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Section: Health
Students
Tennessee HBCUs Take On Obesity
The Tennessee Department of Health has announced that five historically Black institutions in the state are part of a grant program to help the schools educate their respective campus communities about the dangers of obesity.
February 27, 2013
Health
Va. Struggles With Health Insurance Requirement
State agencies are reducing part-time employees’ hours until officials figure out how to comply with federal health insurance requirements regarding those who work more than 30 hours each week.
February 11, 2013
Health
AIDS Advocate: Wilson Working on Making a Difference
The Columbia University professor, a 2013 Emerging Scholar as named by Diverse, has focused his research on HIV prevention.
January 18, 2013
Health
A Passion from the Philippines: Dr. Ethel Nicdao
Nicdao, a 2013 Emerging Scholar as selected by Diverse, looks at health disparities in Asian-American communities.
January 15, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Alabama Schools Form Consortium to Boost Health Care Workforce Diversity
College leaders representing more than a dozen Alabama institutions signed up their respective schools to join a state-based consortium organized to increase the number of minorities in the health care professions.
January 13, 2013
Health
Brain Debugger: Dr. Brian K. Lee
Dr. Lee, named a 2013 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, works to find answers about autism.
January 13, 2013
Health
Champion of Change: Dr. Flavia Peréa explores issues of equity and health disparities
Dr. Flavia Peréa believes that “change happens in action.” The 38-year-old, self-described “accidental academic” has spent most of her adult life working in education, from low-resource public schools to elite private school settings.
January 6, 2013
Students
Redford Creates Ecology Program with Calif. College
A California college is teaming up with Robert Redford to create a program where students can combine environmental studies with media and liberal arts.
November 20, 2012
Leadership & Policy
University of Alabama President Resigns, Cites Wife’s Health
The president of the University of Alabama is quitting after less than two months in the position.
October 31, 2012
Health
Meharry Chief Selected for Institute of Medicine
Meharry Medical College President Dr. Wayne J. Riley has been named to the Institute of Medicine.
October 16, 2012
Students
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Administrator Tapped for Ambassadorship
Dr. Joan Prince, vice chancellor for global inclusion and engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, to join State Department.
October 16, 2012
Sports
New Guide Offers Tips on Establishing and Maintaining Effective Campus Safety Teams
A new guidebook hopes to curb campus crime by leading campus teams through the process of anticipating and responding different types of campus problems or threats.
September 12, 2012
Leadership & Policy
New Document Filing Expected To Boost Fisk University Efforts to Have Accreditation Reaffirmed
Fisk University has filed a monitoring report as part of efforts to persuade a powerful Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accrediting agency to lift the Nashville-based HBCU from probation, a status it has held for nearly two years.
September 11, 2012
Students
FAMU To Impose Ambitious Anti-hazing Policies
Florida A & M University (FAMU), stepping up its efforts to end hazing among its 13,000-student population, plans this spring to impose one of the most ambitious college anti-hazing policies in the nation.
September 9, 2012
African-American
Nursing Program Aims To Train Minority Students for Service in Rural Areas
Built on more than a year of outreach and recruitment at minority-serving institutions, the federally funded PRIDE program has attracted 26 students to Frontier Nursing University who are training as either nurse practitioners or nurse midwives.
November 22, 2011
African-American
Black-owned Newspapers Join HBCUs, Black Churches in HIV/AIDS Fight
A group of African-American newspaper publishers have enlisted the support of Black colleges and churches as they prepare to wage a war against HIV/AIDS.
November 20, 2011
African-American
Celebrated AIDS Researcher Reflects on Move to UC-Davis, Meharry Tenure
Dr. James Hildreth discusses his move to the University of California-Davis, his time at Meharry Medical College and what remains to be done in the fight against AIDS.
November 16, 2011
African-American
On The Front Line of Health Care
Physician assistants, nurse practitioners take on primary care duties that were once the exclusive domain of physicians.
November 13, 2011
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