Friday, July 22, 2011

UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced one of the first high-resolution genetic maps for African American populations

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UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced one of the first high-resolution genetic maps for African American populations. A genetic ...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

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The subject of this sketch was born a siave in Robeson county, near Lumberton. North Carolina, July 15th, 1852. His father was a Methodist p...
Friday, July 15, 2011

Gov. Rick Snyder today announced appointments made Freedom Trail Commission

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LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder today announced that Ronald Brown is appointed and Juanita Moore and Veta Tucker are reappointed to the Mi...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The first African-American to walk in space returns to the NJIT campus on July 19, 2011

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The first African-American to walk in space returns to the NJIT campus on July 19, 2011 to inspire 55 middle-school students from throughout...
Friday, July 8, 2011

“Binding Wounds Pushing Boundaries” Highlights Medical Contributions of African Americans as Nurses, Surgeons and Hospital Workers

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Brooklyn, NY - Coney Island Hospital today opened a historical exhibition in observance of the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War w...
Monday, July 4, 2011

CT Angiography Improves Detection of Heart Disease in African Americans

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OAK BROOK, Ill. — Researchers may have discovered one reason that African Americans are at increased risk for heart attacks and other cardio...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

African-American women are more likely to have a basal-like subtype of breast cancer

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DETROIT - Wayne State University researchers believe medical practitioners can help reduce the number of breast cancer deaths among low-inco...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Fred Rodriguez has been named the University of Kansas’ first-ever vice provost for diversity and equity

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LAWRENCE — Veteran educator Fred Rodriguez has been named the University of Kansas’ first-ever vice provost for diversity and equity. Rodriq...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Help @Sookietex to win a walk-on role in the new TNT show Falling Skies

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New Effort to Address Health Disparities Highlights Baltimore's Innovative Barbershop Men's Health Outreach Program

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BALTIMORE, Md. – Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown announced that he is leading a new effort to address health disparities in Maryland. As co-c...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Genetic variants in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) confer a higher risk of systemic lupus erythemathosus (“lupus”) in African American women

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(Boston) - Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found four new genetic variants in the major histocompatibili...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Florida Atlantic University was ranked one of the top 100, four-year colleges in the nation conferring bachelor’s degrees on to minority students

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BOCA RATON, FL -- Florida Atlantic University was ranked one of the top 100, four-year colleges in the nation conferring bachelor’s degrees ...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Hakim Weatherspoon encourages minority computer science students to build more than the Internet

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ITHACA, N.Y. – The Sonic Workshop – an undergraduate clinic in Internet computing – brought five students from Howard University and on...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Park University ranked in the top 100 of bachelor's degrees conferred to students of color in the United States

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Park University has once again been ranked in the top 100 of bachelor's degrees conferred to students of color in the United States, acc...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Deliberate discrimination against job seekers based on their race, sex, age, national origin or other prohibited basis remains major national problem

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WASHINGTON – Deliberate discrimination against job seekers based on their race, sex, age, national origin or other prohibited basis remains ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Demographic factors significantly affect mental health concerns among black men

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Demographic factors significantly affect mental health concerns among black men, according to a study by the University of ...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Appointment of Marie Foster Gnage to the West Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission

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Parkersburg, W.Va. 6/20/11 – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Friday the appointment of five individuals to the West Virginia Sesquicentennia...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), the nation’s second-longest running voluntary school desegregation program

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Expanding School Choice through METCO Non-partisan Research Groups Urge Lawmakers to Expand Minority Students’ Access to Proven Program BOST...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Marietta honors historical significance of Lemon Street School

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Marietta mayor Steve Tumlin and Ward 5 City Councilman Anthony Coleman honored Lemon Street School in recognition of its importance to the c...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Enemy at Home: Confederate and African American Women within the Missouri Wartime Household

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QU History Professor Presents Paper at Conference. Megan Boccardi, Quincy University visiting assistant professor of history, recently prese...