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Students
Colleges in Washington State Launch Student Mental Health Programs
High-profile campus killings spur the creation of mental health teams at colleges across Washington state. The goal is to watch troubled students.
April 9, 2008
Latinx
Minority Doctors Underrepresented in California, Study Finds
A new report finds a “vast ethnic disparity in the state’s physician workforce, particularly for Latinos and African Americans,” when compared to the distribution of minority groups in the state’s population.
April 8, 2008
Health
Virginia Tech to Hold “Lie-In” on Anniversary of Tragedy
Family members of the victims of the shooting last April at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the tragedy with other gun violence victims, college students and community members by hosting a “lie-in” on the school’s campus.
April 8, 2008
Health
Wake Forest University Hosts Conference on Student Mental Health Issues
“Students are much more active and busy than they used to be,” Schubert says.
April 6, 2008
Health
Higher Education in the Land of Lincoln
Northeastern Illinois University’s ENLACE program works to increase the number of Hispanics in graduate schools in hopes that today’s students will be future faculty.
April 2, 2008
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Faculty & Staff
The Heart of the Mission
As a top producer of minority health practitioners, a University of Illinois at Chicago program seeks to improve the quality of medical care in communities of color.
April 2, 2008
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Recruitment & Retention
Golden State Responds to Shortage of Health Care Professionals
With the lowest number of registered nurses in the nation, a California program aims to fill gap through a number of diversity initiatives.
March 19, 2008
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Students
Associate NMSU Dean Steps Down During Investigation Into Porn
An associate dean at New Mexico State University has given up the post while officials investigate allegations that he e-mailed pornography to others at the school.
March 16, 2008
Health
Researchers at Odds Over Tuskegee Study
The infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a government experiment that charted the effects of the untreated disease on mostly poor and uneducated Black men, was conducted for 40 years before it was exposed and ended in 1972 amid widespread condemnation.
March 12, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Minorities and Whites Have Differing Views of Health Care
Minorities are more likely than White patients to rate their health care as fair or poor, a view that is particularly true among Chinese Americans, Blacks born in Africa and Vietnamese Americans.
March 12, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Status of Black Women and HBCUs Focus of Urban League Report
The National Urban League’s annual report on the state of Black America this year examines the community through the eyes and the lives of Black women.
March 5, 2008
Health
Grants & Gifts
The College of Engineering and Computer Science at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE, has received a $10,000 donation from alumnus Peter M. Leonhardt to be used for scholarships for working students. CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY’S NANCE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION has been awarded $150,000 from the Key Foundation to create the KeyBank Student Managed Investment Fund. The […]
February 19, 2008
Native Americans
Congress May Apologize to American Indians
WASHINGTON  A resolution that formally apologizes to American Indians for years of government mistreatment and abuse will be part of an Indian health care bill expected to pass the Senate later this month. Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, who has pushed the measure since 2004, said he hopes the measure “helps heal the wounds that have […]
February 19, 2008
HBCUs
Audit: NC Central Administrator Stole Thousands in Grant Money
RALEIGH, N.C. A high-ranking administrator at North Carolina Central University stole thousands of dollars in federal research grant money, possibly to pay off personal items bought with his university credit card, according to a state audit released Tuesday. State Auditor Les Merritt said the assistant provost, who was not identified in the audit, also hid […]
February 12, 2008
Health
Racial Disparities In Cancer Treatment Persists
The recent efforts to close the gaps in therapy for various kinds of cancer between Black and White Medicare patients have failed, a Yale University study released this week found.
January 9, 2008
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HBCUs
Grants and Gifts
Clark College’s Corporate Education (Wash.) unit has been awarded a $31,000 Job Skills Program (JSP) grant to provide training for Southwest Washington Medical Center. The grant will provide training for 25 SWMC directors, managers and supervisors on the topics of lean health care, training the trainer and leading change. The Kentucky Adult Learner Initiative has […]
January 9, 2008
Health
Tulane Researchers Will See Whether `Katrina Cough’ is Myth
NEW ORLEANS Tulane University researchers are undertaking a five-year study, monitoring the respiratory health of 1,000 New Orleans area workers to see if there really is such a thing as “Katrina Cough.” The project is underwritten by a $1.86 million grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. During the study, each participant […]
January 7, 2008
MSIs
Black Lawmakers Urged to Join Earmark Feast
Despite presidential veto, earmarks are likely to stay and be accessible to minority-serving institutions under Democratic-controlled Congress.
December 26, 2007
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