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Heart Failure in Blacks May Signal ‘Different Disease’

Heart Failure in Blacks May Signal ‘Different Disease’DALLASAccording to Dr. Clyde Yancy, a researcher at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, an emerging database of genetic variations in Black Americans could explain the differences in their response to traditional heart-failure therapies.Yancy’s research, published in last month’s issue of Current Cardiology Reports, indicates that traditional […]

June 19, 2002

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Physics Professor Settles Lawsuit

Physics Professor Settles Lawsuit With Prairie View A&M PresidentHOUSTONA Prairie View A&M University physics professor settled the lawsuit he filed claiming Dr. Charles Hines, the school’s president, set out to ruin his career after the physicist criticized Hines, the professor’s attorney said last month. Attorney Gaines West said the settlement agreement is confidential, but that […]

April 24, 2002

Health

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

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University of Wisconsin, California Company In Negotiations over Stem Cell Suit

University of Wisconsin, California Company In Negotiations over Stem Cell Suit MADISON, Wis. The University of Wisconsin’s patent agency is negotiating a settlement with the California company it sued over access to stem cells produced by school researchers. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Geron Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif., issued a joint statement that said […]

September 12, 2001

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UT-Dallas to Establish Sickle Cell Research Center

UT-Dallas to Establish Sickle Cell Research CenterDALLAS A new research center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) will focus on finding a cure and better treatments for sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder affecting mostly Blacks.Dr. Steven Goodman, a nationally recognized sickle cell researcher, will be the director of UTD’s Sickle Cell Disease […]

July 18, 2001

MSIs

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

Leadership & Policy

Leaders Resign Themselves to Settlement in Mississippi Desegregation Case

Leaders Resign Themselves to Settlement in Mississippi Desegregation CaseCiting judicial and political realities, they opt for strategic practicalityOXFORD, Miss.Amid the widespread publicity surrounding the recent proposed settlement of the Mississippi higher education desegregation case, political and educational leaders are reacting with more of a sense of resignation and pragmatism than jubilation.Late last month, Mississippi agreed […]

May 9, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Yvonne E. Collins has been appointed professor of physical and biological sciences at New York City Technical College. Previously she was an adjunct professor at City Tech for eight years and also taught at Nassau Community College. Collins earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of the West Indies and […]

April 25, 2001

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Judy A. Alston has been appointed chair of the Program in Educational Administration and Supervision at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She is also an assistant professor in the program. Alston earned a bachelor’s degree from Winthrop College in South Carolina, two master’s degrees from the University of South Carolina and a […]

April 11, 2001

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BI What’s New

The College Fund/UNCF and Coca-Cola Enterprises recently announced the establishment of the UNCF/CCE Corporate Scholars Program, a three-year, $1.2 million project that will provide scholarships and internships to African American and Hispanic students.Fourteen students were chosen to participate in the eight-to-10 week paid internship program. The students are working on industry projects under the guidance […]

July 19, 2000

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Patricia Pierce Ramsey has been named vice president for academic affairs at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.  Previously, she was associate vice president for development and associate professor at Norfolk State University. Ramsey holds a bachelor’s in biology education from Norfolk State University, a master’s in biology from Harvard University and a doctorate […]

March 15, 2000

Students

BI What’s New

The University of Missouri-Columbia has instituted a new Minority Biomedical Researchers Training Initiative designed to recruit and train underrepresented minority graduate students as researchers. The initiative is being funded by a four-year, $1.27 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.The program will provide fellowships for 20 non-degree graduate students, 20 graduate research assistants and […]

November 10, 1999