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Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Howard University Launch

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Howard University LaunchProgram to Honor Legacy of Barbara JordanWASHINGTONThe Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Howard University have launched the Barbara Jordan Congressional Scholars Program to honor the legacy of the former Kaiser trustee and congresswoman, by creating opportunities for minority students in health policy and eventually, increasing the numbers […]

North Carolina Researchers to Investigate Racial Differences in Health

North Carolina Researchers to Investigate Racial Differences in HealthCHAPEL HILL, N.C. Differences in treatment and outcomes between Blacks and Whites in North Carolina will be the focus of a new program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program, based at the school’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, will […]

Leadership & Policy

HBCUs Strategize on Ways to Close Digital Divide on Their Campuses

HBCUs Strategize on Ways to Close Digital Divide on Their CampusesSlow adoption of technology by faculty seen as barrierATLANTA With Black colleges positioning their institutions to tackle the digital divide, officials with Tennessee State University and Clark Atlanta University highlighted an array of issues and strategies aimed at reducing the information technology gap between the […]

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Christopher T. Curry has been appointed director of residence life at Delaware State University. He was formerly assistant dean of students and director of residence life at Delaware Valley College. Curry earned his bachelor’s from Lincoln University, his master’s from Cheyney University and his doctorate from LaSalle University.Dr. Paul Keys has been named […]

They’d Liketo Thank the Academy…

They’d Liketo Thank the Academy…For 10 years, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin volunteered her services at a rural health clinic she founded in southern Alabama, moonlighting in emergency rooms to support herself and the clinic.Her efforts went largely unheralded until Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg featured her in a 1995 New York Times story, “Angel in […]

University of California To Require Students To Get Health Insurance

University of California To Require Students To Get Health InsuranceSAN FRANCISCO University of California regents voted last month to make insurance a mandatory requirement for students, believed to be the first such requirement by a major U.S. university system. The insurance issue stemmed from concerns about the estimated 40 percent of undergraduates who have inadequate […]

Leadership & Policy

EPA Cracks Down On Campuses to Clean Up

EPA Cracks Down On Campuses to Clean UpLINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa.A new kind of SWAT team is surfacing on campuses that can ruin even the toughest college president’s day. The special weapon? Environmental law. The special tactics? Big fines. If the hunt uncovers pollution violations, the price tag can rival the impact of a drug bust, […]

Faculty & Staff

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsFlorida Memorial College recently received a $500,000 grant from the Florida Department of State’s Division of Cultural Affairs. The grant was awarded to enhance the future Florida Memorial College Performing Arts Center, specifically Phase I of the project, which includes construction of an orchestra pit and increased seating capacity.Morgan State University has received […]

Faculty & Staff

Public Health Imperative: Prescription For Change

Public Health Imperative: Prescription For ChangeNew public-health schools at Black colleges offer chance to graduate more Black studentsJACKSON, Miss. — Growing up in the Mississippi Delta, Rodrick Jordan saw firsthand how poverty and inadequate health care debilitated and diminished the lives of Black people he knew. That early exposure to deprivation and disease inspired Jordan […]

BI What’s New

Nearly 450,000 students play college sports each year. But there are fewer than 3,500 allied health-care providers on hand daily to provide for their safety. That’s one allied health-care provider for every 138 collegiate athletes.Now there are new guidelines, established by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, that will help colleges and universities in estimating the […]

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsJackson State University has received a $9 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control to research and develop intervention programs for Blacks infected with HIV. The programs will help community-based organizations to use the most recent, scientific research and cultural data to tailor HIV interventions to specific populations at risk.The president of […]

Warning: PCs Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

Warning: PCs Can Be Hazardous to Your HealthUnless one happens to drop on your head, personal computers can’t kill you. But they can hurt you pretty badly. In fact, computers can be a pain in the neck, the back, the wrists and the eyes.Every year, nearly 2 million people suffer work-related musculoskeletal disorders, including repetitive […]

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