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MCFeed

A weekly roundup of news and research on the health and wellness of college students

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2018
1/9 – 1/16

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral:

    Northwestern faculty are now encouraged to include language in their syllabi to make students feel more comfortable coming…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Texas is debating a new “bathroom bill” that would require public agencies, including higher education institutions, to restrict…

  • Smoking:

    Researchers at Ohio State University are studying the health impact of electronic cigarettes. According to the CDC, use…

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2018
3/7 – 3/14

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Emotional Health:

    Across the country, the first generation of children diagnosed with autism are starting college. Indiana University, which has…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Yale is considering changing “freshman” to “first-year” to be more gender inclusive. Dean of Student Affairs Camille Lizarríbar,…

  • Sexual Health:

    In the Michigan Daily, a student writes of the value of talking about sexual health, which she learned…

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2018
3/27 – 3/21

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A Columnist for the Indiana Daily Student speaks on the lack of mental health resources on college campuses,…

  • Sexual assault:

    According the Chronicle of Higher Education, keeping athletic departments out of sexual assault allegations, has improved the likelihood…

  • Politics:

    Emory University student newspaper reports on protests last week over a series of pro-Trump chalkings on campus.

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2018
4/1 – 4/7

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    University of Florida President Kent Fuchs expressed his concern for student health at a recent Board of Trustees…

  • Inclusion on Campus:

    Unviersity of California Berkeley Chancellor and law professor discusses freedom of speech in the Chronicle, and recognizes “this…

  • Sexual Health:

    Boston College Undergraduate Government passes a proposal encouraging administration of the Jesuit Catholic university to promote sexual positivity…

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2018
4/8 – 4/14

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    University of California Student Association is advocating for the establishment of a $40 million fund for mental health…

  • Health on Campus:

    The reaction of a small Jesuit college in containing a highly fatal infectious disease outbreak on campus sets…

  • Inclusion on Campus:

    “University of Wisconsin System will create a task force to study the experiences of minority students and make…

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2018
4/15 – 4/21

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    After a junior at the University of Pennsylvania committed suicide last week, the campus’s first and only peer-to-peer…

  • Inclusion on Campus:

    Student art project at Austin Peay University, featuring rainbow colored nooses hanging from a tree, fueled racial tension…

  • Guns on Campus:

    A Georgia law allowing guns on college campuses has some professors feeling disempowered in their own classrooms.One professor…

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2018
4/22 – 4/28

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Students at University of Georgia feel pushed out by school policies that mandate suspension after a suicide attempt.…

  • Sleep:

    A recent study found that even minor concussions can lead to sleep issues for at least a year…

  • Inclusion on Campus:

    Last year, the University of Tennessee Knoxville Office of Diversity and Inclusion sparked controversy throughout the state promoting…

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2018
5/6 – 5/13

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental Health:

    True@theU is a video project designed to raise awareness of mental health issues at University of Iowa. Astrid…

  • Inclusion on Campus:

    The Washington Post reports on the standoff between federal and state government in North Carolina over controversial “bathroom…

  • Food and Housing Insecurity:

    The Wisconsin HOPE Lab hosted #RealCollege, the first-ever national meeting about college food and housing insecurity. The convening…

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2018
5/14 – 5/20

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental Health:

    Can more frequent use of social media lead to a higher risk of depression? A new study finds…

  • Sexual Assault:

    Students at Cornell share their stories from the “gray area” of sexual consent: when both people involved are…

  • Sleep:

    Scientists have identified the neurons in the brain that control sleep drive — a breakthrough that could significant…

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2018
5/27 – 6/3

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    Rice University student body president Jazz Silva contributes an op-ed to the New York Times voicing her concern…

  • Inclusion on Campus:

    Ainslya Charlton, who graduated this month from Trinity College, spoke to The Atlantic of battling multiple forms of…

  • Sexual Assault:

    A female Washington State University student was expelled after a male student accused her of sexual assault while…

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2018
6/3 – 6/9

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental Health:

    Colleges across the country are expanding mental health services in response to increased demand. In many cases, students…

  • Diversity and Inclusion:

    Faculty at Pomona College in California have adopted a new set of guidelines for tenure — one that…

  • Sexual Assault:

    Former Stanford University student Brock Turner was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party.…

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2018
6/10 – 6/16

Highlights this Week:

  • Mental and Behavioral Health:

    A recent study found that, among college students, persistent stigma around mental health is a major barrier to…

  • Inclusion:

    The White House and Department of Education called on American colleges and universities to remove unnecessary barriers to…

  • Sexual Assault:

    Fallout continues in the wake of the sentencing of Brock Turner, the former Stanford student who was convicted…

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