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African-American

Black Issues Becomes Diverse

There is more to these four words than meets the eye. Yes, with this edition, Black Issues In Higher Education magazine becomes Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

August 24, 2005

Florida Newspaper Launches Weekly Aimed at Black Community

The Gainesville Sun announced it is launching a weekly newspaper aimed at this college town’s east side and its predominantly Black population. Story:

August 21, 2005

African-American

Tracing Your Ancestry to Africa

Barbara Morrison-Rodriguez took three DNA tests in the past five years before African Ancestry in Washington… Story:

August 10, 2005

An Evolving Identity

For those of you who collect mementos and rare items, you may want to hold on to this edition of Black Issues In Higher Education… Story:

August 10, 2005

African-American

Duke Researchers Working to Isolate Glaucoma Gene in Ghana

In his waiting room, Dr. Rand Allingham saw all the evidence he needed of glaucoma’s disproportionate impact on his Black patients Story:

August 9, 2005

University of Missouri Researcher: Breast Cancer Messages Need to Be Targeted Toward African-American Women

African-American women are more likely than Caucasian women to be diagnosed with breast cancer at later stages of the disease and are more likely to die from the disease, according to the National Cancer Institute. Story:

August 8, 2005

African-American

18 More Graves Found on U.Va.’s Expansion Site

Archaeologists exploring a site at the University of Virginia have found 18 more grave shafts that could be part of a community burial ground for free Black people Story:

August 7, 2005

African-American

Interim University of Colorado President Seeks to Study Student Diversity

Interim University of Colorado President Hank Brown wants a committee to recommend how to increase diversity following several racial Story:

August 4, 2005

African-American

Historical Perspectives

July 27, 2005

Omega Psi Phi Builds $2 Million Greek House

Omega Psi Phi is building the first residence hall for a Black fraternity on the University of South Carolina campus Story:

July 27, 2005

Omega Psi Phi Builds $2 Million Greek House

Omega Psi Phi is building the first residence hall for a Black fraternity on the University of South Carolina campus Story:

July 27, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Deconstructing Controversy With Innovation, Information

Challenging longstanding practices or questioning conventional wisdom are actions that leaders seldom are willing to take. Story:

April 20, 2005

African-American

Nurturer or Queen Bee?

There were about 30 of us seated in a semi-circle on a weekday afternoon, students, faculty, staff, administrators Story:

April 6, 2005

African-American

Smithsonian Selects First Director

Smithsonian Selects First Director Of National Museum of African American HistoryWASHINGTON The Smithsonian Institution has tapped Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch as the first director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, effective in July.As the museum’s founding director, Bunch will work to identify the museum’s mission; develop exhibitions and public programs concerning […]

April 6, 2005

African-American

Desperately Seeking Students

Desperately Seeking StudentsSeveral public flagships attempt to reverse disturbing declines in Black student college enrollment By Lydia LumAs high-school seniors begin to choose colleges in the coming months, officials at many public flagships nervously hope that their renewed outreach to Black students reverses steep and disappointing enrollment drops. Those declines, some of them by double-digit […]

March 23, 2005

African-American

On the Frontline of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

On the Frontline of the HIV/AIDS EpidemicWith infection rates still escalating among African Americans, researchers, scholars and activists wonder if the battle is a losing oneBy B. Denise HawkinsMost days, Cynthia Davis is an exasperated trooper who can always be found teaching and preaching from the frontline of the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles. The […]

March 23, 2005

African-American

UCLA Study: Growing Mismatch Between African Americans

UCLA Study: Growing Mismatch Between African AmericansAnd Job Locations Increases Racial Inequality LOS ANGELESA new study conducted by a UCLA researcher and published by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program indicates that the distance between African Americans and the location of employment opportunities has increased over the last several decades, exacerbating racial inequality in major […]

March 23, 2005

African-American

Record Number of Students Apply to University of California Schools

Record Number of Students Apply to University of California SchoolsAmerican Indians only minority group to see applications fall in 2004BERKELEY, Calif. The number of students who want to get into the University of California topped 100,000 for the first time this year, including nearly 9,000 students seeking one of the 1,000 spots at the new […]

February 23, 2005