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New Study Shows African-American Senior Citizens Receive Fewer Life-Saving Surgeries Than Whites

A new study examining health care disparities during the 1990s and up to 2001

Grants & Awards

The Community College of Baltimore County is one of five institutions that will share a $2.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a Regional Center of Excellence in Biomanufacturing. The grant, which runs for four years, enables CCBC and its partner institutions — New Hampshire Technical and Community College, Finger Lakes Community […]

University of South Carolina to Research Katrina Effects

The University of South Carolina will spend nearly $400,000 to fund 18 research projects involving Hurricane Katrina…

Race and Sex Disparities in Heart Attack Care Not Improving

Differences based on race and sex in treatment patterns for hospitalized American heart attack patients

New Study Shows African-American Seniors Receive Fewer Life-Saving Surgeries Than Whites

A new study examining health care disparities during the 1990s and up to 2001, has found that Blacks received significantly fewer

Grants & Awards

Duke University (N.C.) received more than $1.3 million from the estate of business leader Leo Brody to establish a scholarship fund for students from the Carolinas, with preference to those from eastern North Carolina. The gift will be matched by The Duke Endowment of Charlotte at a rate of $1 for every $2 given, bringing […]

Faculty & Staff

Poverty Linked to Obesity, Says New Research

Poverty and obesity are strongly linked because the poor cannot afford to eat a healthier diet, according to new research.

The Top 100: Interpreting The Data

Black Issues examines the Top 100 institutions that awarded graduate degrees during the 2003-2004 academic year Story:

Race and Sex Disparities in Heart Attack Care, Survival Not Improving

Differences based on race and sex in treatment patterns for hospitalized American heart attack patients have remained unchanged over an eight-year period Story:

Obesity Summer Camp Makes Biotechnology

Jackie Aldridge, the coordinator of the Obesity and its Outcomes Biotechnology Summer Camp at Delaware Technical and Community College’s Stanton campus Story:

Breast Cancer Messages Need to be Targeted Toward African-American Women, Researchers Say

African-American women are more likely than Caucasian women to be diagnosed with breast cancer at later stages of the disease and are more likely to die from the disease Story:

Faculty & Staff

Lack of Same-Sex Benefits Costly For Pennsylvania Professors, Says Faculty Union

State university professor Dr. Rita Drapkin considers herself a married woman, even though Pennsylvania doesn’t sanction same-sex marriage. Story:

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