Tag: Medicine: Page 5

Latinx

Ebola Survivor in Guinea Shunned by Boyfriend, Medical School

The medical school professors no longer want Kadiatou Fanta in the classroom. Her boyfriend has broken up with her. Each day the 26-year-old eats alone and sleeps alone. Even her own family members are afraid to touch her months after she survived Ebola.

August 12, 2014

HBCUs

ASSISTANT PROF. OF ENVIRONMENTAL & INTERIOR DESIGN

Mesa Community College anticipates the following residential faculty positions in Fall 2016 and invites applications from candidates who demonstrate a commitment to service excellence, innovation, student success, and integrity.

June 8, 2014

HBCUs

Instructional Specialist

Several tenure-track positions and one clinical rank academic position are available in various schools and colleges starting in the Fall semester, 2016. Interested candidates should review the application requirements and submit their application at the listed website.

June 8, 2014

Sports

U.S. Defense Department, NCAA Collaborating on Brain Injury Research

A joint effort by the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Collegiate Athletic Association on a $30 million investigation of concussion and head impact exposure will study an estimated 37,000 student-athletes.

June 5, 2014

African-American

Report: Political Donations Show U.S. Physicians Moving Closer to Left

Once strongly aligned with the GOP, American physicians are leaning more left, an analysis of campaign contributions over two decades shows.

June 2, 2014

Disabilties

Diverse Docket: Suit Against NY College of Podiatric Medicine Dismissed

Dr. Hernan Melgarejo failed part II of the American Podiatric Medical Licensing Exam eight times and blamed discrimination, according to the court.

May 13, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Ivory A. Toldson

Dr. Ivory A. Toldson is an associate professor at Howard University and senior research analyst for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. In September, President Barack Obama named Toldson deputy director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Known as a “myth buster,” Toldson has challenged popular research reports and news sources […]

May 1, 2014

Home

Drexel Discrimination Suit May Jeopardize Privacy Rights of Uninvolved Students

The case pits an ex-student’s claims against a university’s legal duty and the rights of other students under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

March 26, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Psychiatrist to Lead New Texas Medical School

Dr. Francisco Fernandez, a professor and chairman of psychiatry and neurosciences at the University of South Florida College of Medicine will be the founding director.

February 16, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Univ. of Utah Investigates Clinic’s Sperm Mix-Up

The University of Utah is investigating a complaint that a convicted felon working at a fertility clinic replaced a customer’s sperm with his own, fathering a girl 21 years ago.

January 13, 2014

Community Colleges

Diverse On The Go

Senior Staff Writer Jamal Watson will attend  the 128th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association today through Sunday at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. Jamal can be reached at [email protected]

January 2, 2014

Faculty & Staff

The Philippines’ Super Typhoon and Americans’ Super Ignorance: Is Higher Ed to Blame?

Most people just didn’t know much at all about the Philippines and its historical connection to the U.S.

November 18, 2013