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Driven By Service

Driven By ServiceOprah Winfrey Scholars Program aims to give African women a ‘greater voice in their own lives’ and skills to strengthen their native countriesBy Clarence A. Haynes NEW YORKStella Chidinma Iwuagwa, of Nigeria, had long admired Oprah Winfrey’s energy and power, but never would have imagined she would be a recipient of the media […]

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North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center

North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center DURHAM, N.C.The Departments of Nursing at North Carolina Central University and Winston-Salem State University and the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently launched the Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research (CIHDR). The new center is one of eight university-partnered […]

Grants & Awards

Arizona State University’s College of Business will receive a $50 million gift from Wm. Polk Carey, chairman of New York City-based investment firm W.P. Carey & Co. LLC and grandson of John Samuel Armstrong, the legislative founder of Arizona State. The gift will endow the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Fisk University (Tenn.) […]

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Spelman College To Address HIV/AIDS In African Diaspora

Spelman College To Address HIV/AIDS In African Diaspora With a series of international conferences and new health courses planned, one of the nation’s leading historically Black colleges is poised to tackle one of the most urgent issues facing women in the African Diaspora — the spread of HIV/AIDS. Spelman College will kick off the first […]

HIV AIDS A Predator in Paradise

HIV AIDS A Predator in ParadiseToday the Caribbean has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Some Caribbean scholars are taking steps to educate the academy and national leaders about curbing the spread of the disease.By B. Denise HawkinsThe Caribbean is legendary for the soothing rustle of blowing palm trees, sugar white beaches […]

Study Links Availability of Supermarkets To Disparities in Diet, Illness

Study Links Availability of Supermarkets To Disparities in Diet, Illness CHAPEL HILL, N.C.A new study looks at what influences the availability of supermarkets has on disparities in diet and illness within certain communities. According to the new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study, Black Americans’ fruit and vegetable intake […]

Association of Medical Colleges Honors Former Surgeon General

Association of Medical Colleges Honors Former Surgeon General SAN FRANCISCOFormer Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher is the third recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Herbert W. Nickens, M.D. award. Satcher was honored at the association’s 113th Annual Meeting held last month in San Francisco. Satcher delivered an address on targeting health care disparities […]

N.C., Maryland Schools to Create Health Disparities Research Centers

N.C., Maryland Schools to Create Health Disparities Research Centers CHAPEL HILL, N.C.Researchers from three North Carolina universities have received grants totaling $1.5 million from the National Institute of Nursing Research to create a Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research. The National Institutes of Health agency funded three related grants to support the new center, […]

Health Web Site for Black Women Launched

Health Web Site for Black Women LaunchedBy Ronald Roach WASHINGTONThe National Black Women’s Health Project has launched what is destined to be the pre-eminent online gathering place on health for African American women, . Recognizing the importance and power of the Internet, as well as the growing rate of Internet use by African American women, […]

University of Alabama to Spend $28 Million on Research About Strokes Among Blacks, Southerners

Events

EventsOCTOBEROct. 23-25The Colorado Workplace Equity Coalition Inc.18th Annual Conference“Synchronicity” Working Together in UnityPueblo Convention CenterPueblo, Colo.For more information: www.cwequity.comOct. 24-27Association of American Colleges and Universities4th Biennial Diversity and Learning Conference“Education for a World Lived in Common”Hyatt Regency, St. LouisPhone: (202) 387-3760E-mail: meetings@aacu.nw.dc.usWeb: www.aacu-edu.orgOct. 26-29Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities16th Annual Conference“Hispanic Empowerment: America’s Key to […]

Getting Your Facts Straight

Getting Your Facts StraightSay you’re writing a report and need to double-check a fact or two. Or say you just heard something on TV or the radio and want to make sure it’s correct. What do you do?In the past, you reached for an almanac or encyclopedia or headed to the library. Today, in the […]

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