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Professional Appointments

Mary Grace T. Campos has been named assistant director of multicultural programs and services at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is in charge of advising cultural programs at the university. Campos most recently served as program coordinator for the university’s Women’s Center. She earned a bachelor’s from the College of William and Mary […]

The Road to Psychological Recovery

Psychologist group says cultural competency training is needed to aid Black Katrina survivors

UIC Nursing to Launch Collaborative Venture in India

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing is launching its first educational venture into India…

Two Mississippi Hospitals Tapped for Minority Treatment Study

Two Mississippi hospitals have been chosen to participate in a nationwide program aimed at reducing racial and ethnic disparities…

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:

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