mental Health

Irvo Otieno’s Funeral Will Include A Call For Reforming Responses To Mental Health Crises

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Ben Crump Law Funeral plans have been announced for a Black man who died after he was pinned down by several officers and healthcare staff at a mental health hospital in Virginia earlier this month. The life of Irvo Otieno will be celebrated and mourned on Wednesday at a church in […]

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Festival of Learning 2023 underscores importance of well-designed learning environments

During its first in-person gathering since 2020, MIT’s Festival of Learning 2023 explored how the learning sciences can inform the Institute on how to best support students. Co-sponsored by MIT Open Learning and the Office of the Vice Chancellor (OVC), this annual event celebrates teaching and learning innovations with MIT instructors, students, and staff. Bror […]

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Festival of Learning 2023 underscores importance of well-designed learning environments

During its first in-person gathering since 2020, MIT’s Festival of Learning 2023 explored how the learning sciences can inform the Institute on how to best support students. Co-sponsored by MIT Open Learning and the Office of the Vice Chancellor (OVC), this annual event celebrates teaching and learning innovations with MIT instructors, students, and staff. Bror […]

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‘Ted Lasso’ cast joins White House briefing to discuss mental health

‘Ted Lasso’ cast joins White House briefing to discuss mental health | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash, The Hill Members of the cast of “Ted Lasso” appear in the White House briefing room to discuss mental health on March 20, 2023. Actor Jason Sudeikis and the cast of “Ted Lasso” joined the White […]

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Climate Change Threatens Everyone’s Health

Climate change is altering our bodies and changing our lives every day. But as with all public health crises, the health impacts of climate change are not evenly felt. Those who already suffer the brunt of systemic inequalities are also those who face the most severe consequences of climate change. One of the most serious […]

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The Empty Empathy of Ted Cruz

More recently, Houston police responded to a call at Ted Cruz’ address about a young woman with self-inflicted stab wounds. In initial reports, both police and the local media scrupulously avoided saying that wounded girl was Cruz’s teen daughter Caroline; later, the Cruz family issued a statement, “This is a family matter, and thankfully their […]

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College Students Are Tired of Being Treated Like Employees

With over 40 percent of full-time students also working a job, no wonder they’re stressed out. And the problem is not just the additional time and requirements that the residential curriculum asks of students; it’s also the mentality it imposes on students, one that reflects the priorities of professional human resource management more than of […]

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John Fetterman Checked Himself Into a Hospital for Depression, and That’s a Good Thing

Her audacity never to be discounted, Hochul then appeared at two New York City churches on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to rally support for her nomination. “My household knew the story of Dr. King,” Hochul preached to the unsuspecting audience. “When he was gunned down, assassinated, my family sat there and held hands and […]

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Philanthropist Robert F. Smith, The Chopra Foundation Launch Mental Wellness Initiative For Black Youth

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty From projects designed to foster equity within the STEM education space to initiatives centered on financial literacy, businessman and philanthropist Robert F. Smith has been at the forefront of transformative efforts aimed at uplifting and empowering the Black community. For his latest project, he’s teaming up with […]

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