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Plan To Reopen MLK-Drew Medical Center Would Involve University of California

The University of California and local officials are weighing a proposal to reopen a troubled south Los Angeles County public hospital that was closed after years of negligence and patient deaths.

March 15, 2009

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Overcoming Odds: Brothers Graduate from Dartmouth, Build Clinic in Native Kenyan Village

Milton Ochieng’ always had in the back of his mind to help his rural village in western Kenya. But neither he nor his younger brother, Fred, ever dreamed they would study medicine at a U.S. university and go on to open a health clinic.

February 23, 2009

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Organization to offer students and parents advice on entering medical field

A New-York based organization will offer guidance to high school students interested in pursing a medical career. Students of Medicine is holding a free seminar Saturday, February 28 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. for parents and students that will provide an overview of how to enter the medical field. The seminar is part of […]

February 22, 2009

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Morehouse School of Medicine Researcher Picked for Breast Cancer Journal Editorial Board

Dr. Veena N. Rao, co-director of the Cancer Biology Program and Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar at Morehouse School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been selected to serve on the editorial board of The Open Breast Cancer Journal. Rao and co-investigators last year used a gene therapy to introduce a protein into […]

February 15, 2009

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Hispanics in Health Care to Get Scholarships

Ten health professional students pursuing health-care careers in California will receive $5,000 and $2,000 scholarships today (Feb. 11) from the National Hispanic Health Foundation at a gala in Sacramento.

February 10, 2009

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Diversity Report Card: A+ for UC San Francisco

Nearly one-third of students in last fall’s entering medical school class at the University of California, San Francisco are from an underrepresented minority group, a figure that won the school the title “most improved” in a Greenling Institute report.

January 21, 2009

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The “Turning Point” for Minority Pre-Meds at UC Berkeley and Stanford University

A new Center for Studies in Higher Education paper by Donald Barr and John Matsui track the factors contributing to, or detracting from, undergraduate minority student interest in medical careers during premedical science education. Barr and Matsui identify the challenge facing the University of California, of increasing the diversity of students graduating from its medical […]

November 17, 2008

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U.S. Medical Schools Experience Record First-Year Enrollment

First-year enrollment at U.S. medical schools reached an all-time high this year as more than 18,000 first-year students enrolled in U.S. medical schools, increasing 2 percent over 2007, the Association of American Medical Colleges announced Tuesday.

October 21, 2008

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Tuskegee University Leader in Producing Black Vets

Ask any African-American veterinarian — anywhere in the country — where they attended veterinary school.

October 5, 2008

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Secretary of State Rice Calls for Investment in HBCUs

With historically Black colleges and universities graduating a significant percentage of Black students who pursue doctoral degrees in medicine, mathematics, science and engineering, we must continue to invest resources into these institutions, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.

September 8, 2008

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Grants & Gifts

The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has received $9.6 MILLION from the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to develop an honors program in legal studies to provide students from diverse backgrounds the training and education necessary for law school admission. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’s Teachers College has received a $500,000 grant from the Lumina […]

August 20, 2008

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What Higher Ed Is Doing Right … Or Wrong

It’s always interesting to review year to year which college and universities produce the most minority graduates in a given discipline, and furthermore, which universities occupy the No. 1 position for graduating the most students of color in any given field. Our annual “Top 100” undergraduate and graduate editions allow you to do that.

July 9, 2008