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MacArthur Geniuses Focus On Race, Black Men’s Health
Dr. Jennifer Richeson of Northwestern University says that she’s no genius…
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West Point Officials Say Increasing Number of Black Applicants Physically Unfit
African-Americans continue to be under-represented at the highly selective U.S. Military Academy at West Point, but medical issues may contribute as much as academics to low admission rates.
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MacArthur Geniuses Focus On Race-related Issues
Dr. Jennifer A. Richeson of Northwestern University says that she’s no genius, despite being awarded a $500,000 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant – dubbed the “genius” award – for her work in studying interactions between races.
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The Face of AIDS: Overwhelmingly Black and Female
More than two decades after HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, first began killing gay White men…
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Africa: The Epicenter of the AIDS Pandemic
A continent away, in AIDS-ravaged Africa, an effort similar to that in the United States is underway to mobilize…
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Faculty & Staff
On Life Support
At the Hispanic Center of Excellence, located on the sprawling campus of the Albert Einstein Medical Center in the Bronx…
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Grants & Awards
Baltimore City Community College has received a $14,235 grant from the Verizon Foundation to integrate computer technology into the institution’s English as a Second Language program. The National Science Foundation has awarded Hampton University (Va.) a five-year, $5 million grant to fund the Center for Laser Science and Spectroscopy, known as C.L.A.S.S. The center, based […]
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Study: Race, Location Affects Longevity
WASHINGTON Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge role in whether you die young, says a study issued last week that contends the differences are so stark it’s as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one.
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Research Round-up: Special Curriculum for Indian-American Youth; School is Fun Despite the Costs; Black Women and Hypertension
A new, school-based curriculum developed in partnership with the University of Washington aims to help reduce cardiovascular disease among American-Indian youth; more than half of American adults age 25 to 60 would like to continue their education; a subgroup of Black women may be at higher risk for developing hypertension due to racism.
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Discrimination Associated With Health Problems
African-Americans who experience racial discrimination have worse physical and mental health problems than others, concludes a new study from Columbia University.
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Leaving a Legacy
Shortly after Dr. Donald Wilson became dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1991…
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The Top 100 Interpreting the Data
Substantial growth continues in both the number and percentage of students of color obtaining master’s…
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