Monday, August 29, 2011

Exhibition at the BYU Museum of Art will feature 31 hand-made quilts created by African-American women of the Alabama region from 1945 to the present

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African-American quilts at MOA show traditions, improvisations On display through Nov. 17 Quilting has been part of American culture for ...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Dr. Kenneth “Ken” Coopwood Sr., has been named Missouri State University’s first permanent vice president for diversity and inclusion

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Dr. Kenneth “Ken” Coopwood Sr., has been named Missouri State University’s first permanent vice president for diversity and inclusion. He be...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Economic Factors Drive Smoking Decline Among Black Youth

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PISCATAWAY, NJ - A new report in the American Journal of Public Health suggests that increasing cigarette prices combined with other social ...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Michael L. Lomax president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund will serve as keynote speaker at Howard University’s 144th Convocation

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WASHINGTON (August 19, 2011) – Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), will ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Amber Hunter has been promoted to director for admissions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Amber Hunter has been promoted to director for admissions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. At 31, Hunter is UNL's youngest and fir...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Governor Pat Quinn today signed House Bill 1547, creating the Commission to End the Disparities Facing the African-American Community

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Governor Quinn Signs Bill Creating Commission to Research Disparity in the African-American Community. Commission Will Explore Inequalities ...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

John and Eula Cleveland Chair in Black History Studies

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WASHINGTON (August 9, 2011) –President Sidney A. Ribeau will host a naming ceremony for the John and Eula Cleveland Chair in Afro-American S...
Monday, August 8, 2011

Eighty percent of African-American women develop uterine fibroids by late 40s according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Women who experience heavy periods, cramping, pain during sex, an urge to urinate frequently and even infertility may have ...
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

Professor N W Harllee A. M., A. B

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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 ...