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Minority-serving Institutions to Benefit from Education Department Budget Increase

Nearly three months into the federal fiscal year, Congress and President Barack Obama reached an agreement on a 2010 education spending bill that will increase funds for minority-serving institutions and student financial aid with the possibility of more gains ahead.

ANTHROPOLOGY : Real Science For Real People

Amy Snipes since she was a little girl in Savannah, Ga., who grew up loving science, cherishing the “well-stocked” chemistry set her mother made sure was at her disposal, realizing that she was part tomboy and part “nerd,” and always asking “why?”

Shedra Amy Snipes

Faculty & Staff

NEUROBIOLOGY : Free To Express And Contribute

For Dr. Gonzalo E. Torres, scientific research â€” and academia in general â€” is about the freedom to break away from the herd.

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Faculty & Staff

NOTEWORTHY NEWS

Politics as Usual for the Professoriate Career scholars are routinely tapped for high-level policymaking jobs in government. As a child, Harold Koh paid rapt attention to his fatherâ€™s dual career as a diplomat and professor.

Leadership & Policy

Surgeon General: More Minority Doctors Needed

Speaking at a health disparities conference in Atlanta, Dr. Regina Benjamin, the U.S. Surgeon General, called for stepped-up efforts in increasing the number of minority physicians.

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin

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HBCUs Step Up to the HIV Challenge

Impact of HIV on Blacks compels historically Black colleges and universities to develop initiatives to confront the spread of the disease.

Howard U. AIDS Ribbon

Faculty & Staff

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Answering the Call

Impact of HIV on Blacks compels HBCUs to develop initiatives to confront the spread of the disease.

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Lincoln U. Students Upset over Targeted Fitness Requirement

Students at Lincoln University, a historically Black institution in Pennsylvania, say fitness class requirement should apply to all students rather than to only those considered overweight.

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NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Obama Restores Asian American Initiative

Two years after the Bush administration let its authority lapse, President Barack Obama has reinstated the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Native Americans

Tribal Leaders: ‘We Need to be Respected’

Before the largest gathering of tribal leaders in U.S. history Thursday, President Barack Obama pledged $50 million in funding for tribal colleges and vowed his administration would work to address problems facing Native Americans, from health disparities to economic development.

Tribal Nations Conference

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Tough Times: African-American Realities Beneath the Breakthroughs

Despite enjoying progress on political fronts, poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment still plague Black America.

PARSING THE REACTION TO OBAMA

Scholars say extreme criticisms of president defy simple explanation.

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