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Medical, Dental Schools Are Seeing Fewer Minority Students in Their Ranks

Medical, Dental Schools Are Seeing Fewer Minority Students in Their Ranks DURHAM, N.C.As the academic year gets under way, the nation’s medical, dental and nursing schools are seeing fewer minorities in the classroom. The numbers are so low that a commission, led by former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, […]

October 8, 2003

International

Lessons Learned: From the American South to Spain

Lessons Learned: From the American South to SpainThe summer is a time for travel and exploration. And in this edition, we explore the rich legacy of Black boarding schools and travel with one of our writers to Barcelona, Spain. First, senior writer Ronald Roach explores the tradition, history and future of Black boarding schools. There […]

August 13, 2003

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Study: Death Rate From Colorectal Cancer Higher for Rural Blacks

Study: Death Rate From Colorectal Cancer Higher for Rural Blacks HERSHEY, Pa. Rural Blacks are more likely to develop and to die from colorectal cancer than are rural Whites, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Penn State University College of Medicine. The study, presented last month at the Digestive Diseases Week meeting […]

June 18, 2003

Health

Commission Convened to Diversify U.S. Healthcare Work Force

Commission Convened to Diversify U.S. Healthcare Work Force DURHAM, N.C.Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, has convened a commission that will address the nation’s health gap by focusing attention on the number of underrepresented minorities among the nation’s health professions. The Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce, […]

May 21, 2003

Faculty & Staff

DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School

DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School By Ronald Roach OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.Business and technology education provider DeVry Inc. has announced that it will buy Ross University for $310 million in cash, in a bid to enter the medicine and health sciences education market. Ross, based in Dominica and St. Kitts-Nevis in the Caribbean, has more […]

May 7, 2003

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The Health of the Nation: Why Affirmative Action Is Needed In Medical School Admissions

The Health of the Nation: Why Affirmative Action Is Needed In Medical School AdmissionsBy Dr. Charles Terrell As we begin to consider possible U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the University of Michigan cases, we seem to miss the point on how truly devastating a ruling that makes race-conscious decisions unlawful would be for our society. […]

April 23, 2003

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Xavier Among Nation’s Leading Producers Of Students with Chemistry Degrees

Xavier Among Nation’s Leading Producers Of Students with Chemistry Degrees NEW ORLEANS Long considered a national leader in the production of undergraduates who go on to receive degrees in medicine, Xavier University now holds the added distinction of being a leading producer of undergraduates earning degrees in chemistry. The school was recently listed in Chemical […]

April 23, 2003

STEM

New Internet System to Track Medical Errors

New Internet System to Track Medical Errors LOS ANGELESA new Internet-based system designed to track medical errors has been launched at five of the medical centers belonging to the University of California. By installing the system, the UC centers join a growing number of major health care providers turning to technology to help reduce errors. […]

April 23, 2003

Students

Three Schools to Test Alternative Medicine Curriculum

Three Schools to Test Alternative Medicine Curriculum RESTON, Va.The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) recently selected three medical schools to test a new curriculum designed to integrate complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches into mainstream medical school curricula. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine and the University of […]

March 26, 2003

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University of Pittsburgh Opens Digital Operating Room

University of Pittsburgh Opens Digital Operating Room PITTSBURGHLast month, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) opened a Digital Operating Room and learning center for orthopedic surgery. The 2,500-square foot surgical suite uses voice-activated and digital surgical equipment to reduce operating room time and increase the surgical team’s efficiency and control of the overall operating […]

January 1, 2003

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History: The Missing Link in Making Young Scientists and Scholars

History: The Missing Link in Making Young Scientists and ScholarsBy Dr. Douglas M. Haynes A spate of studies over the past decade has documented the dearth of researchers from historically underrepresented groups in our nation’s leading institutions of higher education. Both foundations and scholars have challenged leaders inside and outside the academy to do more […]

December 4, 2002

Health

Study Links Availability of Supermarkets To Disparities in Diet, Illness

Study Links Availability of Supermarkets To Disparities in Diet, Illness CHAPEL HILL, N.C.A new study looks at what influences the availability of supermarkets has on disparities in diet and illness within certain communities. According to the new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study, Black Americans’ fruit and vegetable intake […]

December 4, 2002