"Getting here has been an amazing journey, but to be acknowledged in The Harlem Times for Women’s History Month is a recognition that I don’t take lightly,” said Dr. Dady. “Once again, I am grateful.”

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker set off a firestorm by proposing that public colleges emphasize classroom instruction over academic research. In a Huffington Post op-ed, Touro President Alan Kadish weighs in on the debate.

As we celebrate Black History Month, Touro College president and CEO Dr. Alan Kadish considers an unsung hero of the civil rights movement: education.

2014 was an up-and-down year in higher ed. Every time colleges and universities took two steps forward, they seemed to take one back, or maybe the other way around. Before we turn the page to 2015, Dr. Alan Kadish, president and CEO of the Touro College and University System, examines some of highs and lows of the year that was. 

Dr. Nicole Cavenagh, clinical director of Touro University Nevada's Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, discussed the upcoming annual "Season of Lights" soiree to raise money for the Center's scholarship program. 

The CDC has guidelines for personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety procedures for healthcare workers caring for Ebola patients. These include full coverage suits, face masks, goggles and multiple pairs of gloves, as well as having another worker observe the donning and removal of all PPE. Specific training is required to safely don and remove PPE, and to conduct oneself carefully while wearing PPE. Some hospitals think they need to do more. Dr. Michael Reilly, director of the Center for Disaster Medicine at New York Medical College, shows us the options and explains some of the risks, with PPE.

We remind you:

• Ebola is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids of a sick person, not through casual contact.
• The illness has an average 8-10 day incubation period, although incubation can be from 2-21 days. If a person does not experience symptoms within 21 days of possible exposure, it means the individual does not have Ebola. • Visit the CDC website for a full list of Ebola (www.cdc.gov).
• A Travel Alert has been issued for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which reported 68 cases of the disease as of October 9, 2014. The DRC cases are unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa.

Ebola screening is instituted at five United States airports for all people entering the U.S. from Ebola-affected countries - JFK International Airport, Newark, Washington-Dulles, Chicago-O’Hare and Atlanta international airports.

If you have had contact with a person with Ebola or have traveled to a West African country within the past 21 days and have a fever or other signs or Ebola, seek immediate medical attention and call the Touro College Emergency Preparedness Illness Hotline number at 1-877-700-4161.

Dr. Nicole Cavenagh, clinical director of Touro University Nevada's Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, is being honored as as one of UNLV’s Alumni of the Year. Said Shelley Berkley, CEO of Touro's Western Division, of Dr. Cavenagh: “She is probably one of the best assets that Touro University has, and the success of our autism center is due in very large part to her dedication.”

The misdeeds of NFL stars like Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and others have been well-chronicled, but Touro President and CEO Dr. Alan Kadish writes that most colleges with big-time athletic programs are complicit in these actions by enabling athletes before they ever make it to the pros. 

Dr. Alan Kadish, president and CEO of the Touro College and University System, is featured in Crain's special section, “People to Watch in Higher Education.”

Efrat Bruck, a 2012 graduate of the women's division of the Lander College of Arts & Sciences in Flatbush, was one of 12 finalist for the Khan Academy’s national competition to create instructional videos to help potential med students prepare for the MCAT.  

Amy Maginnis-Honey speaks with nursing students at Touro University California on the first day of class to learn what brought them there--whether it was a red scarf, 130 miles a day or 9/11.

The Times Herald-Record published this in-depth feature on the opening of the brand-new Middletown campus of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. 

Dr. Robert Goldberg, dean of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, members of the faculty and students are featured in this story on the rapid rise of osteopathic medicine, TouroCOM's success and being appropriately located in Harlem.

Touro University California’s College of Pharmacy will receive a $150,000 grant from the Joseph and Vera Long Foundation that will go toward increasing research and classroom space.

The recent attack by a Palestinian mob on a Parisian synagogue is only the latest example of the dramatic rise of anti-Semitism--a 58 percent increase in 2012 compared to the previous year--in France. Touro President and CEO Dr. Alan Kadish writes in the Huffington Post that, rather than trying to act even handedly, French President Francois Hollande needs to condemn these heinous acts and vigorously defend the Jewish citizens of his country.

New York Medical College is hosting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s traveling exhibition which examines how medical professionals in Nazi Germany used what many believe to be the most honorable and altruistic of professions for evil. Touro President and CEO Dr. Alan Kadish, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Mark Hasten and New York Medical College Chancellor for Health Affairs and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Edward Halperin are featured in this video report.