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Sexual Health Resources

Sexual Health Resources On CD-RomLooking for a high-tech way to educate students about sex? The Bacchus & Gamma Peer Education Network has developed a CD-ROM that just might be an answer to your prayers. Sex in the CD is an interactive computer “adventure” designed to engage students in discussions about safe sex, healthy relationships and […]

January 30, 2002

Sexual Responsibility on Campus

Sexual Responsibility on CampusInstitutions take a closer look at their rolein today’s sexually tolerant environment.By Cheryl D. FieldsWhen Dr. Iverson Bell first came to Morehouse College as a freshman in 1969, the campus code of conduct regarding mingling with students of the opposite sex was fairly rigid. “The era of suits and ties was over […]

January 30, 2002

Let’s Talk About Sex

Let’s Talk About SexATTENTION RESEARCHERS! If you’re looking for a topic that is begging for more scholarly investigation, I’ve got a suggestion: Sex and the African American College Student. This edition’s cover story (see pg. 18) explores how responsible colleges and universities are in providing sexual health support, treatment and information for their students. Some […]

January 30, 2002

Study: Hispanics Dominate California Birth Rate

Study: Hispanics Dominate California Birth RateLOS ANGELESIn another sign that Hispanics will dominate California’s future, a university study has found the ethnic group accounted for nearly half of all births in the state by the end of the last decade. Hispanic mothers had 247,796 of the 521,265 children born in California in 1998, or 47.5 […]

January 16, 2002

University of Louisville Plans Center to Prepare For Biological Attacks

University of Louisville Plans Center to Prepare For Biological AttacksLOUISVILLE, Ky. The University of Louisville’s role in the crisis-response network has expanded since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the recent anthrax exposures. Its microbiology lab has tested more than 90 samples of mysterious substances reported by businesses and law-enforcement agencies. The university’s professors also […]

November 7, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Meharry, Vanderbilt to Fund Study of Cancer Among Blacks

Meharry, Vanderbilt to Fund Study of Cancer Among BlacksNASHVILLE, Tenn. A $22 million grant announced last month for researchers at Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Institute will fund a multistate study to explain why Blacks die of cancer at disproportionately high rates. The five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will be used for […]

November 7, 2001

Survey Suggests Link between Racism, High Blood Pressure in African Americans

Survey Suggests Link between Racism, High Blood Pressure in African Americans ATLANTAResearchers at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta have provided the first empirical evidence suggesting that racism may be a contributing factor to the unusually high prevalence of high blood pressure and its attendant cardiovascular effects among African Americans. The connection was revealed […]

October 24, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Louis Sullivan to Step Down as President of Morehouse School of Medicine

Louis Sullivan to Step Down as President of Morehouse School of MedicineATLANTAAfter more than two decades at the helm of the Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan will turn over the presidency to Dr. James R. Gavin III in June of next year. Gavin is currently senior scientific officer of the Howard Hughes […]

August 15, 2001

International IT Assistance Takes Form

International IT Assistance Takes Form In Content Transfer Debate Continues Over Whether Poor Countries Should Worry Less About IT, More About Basic NeedsWhether international organizations and Western institutions can help poor nations use advanced information technology tools, such as the Internet, for economic and social development is a question that’s getting serious discussion in the […]

August 1, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Breathing New Life into Meharry

Breathing New Life into MeharryThe 125-year-old historically Black medical school was on the brink of closing down, but through new leadership and partnerships, the school is financially healthy, and its students’ board scores are the highest in the school’s history. By David Hefner NASHVILLE, Tenn.On a late July afternoon in 1994, Dr. John E. Maupin […]

July 18, 2001

Why Xavier Remains No.1

Why Xavier Remains No.1Louisiana’s Xavier University maintains an enviable track record for sending more African American students to medical school than any other institution. How do they do it?By Pearl StewartNEW ORLEANSDuring his first year at Harvard Medical School, Keith Amos was more than popular — he was needed. Amos quickly became the histology guru […]

July 18, 2001

Events

EventsJUNEJune 6-92001 National Mental Health Association Conference“Justice for All: Addressing America’s Mental Health Disparities”Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol HillWashingtonPhone: (800) 969-6642Web: www.nmha.orgJune 12-13Macalester Forum on Higher Education“Competitive Advantage and Common Purpose in American Higher Education”Macalester CollegeSt. Paul, Minn.Contact: (651) 696-6207June 13-15Conference on Multicultural Affairs/Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities20th Annual Meeting“Social Justice — Racial Justice: […]

May 23, 2001

Human Genome Center Launched at Howard University

Human Genome Center Launched at Howard UniversityBy Ronald RoachWASHINGTONEarlier this month, Howard University officials commemorated the establishment of a National Human Genome Research Center (NHGC) at the Howard University College of Medicine. The center, the first to be launched at a minority-serving institution in the United States, will focus on genetic research that has major […]

May 23, 2001

Texas Governor Appoints First African American Woman to the UT System Board of Regents

Texas Governor Appoints First African American Woman to the UT System Board of Regents AUSTIN, TexasThe nomination of Dr. Judith Craven to the University of Texas System board of regents marks continuing efforts to diversify a board and university system that has historically been viewed as a White male bastion.If confirmed, she would be the […]

May 9, 2001

African-American

Asking The Right Questions

Asking The Right QuestionsPsychologist puts African Americans at the center of social science research. By Kendra Hamilton ANN ARBOR, Mich.“The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line.” They were immortal words, words that defined a crucial era of American race relations. But now, at the dawn of a new century, the globalization […]

April 11, 2001

Benedict Students Will Be Charged, Prosecutor Says

Benedict Students Will Be Charged, Prosecutor SaysFORT WORTH, TexasMinority Access has named the University of North Texas Health Science Center a “Role Model Institution,” recognizing its efforts in recruiting minority students. The company works with the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Minority Research to identify institutions with an exemplary commitment to and success in […]

April 11, 2001

North Texas Health Science Center

North Texas Health Science Center Recognized for Minority Recruiting EffortsFORT WORTH, TexasMinority Access has named the University of North Texas Health Science Center a “Role Model Institution,” recognizing its efforts in recruiting minority students. The company works with the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Minority Research to identify institutions with an exemplary commitment to […]

April 11, 2001

Symposium Highlights Need for Diversity in Health Professions

Symposium Highlights Need for Diversity in Health ProfessionsBy Ronald RoachWASHINGTON Organizers of a health professions symposium on diversity last month placed considerable emphasis on education reform and minority academic achievement research. As a result, nationally recognized scholars and higher education officials urged nearly 300 symposium participants to familiarize themselves with academic achievement research and to […]

April 11, 2001