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Lipscomb University Trying To Draw More Into Nursing Field
Lipscomb University is now offering an undergraduate nursing program on its campus and plans a new $8.5 million nursing building to draw more people into a field that continues to have shortages.
Community Colleges
Michigan’s Community Colleges See Fewer Students
Enrollment at Michigan’s 28 community colleges is down 4 percent compared with last fall, according to school data collected by the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
Health
AIDS Remains Public Health Challenge 30 Years After its Discovery
Three decades after AIDS was officially recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, experts reflect on efforts to eradicate the disease and to create awareness about how it is transmitted.
Students
AIDS Education Tour Hits Howard U. during Nation’s Football Classic Weekend
Tour organizers say they want to leverage attendance at HBCU homecomings and football classics to help promote health and wellness, while marketing a condom company that they describe as socially responsible.
Leadership & Policy
Black Scientists Lag Whites in Government Funding
Just 1.5 percent of NIH applicants were Black; the study shows when applications were rejected, Black researchers were less likely than Whites to revise their work and try again, suggesting a lack of mentoring.
Health
Minnesota Program for Immigrant Doctors Loses Funding
State lawmakers eliminated funding for the $150,000 program during the last-minute negotiations.
Health
AIDS Research Pioneer James Hildreth Moving On From Meharry
Dr. James E.K. Hildreth leaves Meharry Medical College to lead College of Biological Sciences at UC Davis.
Community Colleges
The Middle College School Comes to Maryland
The Academy of Health Sciences — located on the campus of Prince George’s Community College — is part of a network of schools established under the auspices of the Middle College National Consortium and is the first such academy to be established in Maryland.
African-American
Sickle Cell Treatment Clinic at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Answers Community Need
The disease affects about 1,000 people in Arkansas and new treatments have allowed those with the disease to live into their 50s, 60s or beyond, and the goal is to improve their quality of life.
Health
East Carolina University, Churches Address Obesity
The Prosper Project, a three-county initiative conducted by East Carolina’s Brody School of Medicine, aims to wage a spiritual as well as a physical battle against diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
African-American
Connecticut Hospital Teams With Tuskegee University on Cancer Study
Saint Francis Hospital and Tuskegee University have announced a partnership to study why prostate cancer has a disproportionately high death rate among African-American men.
Health
Summit promotes minority health
After more than 2,000 people attending the fifth annual Minority Health Summit on Saturday were urged to find a family physician, fitness and motivational expert Donna Richardson Joyner got them all up on moving around.
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