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Faculty & Staff
NOTEWORTHY NEWS
Politics as Usual for the Professoriate Career scholars are routinely tapped for high-level policymaking jobs in government. As a child, Harold Koh paid rapt attention to his father’s dual career as a diplomat and professor.
December 23, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Surgeon General: More Minority Doctors Needed
Speaking at a health disparities conference in Atlanta, Dr. Regina Benjamin, the U.S. Surgeon General, called for stepped-up efforts in increasing the number of minority physicians.
December 6, 2009
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin
African-American
HBCUs Step Up to the HIV Challenge
Impact of HIV on Blacks compels historically Black colleges and universities to develop initiatives to confront the spread of the disease.
November 30, 2009
Howard U. AIDS Ribbon
Faculty & Staff
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Answering the Call
Impact of HIV on Blacks compels HBCUs to develop initiatives to confront the spread of the disease.
November 25, 2009
African-American
Lincoln U. Students Upset over Targeted Fitness Requirement
Students at Lincoln University, a historically Black institution in Pennsylvania, say fitness class requirement should apply to all students rather than to only those considered overweight.
November 22, 2009
Lincoln University graduation
Asian American Pacific Islander
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Obama Restores Asian American Initiative
Two years after the Bush administration let its authority lapse, President Barack Obama has reinstated the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
November 11, 2009
Native Americans
Tribal Leaders: ‘We Need to be Respected’
Before the largest gathering of tribal leaders in U.S. history Thursday, President Barack Obama pledged $50 million in funding for tribal colleges and vowed his administration would work to address problems facing Native Americans, from health disparities to economic development.
November 5, 2009
Tribal Nations Conference
African-American
Tough Times: African-American Realities Beneath the Breakthroughs
Despite enjoying progress on political fronts, poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment still plague Black America.
October 29, 2009
Tough Times
Health
PARSING THE REACTION TO OBAMA
Scholars say extreme criticisms of president defy simple explanation.
October 28, 2009
Asian American Pacific Islander
Obama Restores Asian American Initiative, Gives Ed. Dept. a Lead Role
Two years after the Bush administration let its authority lapse, President Barack Obama has reinstated the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with the U.S. Education Department in a major leadership role.
October 27, 2009
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke
African-American
Reforms Across Multiple Policy Areas Key to Eliminating Health Disparities, Experts Say
A panel of health policy experts Tuesday told congressional staff members and policy professionals that, while health care reform could play a powerful role in reducing health disparities between minorities and Whites, major policy reform in areas such as housing, transportation, agriculture and labor will also prove necessary to close the health care gap.
October 20, 2009
Dr. Brian Smedley
Students
WASHINGTON UPDATE : COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE HEALTH CARE
Without health insurance, University of Maryland senior Susana Sagastizado gets nervous if her nose begins to run or her forehead starts to feel warm. They are all bad signs, she said, of an illness she can\’t afford – literally.
October 14, 2009
African-American
Hampton U. Summit To Promote Marriage, Two-Parent Families
Hampton University brings together religious leaders, psychologists, public health workers and other experts to discuss the state of marriage and talk about how to reverse trends such as high divorce rates and out-of-wedlock births.
September 28, 2009
Marriage
African-American
Republican Leader Says Party Must Court Blacks
RNC Chair Michael Steele told audience at historically Black college that many African-Americans are frustrated with his party and said the Republicans must reach out to the Black community to remedy the situation. He said the party would need to take “baby steps” to win over Black voters.
September 22, 2009
Michael Steele Speaks at Philander Smith College
Health
New Dartmouth President Inaugurated
Dartmouth College inaugurated Jim Yoon Kim as its president. Kim is the first Asian-American to lead an Ivy League school.
September 22, 2009
Jim Yong Kim Inaugurated as Dartmouth College President
African-American
Health Disparities Pose High Cost for American Economy, Researchers Say
For years minority health advocates have made a social justice argument to bring national attention to health disparities affecting minority Americans, but now they have an economic one.
September 21, 2009
Health
Obama Pitches Health Care at College Campus
President Barack Obama called reinventing health care a “defining struggle of this generation” on Thursday, even as several Democrats criticized some of the fine print in a Senate proposal the president has praised.
September 17, 2009
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Students
College Students are Health Care’s Invisible Minority
Close to 5 million students don’t have health insurance, report says.
September 16, 2009
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