NPHW event raises youth HIV/AIDS awareness

Inspirational QUOTES about HIV and AIDS. Reuters

Just 23% of sexually active high school students have ever been tested for HIV. However, youth ages 13 to 24 account for an estimated 26% of all new HIV infections in the U.S.

National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day was April 10th and Hofstra will observe it as part of National Public Health Week with a panel titled “HIV: Isn’t there a Vaccine for That?”

Hofstra professor Dr Anthony Santella talks about trends in behavioral and biomedical prevention strategies and how to engage young people in issues surrounding HIV and AIDS.

Check out what he had to say here:

Hofstra set to host sustainability conference in April

Photo: Long Island Food Conference

The Long Island Food Conference is set to come to Hofstra next month on April 25. Dr Robert Brinkmann, director of the sustainability studies program at the university, helped organize the conference. He stresses the importance of creating a sustainable local food system on Long Island, a region already known for it’s rich agricultural industry.

Hear more of what he had to say here:

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Hofsta panel set to debate legacy of Bush Doctrine

Former President George W. Bush passes by a portrait of himself and his father former President George H.W. Bush as he takes the stage to discuss his new book, “41: A Portrait of My Father” at the his father’s presidential library Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in College Station, Texas. (Associated Press)

As a preview to Hofstra’s presidential conference examining the tenure of George W. Bush, the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency hosts a panel discussion debating the legacy of the Bush Doctrine and how it’s shaped foreign policy today. Kalikow Center Director Dr Meena Bose called into the Morning Wake Up Call to talk about the event.

Check it out!

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Shawn Johnson tells all about Celebrity Apprentice

Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson

Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson joined us on today’s Morning Wake Up Call to talk about her new stint on NBCs’ The Celebrity Apprentice and her work with TheBodyDepartment.com, a fitness inspiration and wellness website that offers workout tips and healthy recipes.

Check it out!

Hofstra hosts Friendship Symposium

Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, who will be speaking at the Hofstra Friendship Symposium. KINAN AZMEH

Today Hofstra will play host to a day long conference on a theme of enduring importance: friendship. Writers, performers and even Hofstra professors will address among other things: friendship in the age of social media, the power of creative friendship and how studying friendship in the past allows us to rethink its future.

Professor Lauren Kozol, who co-organized the Friendship Symposium along with Professor Simon Doubleday, and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh came on Hofstra’s Morning Wake Up Call to talk about what we can expect from the day’s festivities.

LIRR service to Nassau Coliseum proposed by LIRR committee chairman

Nassau Coliseum. Photo courtesy of Lanmar Services.

Mitch Pally, MTA board member and chairman of the LIRR committee, wants to bring the Long Island Rail Road to the Nassau Coliseum using nearby tracks that have been scarcely used in the last fifty years.

Pally came on Hofstra’s Morning Wake Up call to discuss his proposal and pushback he’s been getting from Nassau County.

Hofstra set to make SAT/ACT optional starting in 2015

Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. Image courtesy of Hofstra University.

Hofstra University is joining the growing ranks of campuses across the country that are making the SAT and ACT optional, rather than requiring students to submit scores from those admissions tests when they apply.

The school’s admissions officials will continue to focus on students’ high school academic records, as they have in the past.

The university came to this decision after several years of discussions among admissions officers, faculty and other campus officials.

Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director at FairTest: National Center for Fair and Open Testing, was a part of these talks. He called in to Hofstra’s Morning Wake Up Call to analyze what this decision means for future Hofstra students.

High school senior Jenna Borresen trains for Hofstra’s Womens soccer team

 

East Meadow High School senior Jenna Borresen trains in the summer ahead of her first year on the Hofstra Pride Women’s soccer team.

 

GMO Labeling: will NY be next? Stacie Orell of GMO Free NY hopes so

 

GMO Free NY, image courtesy of the Organic Consumers Association

A proposal to require labels on food products containing ingredients from genetically modified crops is getting closer to a vote in the New York Legislature. Stacie Orell, campaign director for GMO Free New York is up in Albany this week to push for a debate on the issue.

Orell believes labels will help consumers learn what they are eating and at what cost: to the environment and their own health.

Several other states already have labeling laws, with others set to adopt similar legislation once other states follow suit.

I sat down with Stacie for Hofstra’s Morning Wake Up Call earlier today on 88.7 fm Radio Hofstra University to get the scoop on GMOs. Take a listen!

 

Dr. Jennifer Rich on #YesAllWomen and UCSB Shootings

In the wake of the horrific UCSB shooting, #YesAllWomen has sparked a national debate on feminism and misogyny in our culture. Dr Jennifer Rich, a professor of Women’s Studies and the rhetoric of feminism at Hofstra University, weighs in. Check it out!