Nov 3, 2021

Police confirm six abductions as bandits attack UNIABUJA staff quarters

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By Opeyemi Babalola FCT Police Command on Tuesday morning confirmed that six persons have been kidnapped by suspected bandits after attacking the staff quarters of the University of Abuja.The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Josephine Adeh ANIPR, who spoke to University Times International (UTI) confirmed the attack in a statement made available to the medium.According to the statement, “The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, CP Babaji Sunday has dispatched additional tactical and conventional policing resources to the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) main and…

Students create a manifesto to encourage universities towards carbon neutrality

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From Times Higher Education THE Student panel comes together to form a manifesto for how universities can embed sustainability The world is at a tipping point when it comes to climate change and sustainability, and as a result students are more and more vocal about how universities should be stepping up to do their part in creating tangible change. In August, the THE consultancy team ran a series of five focus groups with 30 university students from around the world in order to determine what students thought were the most crucial action…

Stanford U School of Medicine: Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study

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In a double-blind controlled study, high doses of magnetic brain stimulation, given on an accelerated timeline and individually targeted, caused remission in 79% of trial participants with severe depression. From Stanford University School of Medicine Website/News A new type of magnetic brain stimulation brought rapid remission to almost 80% of participants with severe depression in a study conducted at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The treatment, known as Stanford accelerated intelligent neuromodulation therapy (SAINT) or simply Stanford neuromodulation therapy, is an intensive, individualized form of transcranial magnetic stimulation. In the…

Stanford Medicine earns top ranking for quality, safety from Vizient

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Vizient, an organization that promotes and measures improvement in health care performance, has ranked Stanford Medicine among the top academic medical centers in the United States. Stanford U School of Medicine Website/News Stanford Medicine was ranked in the top 10% of comprehensive academic medical centers for inpatient and outpatient care by Vizient, a national health care performance improvement organization. Stanford Medicine earned “5 Star” status in the Vizient Quality and Accountability Ranking — a notable achievement, given the difficulty medical centers have faced during the coronavirus pandemic, according to David Levine, senior vice…