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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The contract imposed on railroad workers last fall didn't resolve their quality-of-life issues, but already this year there are indications the major freight railroads are starting to address some of their concerns about demanding schedules that keep many of them on call 24-7 without paid sick time. Still, most workers and their unions remain skeptical of the railroads because they say they have yet to see meaningful actions toward improving their lives on the job. “I hope that they’re serious about putting their employees first. But the track record is less than stellar,” longtime Union Pacific engineer Ross Grooters said while on his way to work in Iowa earlier this week. Grooters is a leader with the Railroad Workers United coalition that tries to help workers in all 12 rail unions fight for better conditions. The early signs of progress include a Union … [Read more...] about Amid gains, railroaders seeking quality-of-life improvements

0 Schools See the latest announcement from Dallas College. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted | Updated Reply Press release from Dallas College: January 12,2023 (DALLAS) — The Research Institute at Dallas College is partnering with the University of Texas at Dallas' Texas Schools Project (TSP) to conduct research on students' education-to-workforce pathways and how institutions can best support equitable, high returns on investment in a college education. Dr. David Mahan Capitalizing on the expertise of both groups, the partnership leverages the Research Institute's unique position within Texas' largest community college and extensive data held by the TSP. Founded in 2021, within Dallas College's Student Success Division, the Research Institute gives voice to the postsecondary education needs of the Dallas College community and North Texas. The institute helps evaluate access to education, … [Read more...] about Dallas College: Research Institute At Dallas College Partners With UT Dallas’ Texas Schools Project Research Center

0 Schools See the latest announcement from University of Texas at Dallas. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from University of Texas at Dallas: Stephen Fontenot January 20, 2023 University of Texas at Dallas electrical engineering doctoral student Satwik Dutta MS’20 and geosciences alumna Jade Knighton BS’17 have been selected for the first cohort of Quad Fellowships , a multinational scholarship program launched by the governments of Australia, India, Japan and the United States (the Quad) to build ties among the brightest next-generation STEM scholars. Each of the 100 master’s and doctoral students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) was selected for their commitment to innovation with an eye toward positive social impact and collaboration among the private, public and academic sectors. Each scholar — 25 from each nation — receives a $50,000 fellowship to study in … [Read more...] about University Of Texas At Dallas: Pair Of Stellar Comets Named To Inaugural Class Of Quad Fellows

0 Schools See the latest announcement from University of Texas Dallas. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from University of Texas at Dallas: By Brittany Magelssen January 18, 2023 Dr. George Fair, former dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and former vice president for diversity and community engagement, has been at the forefront in the creation of several key UT Dallas initiatives, including the Academic Bridge Program. Fair retired at the end of last year. As Dr. George Fair prepared to retire after nearly five decades of service at The University of Texas at Dallas in December, he recalled his first visit to campus in 1975, before he joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the special education program. “There was only one building, and they were building the [Erik] Jonsson [Academic] Center and the other three buildings,” said Fair, who was dean of the … [Read more...] about University Of Texas At Dallas: Champion For Equitable Education Retires After 47 Years At UTD

0 Health & Fitness Women, especially those of childbearing age, need health insurance. But some states have far more uninsured women than others. Don Johnson , Patch Staff Posted Reply Texas had the highest rate of uninsured women in the country in 2016, according to a report. In 2016, the latest year data was available, about 24 percent of Texas women of childbearing age didn't have health insurance. Nationwide, nearly 12 percent of American women between the ages of 15 and 44 didn’t have health insurance in 2016, according to Peristats , a March of Dimes web portal that provides access to maternal and infant health data for the United States. And while that number is almost half what it was in 2010, it still means millions of women weren’t able to access vital health services. In Texas, the 24 percent figure in 2016 was actually an improvement over 2010 when about a third of women of childbearing age didn't have health … [Read more...] about Texas Ranks No. 1 In America For Uninsured Women: Report

MARFA, Texas — What remains of the Chinese immigrants who built the Southern Pacific Railroad through Seminole Canyon in the 1880s are the objects they left behind — opium pipes, rice bowls, and imperial coins buried here in the scrublands, three hours east of the desert town of Marfa. The laborers, who after brutal hours toiling in the rattlesnake-infested lands would sleep in tents near the tracks, left little of their own writing. (Their white counterparts lodged inside the train cars.) The artist Kenneth Tam was asked to come here from New York, in December 2021, to explore the canyon’s archaeological sites and piece together a story of the 3,500 laborers. His sculptures of compressed dirt and detritus, horse saddles and leather straps are on exhibit in Ballroom Marfa , a contemporary art space that was once a dance hall. Titled “Tender is the hand which holds the stone of memory,” the exhibition of the sculptures, and a video installation, examine how myths and histories of … [Read more...] about The Forgotten History of Chinese Railroad Workers Rises From the Texas Dust