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Coronavirus Hispanic, Latinx residents of N.J. say they need more COVID vaccine info – especially in Spanish

Published February 14, 2021 | By admin

“When Judith Sanchez learned she and her family members could soon be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, she asked them if they’d be interested in signing up.Not yet, they said, and neither is she.“Usually that’s the response that I get: that they want to wait a little bit more,” said Sanchez, 38, of Passaic City, and is originally from the Dominican Republic. “I think most people like myself worry about the side effects and that we don’t know enough.”…”

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2021/02/hispanic-latinx-residents-of-nj-say-they-need-more-covid-vaccine-info-especially-in-spanish.html

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Stories of family, culture inspire alumna’s floral bookmark business

Published February 12, 2021 | By admin

“Rosalva Isidoro’s bookmarks hold pages and tell stories of their own.

The UCLA alumna began selling artistic bookmarks through her Instagram-based business @rosalva_floralmarks after meeting her maternal grandmother for the first time two years ago. On that trip to Mexico, Isidoro said she learned how to weave flowers – a cultural tradition of intricately twisting the stems of flowers into compact bundles of blossoms. Cherishing the moment of her grandma’s teaching, she turned this skill into a floral bookmark business that she said currently aims to support her education and community…”

https://dailybruin.com/2021/02/10/stories-of-family-culture-inspire-alumnas-floral-bookmark-business

Posted in Business, Education, Front Page Items, News and Information, Women

Gymnastics freshman Sara Ulias looks to swing into bars rotation

Published February 8, 2021 | By admin

“Gymnastics freshman Sara Ulias looks to swing into bars rotation

Freshman Sara Ulias has done exhibition routines in both of UCLA gymnastics’ meets this season, adding a bars routine in the Bruins’ most recent meet against Arizona. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)

By Nico Edgar

Feb. 7, 2021 10:14 a.m.

A fresh face may be cracking the Bruins’ bars lineup.

Freshman Sara Ulias is on the verge of breaking into the bar rotation for No. 9 UCLA gymnastics (2-0) per coach Chris Waller. Working on adjusting her bar mount, Waller said the team is trying to raise the starting value of Ulias’ routine before her official debut.

A multimedal-winning bar specialist in her club years, Ulias performed exhibitions on the uneven bars and floor for the blue and gold in its 196.750-195.075 victory against then-No. 15 Arizona on Jan. 31 after making her exhibition debut with a floor routine against then-No. 15 Arizona State the week prior…”

https://dailybruin.com/2021/02/07/gymnastics-freshman-sara-ulias-looks-to-swing-into-bars-rotation

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UTEP Names Andrea Cortinas as Vice President and Chief of Staff

Published February 7, 2021 | By admin

“The University of Texas at El Paso announced today that El Paso native Andrea Cortinas will be promoted to the position of Vice President and Chief of Staff effective July 1, 2020. She will succeed Richard Adauto, who is retiring after 32 years of service to the University.

The University of Texas at El Paso announced today that El Paso native Andrea Cortinas will be promoted to the position of Vice President and Chief of Staff effective July 1, 2020. She will succeed Richard Adauto, who is retiring after 32 years of service to the University.

Cortinas has served as Chief Legal Officer at UTEP since 2016.

“Andrea is a trusted advisor and thoughtful leader on campus,” said Heather Wilson, President of UTEP. “She cares passionately about our mission and will serve the University well.”

https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/campus/utep-names-andrea-cortinas-as-vice-president-and-chief-of-staff.html

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MEXICAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS ARCHIVES ANNUAL REPORT

Published February 6, 2021 | By admin

The American Community Survey for the year 2019 has reported the following results:

Graduate School enrollment has only inched upwards in tandem with the General Population.
Mexican American enrollment is still dismally low as compared to the General Population.

Graduations numbers for Bachelors degrees have shot up for both groups but the General Population has far outpaced the advances in Mexican American graduation rates.

For both Occupations in Mgmt, Business, Science, and Arts, and Industry, Scientific and Mgmt, and Admin and Waste Management, Mexican American Professionals lag for behind the numbers reported for the General Population, and increases for Mexican American Professionals have been in tandem with the General Population.

