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Grants & Awards

Bucknell University (Pa.) will receive $416,640 to establish a wireless Internet network as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Cameron University (Okla.) received $4 million from the McMahon Foundation as part of the university’s Changing Lives campaign. The grant, the largest in Cameron’s history, will go towards […]

Univ. of South Carolina Earns ‘Very High’ Research Designation

The University of South Carolina continues to raise its academic profile with a $6 million federal grant for HIV prevention, and a designation by a leading education…

Penn State Joins International Research

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University are teaming up with institutions in Thailand to study, and hopefully combat…

Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing

Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…

Study: Children in the South Face Higher Health Risks

Children living in the South are up to three times more likely to battle poor health and its consequences than those in…

Religion and Spirituality Linked to Heart-Rate Variability Among Cancer Survivors

Faith and the use of prayer and religion to manage stress may provide health benefits for cancer survivors…

Cornel West, Eddie Glaude Launch National Curriculum on Black History, American Democracy

Princeton professors Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Eddie Glaude have teamed up with talk-show host Tavis Smiley to launch a national movement to take critical lessons of…

Leadership & Policy

Meharry President To Assume Presidency of Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. John E. Maupin Jr., president of Meharry Medical College, will step down in July. Maupin, the first Meharry alumnus to hold the top office in the college…

BYU Study: Racism Associated with Disturbed Sleep and Depression in Latinos

Perceiving racism is related to sleep difficulties and depression in Hispanic immigrants, according to a new study by a Brigham Young University researcher in the midst of a multi-year…

Study: Genetics, Not Smoking Habits, May Be Responsible For Lung Cancer Disparities Among Races

For years, scientists have argued whether genes or smoking habits are responsible for the disparities in lung cancer rates…

Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing Policy for Student-Athletes

Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…

Leadership & Policy

Former Southern Illinois University President James Walker Dies

Dr. James Walker, the first Black to serve as president of the two-campus, 35,000-student Southern Illinois University system, has died after a long bout with prostate cancer. He was 64…

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