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Howard University Looks to Create DNA Bank

Howard University Looks to Create DNA Bank WASHINGTON Howard University hopes to create the nation’s largest bank of DNA from Black Americans with the aim of studying genes involved in diseases that disproportionately strike Blacks. The DNA bank isn’t funded yet, but the university announced last month that it would work with a well-known database […]

Bill Supports Graduate Education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Bill Supports Graduate Education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions By Charles Dervarics New legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide funding for Hispanic-serving colleges and universities with graduate programs. HSI leaders have long identified a priority to obtain federal funding for graduate education. Colleges could use funds for the following: purchases of laboratory equipment; construction, […]

Beacons of Hope

Beacons of HopeSECME Inc. partners with minority-serving institutions to create alternative high schools to increase high school, college completion ratesBy Phaedra Brotherton In 2000, only 18 percent of all African American and 10 percent of Hispanics completed a four-year degree by age 29, compared with 34 percent of Whites (total populations), according to the U.S. […]

San Jose Students Want Statue Honoring Olympic Salute

San Jose Students Want Statue Honoring Olympic SaluteSAN JOSE, Calif. Thirty-five years after sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos bowed their heads and raised their fists on the Olympic podium in a Black power salute, students at their alma mater want to honor their controversial gesture with a statue. The image of two athletes raising […]

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Harvard’s Gates to be Visiting Scholar at Princeton Think Tank

Harvard’s Gates to be Visiting Scholar at Princeton Think Tank TRENTON, N.J.The chairman of Harvard University’s Department of Afro-American Studies is joining a think tank in Princeton for one year as a visiting scholar. Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. ended a widely watched academic tug-of-war in December, announcing he would remain as head of Harvard’s […]

Sorority Launches Science, Technology Radio Show

Sorority Launches Science, Technology Radio Show WASHINGTON Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., has teamed up with a Washington-based talk radio station to bring science and technology information into African American homes. The Science and Everyday Experiences (SEE) radio program is part of the sorority’s ongoing efforts to get young African Americans and their families involved […]

Topping the Charts

Topping the Charts It’s that time of year again, when we recognize the colleges and universities that graduate the most students of color at the undergraduate level. In 2001, we celebrated the fact that the number of African American students receiving bachelor’s degrees topped 100,000 for the first time. It is good to see that […]

Latinos Hardly Visible on Prime-Time Television, UCLA Study Finds

Latinos Hardly Visible on Prime-Time Television, UCLA Study FindsLOS ANGELESLatinos are the largest minority group in the United States yet they make up only 4 percent of regular prime-time characters on network television, according to a new study by UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center.“Looking for Latino Regulars on Prime-Time Television: The Fall 2002 Season” also […]

New Grants Promote Community Outreach

New Grants Promote Community OutreachBy Charles Dervarics Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are eligible for new grants to promote outreach to their local communities. Black colleges and universities can apply for $9.9 million in federal dollars to address poverty and economic development needs in or near their campuses. About $6.6 million is available for previously […]

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History’s Burden

History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]

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History’s Burden

History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]

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Lincoln University Kicks Off 150th Anniversary Celebration

Lincoln University Kicks Off 150th Anniversary Celebration LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa.More than 600 students, faculty, administrators, staff, local officials and visitors helped kick off Lincoln University’s 150th anniversary celebration last month. The historically Black university was founded in 1854 and has graduated more than 14,000 young men and women.“Today, with a solid foundation, unprecedented support from […]

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