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Associate NMSU Dean Steps Down During Investigation Into Porn

An associate dean at New Mexico State University has given up the post while officials investigate allegations that he e-mailed pornography to others at the school.

Researchers at Odds Over Tuskegee Study

The infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a government experiment that charted the effects of the untreated disease on mostly poor and uneducated Black men, was conducted for 40 years before it was exposed and ended in 1972 amid widespread condemnation.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Minorities and Whites Have Differing Views of Health Care

Minorities are more likely than White patients to rate their health care as fair or poor, a view that is particularly true among Chinese Americans, Blacks born in Africa and Vietnamese Americans.

Leadership & Policy

Status of Black Women and HBCUs Focus of Urban League Report

The National Urban League’s annual report on the state of Black America this year examines the community through the eyes and the lives of Black women.

Grants & Gifts

The College of Engineering and Computer Science at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE, has received a $10,000 donation from alumnus Peter M. Leonhardt to be used for scholarships for working students. CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY’S NANCE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION has been awarded $150,000 from the Key Foundation to create the KeyBank Student Managed Investment Fund. The […]

Native Americans

Congress May Apologize to American Indians

WASHINGTON A resolution that formally apologizes to American Indians for years of government mistreatment and abuse will be part of an Indian health care bill expected to pass the Senate later this month. Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, who has pushed the measure since 2004, said he hopes the measure “helps heal the wounds that have […]

Audit: NC Central Administrator Stole Thousands in Grant Money

RALEIGH, N.C. A high-ranking administrator at North Carolina Central University stole thousands of dollars in federal research grant money, possibly to pay off personal items bought with his university credit card, according to a state audit released Tuesday. State Auditor Les Merritt said the assistant provost, who was not identified in the audit, also hid […]

Racial Disparities In Cancer Treatment Persists

The recent efforts to close the gaps in therapy for various kinds of cancer between Black and White Medicare patients have failed, a Yale University study released this week found.

Grants and Gifts

Clark College’s Corporate Education (Wash.) unit has been awarded a $31,000 Job Skills Program (JSP) grant to provide training for Southwest Washington Medical Center. The grant will provide training for 25 SWMC directors, managers and supervisors on the topics of lean health care, training the trainer and leading change. The Kentucky Adult Learner Initiative has […]

Tulane Researchers Will See Whether `Katrina Cough’ is Myth

NEW ORLEANS Tulane University researchers are undertaking a five-year study, monitoring the respiratory health of 1,000 New Orleans area workers to see if there really is such a thing as “Katrina Cough.” The project is underwritten by a $1.86 million grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. During the study, each participant […]

Black Lawmakers Urged to Join Earmark Feast

Despite presidential veto, earmarks are likely to stay and be accessible to minority-serving institutions under Democratic-controlled Congress.

Georgia HBCU Researches How to Tenderize Goat Meat

Changing “chewy” texture of the meat could position it as the nation’s next health fad, researchers say.

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