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Faculty & Staff

The Journey for Jackson State

In recent years, construction cranes have loomed over the bustling campus of Jackson State University…

Leadership & Policy

Resuscitating MLK/Drew

To this day, the widespread racial disparities that prompted the August 1965 riots in the Watts community of South Los Angeles…

Study: Black, Hispanic Children Suffer Bleak Living Conditions

Living conditions experienced by children in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas continues to show a depressing picture for Black and Hispanic children, according to a new report from the Harvard School of Public Health. Another study shows Whites less trusting of foreign-born doctors than Blacks.

Project Town Gown

The neighborhood surrounding Rhodes College suffers from high infant mortality rates, among other ills; but the college refuses to stand by and watch its community deteriorate.

Morehouse Study: Untreated Prison Illnesses Can Expose Black Communities to Contagious Diseases

Untreated illnesses in a prison population can expose whole communities to the risk of infection from a contagious disease, according to one study. Another study has found that the rates of psychiatric disorder among U.S.-born Latinos have increased substantially over the past decade.

Emerging Scholars: Class of 2007

Each year it becomes increasingly difficult to select just 10 Emerging Scholars, because there are so many outstanding scholars of color in the academy who are breaking new ground in research, applying scholarship to public policy and grooming the next generation of leaders and professionals. Diverse’s 2007 Emerging Scholars are doing all of that, while setting records and earning the distinction of being the “first” or the “youngest” to win tenure or some impressive accolade.

Emerging Scholars: The Class of 2007

Just 10. Each year it becomes increasingly difficult to select just 10 Emerging Scholars…

Emerging Scholars: The Class of 2007

Just 10. Each year it becomes increasingly difficult to select just 10 Emerging Scholars…

Faculty & Staff

Investigating Health Disparities

Although many scientists have a passion for research because they enjoy working in a laboratory

Troubles continue at UMDNJ As former exec files lawsuit

Troubles at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey persist as the institution, a top producer of minority health professionals, was hit last month with a lawsuit from a former executive who claims he was forced out because he helped uncover allegedly illegal financial practices.

Research Round-up

Recent studies show mental illness in Blacks go undetected, residents of Black neighborhoods are more likely to report poor health and minority medical students are usually under more stress.

UVa Conference on Hurricane Katrina and Race Looks For Answers

In a biting, angry attack on the Bush administration, NAACP chairman Julian Bond equated the president’s handling of Katrina with a “lynching” of Black people, calling it a “deliberate effort to dispossess Black landowners.”

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