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Surgeon General to Head Morehouse Center

Surgeon General to Head Morehouse CenterATLANTAU.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher announced last month that he will become director of a new center at historically Black Morehouse College that will press for better access to health care for minorities. Accepting the new job on the holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Satcher invoked […]

Sexual Health Resources

Sexual Health Resources On CD-RomLooking for a high-tech way to educate students about sex? The Bacchus & Gamma Peer Education Network has developed a CD-ROM that just might be an answer to your prayers. Sex in the CD is an interactive computer “adventure” designed to engage students in discussions about safe sex, healthy relationships and […]

Sexual Responsibility on Campus

Sexual Responsibility on CampusInstitutions take a closer look at their rolein today’s sexually tolerant environment.By Cheryl D. FieldsWhen Dr. Iverson Bell first came to Morehouse College as a freshman in 1969, the campus code of conduct regarding mingling with students of the opposite sex was fairly rigid. “The era of suits and ties was over […]

Let’s Talk About Sex

Let’s Talk About SexATTENTION RESEARCHERS! If you’re looking for a topic that is begging for more scholarly investigation, I’ve got a suggestion: Sex and the African American College Student. This edition’s cover story (see pg. 18) explores how responsible colleges and universities are in providing sexual health support, treatment and information for their students. Some […]

Study: Hispanics Dominate California Birth Rate

Study: Hispanics Dominate California Birth RateLOS ANGELESIn another sign that Hispanics will dominate California’s future, a university study has found the ethnic group accounted for nearly half of all births in the state by the end of the last decade. Hispanic mothers had 247,796 of the 521,265 children born in California in 1998, or 47.5 […]

University of Louisville Plans Center to Prepare For Biological Attacks

University of Louisville Plans Center to Prepare For Biological AttacksLOUISVILLE, Ky. The University of Louisville’s role in the crisis-response network has expanded since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the recent anthrax exposures. Its microbiology lab has tested more than 90 samples of mysterious substances reported by businesses and law-enforcement agencies. The university’s professors also […]

Leadership & Policy

Meharry, Vanderbilt to Fund Study of Cancer Among Blacks

Meharry, Vanderbilt to Fund Study of Cancer Among BlacksNASHVILLE, Tenn. A $22 million grant announced last month for researchers at Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Institute will fund a multistate study to explain why Blacks die of cancer at disproportionately high rates. The five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will be used for […]

Survey Suggests Link between Racism, High Blood Pressure in African Americans

Survey Suggests Link between Racism, High Blood Pressure in African Americans ATLANTAResearchers at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta have provided the first empirical evidence suggesting that racism may be a contributing factor to the unusually high prevalence of high blood pressure and its attendant cardiovascular effects among African Americans. The connection was revealed […]

Leadership & Policy

Louis Sullivan to Step Down as President of Morehouse School of Medicine

Louis Sullivan to Step Down as President of Morehouse School of MedicineATLANTAAfter more than two decades at the helm of the Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan will turn over the presidency to Dr. James R. Gavin III in June of next year. Gavin is currently senior scientific officer of the Howard Hughes […]

International IT Assistance Takes Form

International IT Assistance Takes Form In Content Transfer Debate Continues Over Whether Poor Countries Should Worry Less About IT, More About Basic NeedsWhether international organizations and Western institutions can help poor nations use advanced information technology tools, such as the Internet, for economic and social development is a question that’s getting serious discussion in the […]

Faculty & Staff

Breathing New Life into Meharry

Breathing New Life into MeharryThe 125-year-old historically Black medical school was on the brink of closing down, but through new leadership and partnerships, the school is financially healthy, and its students’ board scores are the highest in the school’s history. By David Hefner NASHVILLE, Tenn.On a late July afternoon in 1994, Dr. John E. Maupin […]

Why Xavier Remains No.1

Why Xavier Remains No.1Louisiana’s Xavier University maintains an enviable track record for sending more African American students to medical school than any other institution. How do they do it?By Pearl StewartNEW ORLEANSDuring his first year at Harvard Medical School, Keith Amos was more than popular — he was needed. Amos quickly became the histology guru […]

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