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Students
Minority Students Could Benefit From New Education Tax Package
Minority Students Could Benefit From New Education Tax Package Students of color could reap some financial gains from an education tax package approved by the SenateFinance Committee.One key provision of the bill would eliminate all taxes on National Health Service Corps Scholarships, in which graduates of health programs receive scholarships in exchange for a commitment […]
April 11, 2001
Health
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 […]
March 28, 2001
Health
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 […]
January 31, 2001
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 […]
November 22, 2000
Students
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 […]
November 8, 2000
Health
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 […]
November 8, 2000
Health
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 […]
October 11, 2000
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, […]
September 13, 2000
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 […]
September 13, 2000
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 […]
July 5, 2000
Sports
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 […]
June 7, 2000
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Health
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 […]
June 7, 2000
Health
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 […]
April 26, 2000
Leadership & Policy
BI What’s New
Morgan State University in Baltimore has begun a doctorate/master’s degree program in public health that is designed to produce advanced public-health practitioners with primary prevention competencies that can deal with the health problems faced by urban communities. According to a university prospectus: “A primary objective of the … program in public health is to provide […]
April 26, 2000
African-American
Washington Briefs
Congress Hears Support For Completion GrantsWASHINGTON — Leaders of the TRIO community made their case for new college completion grants before a congressional committee late last month.The plan, part of President Clinton’s budget, would provide $35 million for such completion grants, which would help students enter and stay in college. Colleges that participate in the […]
April 26, 2000
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Faculty & Staff
Southern Faculty Upset Over Administrative Salary Hikes
Southern Faculty Upset Over Administrative Salary Hikes BATON ROUGE, La. — The Southern University board’s recent decision to give eight top administrators huge pay hikes has prompted the faculty senate to deliver a “no-confidence” vote and a professor to launch a nine-day hunger strike in protest.  Sudhir Trivedi, an associate professor of computer science, pitched […]
April 12, 2000
Health
Tales of Major Significance
Tales of Major Significance Process doesn’t always make perfect and the final choice is not always the last option.For Jesse Willard Thompkins III, a Dean’s List freshman at Columbia University in New York, the process of choosing a major is just beginning. And so far, it has been a tumultuous one.“It already is very stressful,” […]
April 12, 2000
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Health
High Hopes for Health Bill
High Hopes for Health BillWASHINGTON — Support is growing in Congress and the Clinton administration for legislation that would increase the status of the federal office on minority health — and, in the process, create new funding opportunities for Black college medical schools.Among other goals, the Health Care Fairness Act provides new support to academic […]
February 2, 2000
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