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Disparities
Yale Works with FDA to Advance Diversity in Research
To promote scientific progress and diversity in clinical research, Yale School of Medicine and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have agreed to collaborate on a range of far-reaching science-based initiatives. Through trainings, fellowships, internships, research, and education, the agreement will foster the exchange of scientific information between the institutions and improve human health. Read […]
April 9, 2018
Female Winner
Haley Clark - Basketball
April 9, 2018
Disparities
Poll: Americans See Drug Addiction as Disease
A slim majority of Americans see prescription drug addiction as a disease that requires medical treatment, but most would not welcome those suffering from the problem into their neighborhoods, workplaces or families. New survey results reveal Americans’ complex view of addiction as the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history ripples through communities nationwide. More than […]
April 9, 2018
Disparities
Millennials at Risk for Heart Disease
Many heart disease risk factors are the same for everyone. Lifestyle choices such as insufficient exercise, obesity, nicotine addition and excessive alcohol consumption are factors that put many adults at risk. But Dr. Regis Fernandes, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic (a nonprofit medical practice and research group in Rochester, Minnesota), says such behaviors seem […]
April 9, 2018
Policies
Proposed Regulations Could Penalize Immigrants
The latest leaks in Washington indicate that the Trump administration remains serious about discouraging documented immigrants and their children from using federally funded health and nutrition programs – a policy change that could have wide-ranging implications for the Philadelphia School District and its students. “What they’re saying is that they’re going to greatly broaden the […]
April 9, 2018
Latest News
Arthur Ashe: A Sportsman Who Changed the World
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Arthur Ashe, a social justice advocate and tennis legend who won three Grand Slam titles and was the first Black man to ever win the singles title at Wimbledon.
April 8, 2018
HBCUs
Albany State Gets NEH Grant for Museum, Heritage Studies Program
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Albany State University a grant to assist with establishing an interdisciplinary museum and heritage studies minor.
April 8, 2018
Opinion
We Regret to Inform You…
Rejection is all too familiar in academia. We get rejected from fellowships, grants, academic journals and tenure-track jobs. At times, we do not even receive a rejection letter or email and are left to our own thoughts in the abyss of silence.
April 8, 2018
News Roundup
Advocates Say School Gun Clubs Teach Discipline, Not Violence
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Their classmates took to the streets to protest gun violence and to implore adults to restrict guns, seeming to forecast a generational shift in attitudes toward the Second Amendment. But at high school and college gun ranges around the country, these teens and young adults gather to practice shooting and talk about […]
April 8, 2018
African-American
Direct Engagement With Trump, GOP Pays Off for HBCUs
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s decision not to resist – but instead engage in a strategic way and bipartisan fashion on behalf of our nearly 300,000 HBCU students who need a voice in Congress and with the Trump administration – has borne fruit at many levels.
April 8, 2018
Students
Howard University Students End Sit-In Protest
WASHINGTON — The occupation of a university administration building in Washington, D.C. by students making demands to school officials has ended. News outlets report Howard University students and officials announced Friday afternoon a deal ending the protest that began March 29. Parts of the agreement include students will be involved in reviewing the adequacy of […]
April 8, 2018
News Roundup
Shaw University Hosts Memorial Service, Luncheon for President Emeritus
Shaw University will host a memorial service and luncheon April 14 to celebrate Dr. Talbert O. Shaw, the university’s 12th president. Shaw, who later became president emeritus and died in January, is credited with leading the university through difficult financial times and restoring its reputation. He became president in 1987, when the university’s finances were […]
April 8, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
A Fresh Start
I always talked about joining the Air National Guard in high school, but education was so engrained in me growing up that I didn’t think twice about college when the time came. I packed up, headed for the University of Illinois at Springfield and quickly learned that it was going to be very difficult to […]
April 6, 2018
Veterans
Key Spouses Offer Support at Air Force Base
When Jennifer Brown’s family was based at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, she found a program that helps spouses connect to the base. “The commander at Minot Air Force Base took me under her wing, brought me to the meeting, and showed me what the program was all about,” Brown said. And for […]
April 6, 2018
Academics
Kansas Governor Signs Tuition Aid Bill for National Guard
Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer says a bill he signed into law today is an investment in those who serve. At a ceremony in Topeka, Colyer signed a bill adjusting the state’s college tuition assistance program for active National Guard members. The bill is designed to allow soldiers in the Guard to earn up to 15 […]
April 6, 2018
Academics
Berkeley Offers Most Popular Data Course Online for Free
Do you need to update your skills? UC Berkeley has a deal that’s tough to beat. California’s flagship public university is taking its most popular on campus class, Foundations of Data Science, and offering it online for free. You access the class through the campus’s online education hub, edX. The Public Affairs Office says the […]
April 6, 2018
Veterans
Waco Considers Partnership to Keep Fort Hood Soldiers in Texas
The City of Waco is looking into a partnership that could keep hundreds of Army veterans leaving Fort Hood in Central Texas. The Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program eases soldiers and their families into civilian jobs. Organizers report that 900 soldiers leave Fort Hood every months and just more than half of them say […]
April 6, 2018
Policy
14 Years After Deportation, Veteran Returns to U.S.
Hector Barajas-Varela is finally coming home. 14 years after he was deported, the Mexican immigrant and U.S. Army veteran was granted U.S. Citizenship.On April 13, he’ll head to San Diego, California for a naturalization ceremony to make it official. “I look forward to opening my G.I. Bill so I can get my education,”  Barajas-Varela told A […]
April 6, 2018
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