“What CITI Program is Reading” is our weekly blog series which highlights news articles curated by our staff and relevant to research, higher education, healthcare, technology, and more. Follow us on LinkedIn for upcoming editions and more information from CITI Program.
Senators introduce legislation to bolster Title IX protections
Source: The Hill Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) will introduce new anti-harassment legislation Thursday that aims to strengthen Title IX protections for student survivors of sexual assault or harassment.
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Filling in the Gaps in Grad Student Career Readiness
Source: Inside Higher Ed Universities offer support for attending conferences or visiting archives, but it’s harder for trainees to find funding for professional development opportunities that lie outside academic research, write Baron Haber, Shawn Warner and Arica Lubin.
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Faculty Diversity and Student Success Go Hand in Hand, So Why Are University Faculties So White?
Source: The Education Trust Faculty diversity plays a key role in college student completion and can have a major impact on students’ sense of belonging, retention rates, and persistence.
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Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is issuing this Bulletin to highlight the obligations of HIPAA covered entities.
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Fully online college courses linked with worse student mental health: study
Source: The Hill College students who attended fully online classes reported more psychological distress than their peers who attend class in a hybrid format.
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Twitter lifted its ban on COVID misinformation—research shows this is a grave risk to public health
Source: Phys.org Twitter's decision to no longer enforce its COVID-19 misinformation policy, quietly posted on the site's rules page and listed as effective Nov. 23, 2022, has researchers and experts in public health seriously concerned about the possible repercussions.
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Before making unbiased pulse oximeters, researchers need a better way to measure skin tone
Source: STAT News Much of the research to understand pulse oximeters’ shortcomings and devise solutions is focused on race. But the problem is not one of race — it’s very clearly one of skin tone.
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Digital Health Is The Key To Addressing America’s Rural Health Deserts
Source: Forbes Everyone, no matter where they live, deserves equitable, best-practice healthcare that can make a meaningful difference in their quality of life.
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SpaceX gets U.S. approval to deploy up to 7,500 satellites
Source: Reuters The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday it approved SpaceX's bid to deploy up to 7,500 satellites, but put on hold some other decisions.
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SKA: Construction to begin on world's biggest telescope
Source: BBC It is one of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century and will even search for extra-terrestrials.
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