diverse staff reportsHealthDiscrimination Associated With Health ProblemsAfrican-Americans who experience racial discrimination have worse physical and mental health problems than others, concludes a new study from Columbia University.July 23, 2006InternationalInternationally Known Archivist to Head Up Martin Luther King Jr. CollectionMorehouse College has hired Brenda S. Banks as Chief Archivist to facilitate organizing more than 10,000 pieces of the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection at Morehouse College, King’s undergraduate alma mater.July 23, 2006HomePre-K Education Seen As Key To Hispanic AchievementProviding Hispanic children with access to high-quality pre-kindergarten education is an important first step toward closing the achievement gap, a new report suggests.July 10, 2006HomeStudy: Defendants With “Black” Features More Likely To Get Death PenaltyJurors are more likely to hand down death sentences in capital crime cases to defendants with stereotypically Black features, especially when the victim is White, according to a new study from four universities.July 9, 2006Faculty & StaffDoctoral Program Produces 300th Minority GraduateA program created in 1993 to stem the shortage of minority faculty at university campuses, especially in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines, has recently produced its 300th Ph.D.July 5, 2006HealthResearch Roundup: You’re Fired, Call An Ambulance; Black Smokers; the Insulin-Resistant RaceInvoluntary job loss near retirement more than doubles the risk of heart attack and stroke; new research may explain why Black smokers are less successful than Whites at quitting the habit; Black women — even if their weight is normal — may be at increased risk for insulin resistance, a condition associated with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart vessel disease.July 4, 2006HomeReport: Increased Education May Help Breed SegregationStudies have long shown that education broadens an individual’s perspective and helps to diminish racist attitudes. But new Rice University study indicates highly educated Whites help perpetuate racial segregation in U.S. schools.June 25, 2006African-AmericanBite Size BriefsBar Association’s Affirmative Action policy; Arkansas Black Studies funding; Michigan diversity grading system; Federal panel to question law school affirmative action policy.June 13, 2006Faculty & StaffHarvard Announces Help for Female FacultyHarvard University on Tuesday announced $7.5 million in enhancements for its employee work-life program as part of an effort to recruit and retain women faculty.June 12, 2006HomeResearch Roundup: Blacks and Cancer, HIV and BusinessYounger Black women who get breast cancer are far more likely than their White peers to have a particularly aggressive and lethal form of the disease; HIV infection is significantly more common among non-Hispanic Blacks than among any other young adult racial or ethnic group in the US; African-Americans are twice as likely as White Americans to try to start a business.June 7, 2006Previous PagePage 6 of 8Next Page
