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African-American

Dillard University Gets $25M from National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health is giving Dillard the money to invest, with endowment earnings used to improve labs, hire faculty members and recruit and support students for the research.

Leadership & Policy

Rx for Success: Xavier Ranks Among the Top Producers of Black Students Accepted by Medical School

With growing minority health needs across the state and in the Delta, compounded by Katrina, Xavier University president Norman Francis announced that the school in 2012 will begin offering undergraduate degrees in public health.

Appreciation: The Moral Integrity of Derrick Bell

The heroic life of Derrick Bell demonstrates that even in the most difficult of circumstances, it is possible to protect one’s moral autonomy, an Eckerd College political scientist writes.

Faculty & Staff

National Science Foundation Reports Low Minority Representation on STEM Faculties

Minority doctoral holders are still poorly represented as faculty members within the ranks of American academe, a new study says.

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.

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.

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.

Raynard Kington

Minnesota Program for Immigrant Doctors Loses Funding

State lawmakers eliminated funding for the $150,000 program during the last-minute negotiations.

Liban Farah and Jibril Elabe

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.

Academy students

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