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As Michigan Affirmative Action Vote Nears, Campaigns Pick Up

In the final run-up to Tuesday’s mid-term elections, several groups from the college basketball coaches to the police are bombarding voters in Michigan with messages about the impact of the Proposal 2 referendum, which would ban affirmative action in, among other things, college admissions.

Serving the Underserved

Efforts to expand diversity in the health professions has received a boost from a prominent member of Congress…

Faculty & Staff

Research Round-Up: Impact of Discrimination on Health, Innovative Teaching Methods of Minority Faculty and Racial Disparities in Care For HIV Patients

Racial discrimination may be an important reason why Blacks suffer from higher rates of cardiovascular disorders, diabetes and obesity; faculty of color use more interesting ways of teaching at undergraduate institutions than their White peers; HIV-infected people who have little to no consistent outpatient medical care are overwhelmingly minorities, the poor and substance abusers.

College, Student Settle Mental Health Lawsuit

WASHINGTON A former student who was barred from the campus of George Washington University and threatened with expulsion after checking into a hospital with depression has settled a lawsuit with the college, both sides announced Tuesday.

MacArthur Geniuses Focus On Race, Black Men’s Health

Dr. Jennifer Richeson of Northwestern University says that she’s no genius…

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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 […]

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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