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Health
U.S. Colleges Prep for H1N1
Many health workers are encouraging students to get an annual seasonal flu vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine in mid-October.  According to USA Today, college and university health care workers are stocking up on masks and flu-fighting drugs this fall.  One health official says college students are more prone to swine flu than the regular winter […]
August 24, 2009
Health
LA County Votes to Reopen Troubled Hospital, UC Expected to Staff the Facility
County officials on Tuesday approved a plan to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that has become a symbol of the area’s continued racial strife.
August 19, 2009
Students
HBCU News Nuggets
With more than 100 historically Black colleges and universities in the country, we could not cover them all. Here’s a glimpse at initiatives some of them are pursuing.
August 19, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Pride and Peril: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Diverse identifies five threats facing HBCUs and five opportunities that could define their futures.
August 19, 2009
Health
Pa. health club gunman left $225,000 to university
George Sodini, the 48-year-old gunman who committed suicide after killing three women and wounding nine others at a Pittsburgh-area health club Aug. 4, wanted to leave his estimated $225,000 estate to the University of Pittsburgh. Sodini graduated from the university in 1992 with a degree in computer science. He had worked as a systems analyst […]
August 17, 2009
Health
Blue Cross, MSU team up to fight child obesity
Obesity among Grand Rapids Public Schools children is the target of a $1 million initiative by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Michigan State University.  According to the Livingston Daily.com, the university says the Blue Cross-funded program seeks to increase physical activity, make healthy food more affordable and available, and improve people’s knowledge, attitudes […]
August 6, 2009
African-American
CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE
For more than two decades, Dr. Warren M. Washington, one of the nation’s leading meteorologists, has been among the U.S. scientists that have studied and predicted the long-term impact greenhouse gas emissions.
August 5, 2009
HBCUs
Confronting Climate Change
A Black think tank convenes a commission to focus on the disparate impact of climate change on minority communities and help involve historically Black institutions in clean energy projects.
August 5, 2009
Health
MSU works to increase Hispanic neuroscientists
Michigan State University has received a $1.5 million federal grant to work with the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey to increase the number of Hispanic doctoral students in neuroscience. According to the examiner.com, the grant comes from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health. It builds on an […]
August 3, 2009
Health
Best & Brightest: Desire to Help Others Set Baltimore Native on Path to Achievement
By the time Edward Murray Jr. graduated from high school, he had witnessed a lot for his 18 years — the drowning of his niece and the demise of several family members who had succumbed to substance abuse and crime.
July 16, 2009
HBCUs
President Obama Taps Xavier Alumna Dr. Regina Benjamin for Surgeon General
President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Dr. Regina Benjamin, a family physician and Xavier University of Louisiana alumna, to be the next Surgeon General.
July 13, 2009
Health
At the Forefront of Medical Tourism Law
Imagine undergoing surgery overseas to save yourself money.
June 24, 2009
Students
A Proposal for SNCC 2.0
Black alumni should work to harness the resources of their alma maters as well as their own talents for the betterment of the Black community.
June 24, 2009
Students
The Second Look
Amid a foundering economy, many community colleges are experiencing enrollment increases that are “off the charts.”
June 10, 2009
Students
The Second Look
Amid a foundering economy, many community colleges are experiencing enrollment increases that are “off the charts.”
June 10, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Hampton University Brings the Latest and Greatest in Cancer Treatment
Despite having no medical school, Hampton University is one of the leading research institutions on cancer treatment.
May 6, 2009
Health
Study Documents the Changing Immigrant Population
More than half of the estimated 11.9 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States lack health insurance and many are more likely to live in poverty than those with legal status, according to a new study from the Pew Hispanic Center.
April 15, 2009
Health
One in Five Preschoolers Obese, Rate Higher for Minorities
A striking new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese.
April 6, 2009
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