Posted in Humberto's Articles About M.A. Professionals

Rewriting the Chicano Movement: New Histories of Mexican American Activism in the Civil Rights Era

Published January 29, 2021 | By admin

“The Chicano Movement, el movimiento, is known as the largest and most expansive civil
rights and empowerment movement by Mexican Americans up to that time. It made
Chicanos into major American political actors and laid the foundation for today’s Latino …”

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=9068411838633557991&hl=en&oi=scholaralrt&hist=aaVWn8oAAAAJ:6357237798992292736:AAGBfm30mfr5InCyxhmSLG6XrFdO0XE45g&html=

Posted in Education, Front Page Items, Journalism, Law, News and Information, Political Science, Politics, Social Sciences

Digital Health Startup Diet ID Answers Call for Ethnically Diverse Diets in Health Promotion

Published January 26, 2021 | By admin

“Long overdue innovation in addressing the unique dietary needs of our diverse population

DETROIT, MI, USA, January 26, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — The importance of ethnic diversity in the representation of food and nutrition continues to gain momentum. A recent New York Times article highlights historical inattention to this matter. The article notes that ethnic diets, and diets for health promotion are rarely conjoined, with the exception of the Mediterranean diet. The Times contends that leaders in nutrition science and dietetics “ignore non-Western cuisines, or imply that they are unhealthy.” This matter becomes ever more salient and timely as social justice and equity in multicultural societies emerges as an imperative for many modern nations…”

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/535092475/digital-health-startup-diet-id-answers-call-for-ethnically-diverse-diets-in-health-promotion

Posted in Front Page Items, Health, Social Sciences

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tests positive for Covid-19

Published January 24, 2021 | By admin

“Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has tested positive for Covid-19, he said on Sunday evening.The President, who tweeted from his official Twitter account, said his symptoms are mild and that he was receiving medical treatment.”I regret to inform you that I have contracted Covid-19. The symptoms are mild, but I am already receiving medical treatment. As always, I am optimistic. We will move forward,” Lopez Obrador wrote…”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/24/americas/mexico-president-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html

Posted in Front Page Items, Health, Management, News and Information, Politics

By the numbers: Who’s going to chemistry and chemical engineering graduate school in the US

Published January 20, 2021 | By admin

“…The average annual enrollment increases were higher across the board for chemical engineering, with an overall percent change of 3.6% in first-time enrollment and 3.2% in total enrollment. First-time enrollment of Hispanic students was particularly high, at an average annual increase of 17.3%, followed by first-time enrollment of Asian and Pacific Islander students at 6.0%…”

https://cen.acs.org/education/graduate-education/numbers-s-chemistry-chemical-engineering/97/i30

Posted in Education, Engineering, Front Page Items, News and Information, Science

‘Sí se puede’: Minnesota’s fast-growing Latino community is layered and complex

Published January 17, 2021 | By admin

“Patricia Conde-Brooks is an immigrant, but she wants you to know that’s not the only thing that defines her.Conde-Brooks arrived in the United States in 1975 from Colombia. She was the first in her family to attend college and last year earned a doctoral degree in education. The Woodbury, Minn., woman has three grown sons and works at the University of St. Thomas, where she now helps first-generation students navigate college…”

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/01/13/minnesotas-fastgrowing-latino-community-is-layered-and-complex?fbclid=IwAR2sZSuwNt4sHKpJtX9Ax0VXBymjakcvBgrd7CPK8RuFtebF1-vNlpjNbBs

Posted in Front Page Items, Immigration, Social Sciences, Women

Evan Perez Senior Justice Correspondent

Published January 15, 2021 | By admin

“Evan Perez is a CNN Senior Justice Correspondent based in the Washington, D.C. Bureau, reporting on legal, crime, and national security issues.Perez principally covers the Russia investigation and helps lead the team that covers the Department of Justice. Most recently, Perez, along with CNN colleagues Jake Tapper, Carl Bernstein and Jim Sciutto, was awarded the White House Correspondence Association’s Merriman Smith Award in the broadcast…”

https://www.cnn.com/profiles/evan-perez-profile

Posted in Front Page Items, Journalism, Law, News and Information

Student combines art with business to create, sell personalized stickers

Published January 14, 2021 | By admin

“…In September, the fourth-year Spanish student began selling personalized stickers on her Instagram account, @amoreymagia. Inspired by the stories and experiences of others, Alcazar said she turns personal photographs into artistic stickers for her customers as she hopes to touch the hearts of others during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic…”

https://dailybruin.com/2021/01/13/student-combines-art-with-business-to-create-sell-personalized-stickers

Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Business, Education, Front Page Items, News and Information

Coyotes name Xavier A. Gutierrez 1st Latino president, CEO in NHL history

Published January 13, 2021 | By admin

(Courtesy Arizona Coyotes)

“The Arizona Coyotes announced that business executive and investor Xavier A. Gutierrez is the team’s new president, CEO and alternate governor.

