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University Medical Schools Test Cell Phones for Health Care Tasks

Howard University Hospital diabetes patients in Washington, D.C. are among those getting help from medical doctors who are testing Internet-connected cell phones that provide daily medical instructions.

Dr. Richard Katz of George Washington University Hospital

Amid Criticism, Tennessee HBCU President Announces Retirement

Citing family and personal reasons, Dr. Melvin N. Johnson announced that he would be stepping down as president of Tennessee State University at the end of the year.

Dr. Melvin N. Johnson announced that he would step down as president of Tennessee State University at the end of the year.

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Association Creates Plan for ‘1890’ HBCUs To Meet Modern Challenges

Dr. Lorenzo Esters has spoken resolutely about the “bold, futuristic and intentional” plan launched last month for 18 historically Black land-grant colleges and universities, but he could have easily been summing up his first year as the person tapped by the nation’s oldest higher education association to advance access and diversity among its member institutions.

Dr. Lorenzo Esters

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Conn. Researchers Dig for Items from Tribe-settler War

This summer, University of Connecticut researchers are scouring residential neighborhoods in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York for artifacts from the battle between the Pequot Indians and English settlers nearly 400 years ago.

Best & Brightest: UTEP Student’s Study of Success Recognized

University of Texas at El Paso doctoral candidate wins Distinguished Scholar award for proposal to raise student retention and graduation rates in Texas by studying influences on students who achieve against all odds.

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Book Review: Black Women, United and Hell-Bent on Doing God’s Work

In Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion, Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas, a professor of history at Temple University, has labored diligently to craft a comprehensive history of Black women in the U.S.

Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas is a professor of history at Temple University

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Experts Say Feds vs. State Conflict in Arizona Rooted in U.S. Founding

The federal lawsuit against Arizona’s tough new immigration law focuses heavily on a question that has been in the spotlight repeatedly the past decade and dates back to the Founding Fathers.

Kris Kobach is the University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor who helped draft the Arizona immigration law.

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Census Undercount Feared in Poorest U.S. Areas

As the U.S. Census Bureau prepares to wrap up its door-to-door count across the country next week, there are some who worry many may have been missed.

U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. (photo courtesy of Center for American Progress)

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S.C. Lawmakers Seeking Review of HBCU-based Transportation Center

A dozen years after the project was announced, some state lawmakers want a review of how money has been used for a yet-to-be-built research center at South Carolina State University named for House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn.

S.C. State Sen. Robert Ford, D-Charleston

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New Mexico Librarian Enlivens the Research Experience Among Native Students

Paulita Aguilar is the curator of the University of New Mexico’s Indigenous Nations Library Program (INLP), mandated to increase information literacy and research skills among tribal students, who make up 6 percent of the flagship campus in Albuquerque.

Paulita Aguilar (left) is the curator of the University of New Mexico’s Indigenous Nations Library Program.

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Coast Guard Cadet Diversity Surges With Minority Wave

Swabs, or cadets, from racial and ethnic minority groups make up 24 percent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s Class of 2014—the second highest percentage in the school’s history, surpassed only by one class that was a percentage point higher.

Cadets participate in flag ceremony at the Coast Guard Academy.

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Grambling’s President Orders Review of School Spending

Grambling State University’s new president has hired the former president of Virginia’s largest historically Black university to review “every dime” of GSU’s budget. Last week, a state audit found that the university bought stock with money supposed to be used for buildings and grounds and lost $1 million on the deal.

Dr. Frank Pogue is president of Grambling State University.

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