[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Thursday, the Texas Board of Health and Human Services appointed a new interim commissioner after Dr. John Hellerstedt announced his retirement on Sept. 30 after nearly 14 years of service. Dr. Jennifer Schford will take over Hellerstedt from October 1st. After graduating from her College of Colorado in Springs and ...

[ad_1] Virginia Tech and Homestead Creamery have partnered to launch a line of hokey-inspired ice creams. The first flavors will be available for purchase later this fall, said Joell Eifert, faculty member of the School of Food Science and Technology and director of the Food Innovation Program. According to VTx, the first flavor named Hokie ...

[ad_1] With the support of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP), first-year STEM graduate students can receive a $34,000 annual scholarship. of National Science Foundation An independent federal agency whose mission is to advance scientific progress, promote the health, prosperity and well-being of our people, and secure our national defense. “We want ...

[ad_1] Charlie Albano knows the struggles of parenting at Warner from both his personal and professional experience. He had to make childcare choices for his child. In a small town like Warner, I heard my neighbors talking about the same challenges. He also looked at the issue from a policy perspective when he served as ...

[ad_1] Has anyone else been appalled by Oregon’s recommendations to lower education standards and requirements for graduating from high school? The course should be made compulsory, education ministry says, 3 Sept.) Do you think the Oregon Board of Education is doing anyone any favors by not requiring “students to demonstrate basic proficiency in literacy and ...

[ad_1] silina boston ashby Boston Ashby is the CEO of Girls Inc. in the Pacific Northwest and a former public health official. She lives in Portland. The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of the constitutional right to abortion has had devastating effects in many states, and its aftermath continues to unfold week after week across the ...

[ad_1] OMAHA — Doug Rose has checked COVID-19 case counts and other data off and on during the pandemic, but he says he was never obsessed with it. He has reviewed case counts for his destination when he planned to travel. Last year, the retired Omaha schoolteacher went to Galveston, Texas, instead of his usual ...

[ad_1] Helen Cortez / EyeEm | Getty Images Determining who will benefit most from student loan forgiveness (poor, middle class, wealthy) may sound like a simple task. But an exact calculation is difficult, according to economists and education experts. Aside from the challenges associated with the available data, it is nearly impossible to model the ...