According to the team, he is the first Latino president and CEO in NHL history.

He replaces Ahron Cohen, who was the team’s president and CEO for slightly less than two years. Cohen assumed that role when Andrew Barroway was the team’s majority owner in July 2018. Since then, Alex Meruelo has taken majority share of the franchise, and Cohen and the team parted ways early last month…”

https://arizonasports.com/story/2304571/coyotes-name-xavier-a-gutierrez-1st-latino-president-ceo-in-nhl-history/

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How the pandemic highlights racial disparities in higher education

Published January 12, 2021 | By admin

“Typically during a recession, community college enrollment goes up as unemployed workers start looking for new skills. But that’s not happening this time around, signaling trouble for the economy and individual families going forward, particularly for lower-income students and students of color. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our ongoing series, “Rethinking College.”…”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-pandemic-highlights-racial-disparities-in-higher-education

Posted in Education, Front Page Items, News and Information

More Hispanics are going to college and graduating, but disparity persists

Published January 1, 2021 | By admin

“…The bad news? This progress remains uneven. Nationwide, the proportion of Hispanics who graduate within six years is still 10 percentage points lower than the proportion of whites, according to the Education Department. The proportion who graduate in four is nearly 14 percentage points lower…”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/more-hispanics-are-going-to-college-and-graduating-but-disparity-persists

Posted in Education, Front Page Items, News and Information

These Philadelphia-area Latinos had significant achievements in 2020

Published December 30, 2020 | By admin

“In 2020, we experienced the first pandemic in the last century. We saw a new social justice movement ignited. We heard loud calls for structural reform to achieve real equality.

In the Philadelphia region, Latinos, who make up 15 percent of the population, have suffered many losses: their jobs, economic stability, and their health and wellness…”

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-camden-latino-achievements-goals-2020-20201230.html

Posted in Front Page Items, Health, Law, News and Information, Social Sciences, Women

Mexico is severely — and maybe purposely — undercounting its coronavirus deaths

Published December 29, 2020 | By admin

“By some estimates, Mexico’s coronavirus cases are 17 times higher than officially reported….

“The numbers do not appear to reflect the death toll for certain,” Donna Patterson, an expert on Mexico’s health care system at Delaware State University, told me. “At the federal level, the numbers aren’t being reported accurately.”

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/13/21255012/coronavirus-covid-19-mexico-death-count-cases

Posted in Front Page Items, Health, Management, News and Information, Nursing, Politics

The Best Jokes of 2020

Published December 27, 2020 | By admin

“…In November, New Jersey’s governor, Phil Murphy, responding to a question about people growing tired of wearing masks, said, “You know what’s really uncomfortable and annoying? When you die.” (The mayor of the small town of Walton, Kentucky, did an even more confrontational version of this bit, in a Facebook post this spring that began, “Listen up dipshits and sensible people.”)…”

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2020-in-review/the-best-jokes-of-2020

Posted in Front Page Items, Humor, News and Information

Biden Picks Connecticut Schools Chief Miguel Cardona As Education Secretary

Published December 23, 2020 | By admin

“…Much of Cardona’s recent tenure has focused on reopening the state’s schools during the pandemic. According to The Connecticut Mirror, a local newspaper, about one-third of the state’s public school students currently are able to attend school in person full time. Like many state and district leaders across the country, Cardona has been balancing demands from teachers unions and parents amid budget constraints…”

https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/22/949114642/biden-to-pick-connecticut-schools-chief-miguel-cardona-as-education-secretary

Posted in Education, Front Page Items, Health

Five things to know about California’s new US Senator, Alex Padilla

Published December 22, 2020 | By admin

“…Alex Padilla — California’s Secretary of State, a loyal Newsom ally and a Latino in a state that has never had a member of that largest ethnic group serve as senator — was a top pick. Sure enough, as Newsom announced Tuesday, the Democrat from Pacoima is on his way to Washington.

But for many Californians — perhaps the majority — Padilla’s nomination is likely to elicit more curiosity than self-congratulation, less “I knew it” and more “who knew?”

If you’re acquainting yourself with Padilla for the first time, here are a few takeaways from his California CV…

https://calmatters.org/politics/2020/12/california-senator-padilla-harris-replacement/

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