By Jackie Torok Stephanie Teixeira-Poit, Ph.D., associate professor at the John R. and Kathy R. Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has received a $568,960 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, “Identifying and Mitigating Health Disparities Following a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Design Change from Open-Bay to Single-Family Rooms.” Neonatal
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Courtesy of Benedict College The Benedict College football team had a 5-5 record in Chennis Berry’s first full season as head coach. After dissecting the Tigers’ 2021 campaign, he and the assistant coaches went to work. Berry and the staff set out to visit every high school in South Carolina, something the group did prior
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By D. Dooley As another academic year begins on campuses across the country, the excitement of new beginnings can be felt in the air. However, for many young Black women, this school year also comes with a different level of uncertainty following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court earlier this year in Dobbs v. Jackson
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Courtesy of Morgan State University The inaugural class of Ozzie Newsome Scholars has been selected and five incoming Morgan State University students were among the recipients to receive scholarships. Along with Morgan, Maryland’s remaining Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – Bowie State University, Coppin State University, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore each had five
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Courtesy of the Morehouse School of Medicine The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), with support from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., a leader in mental health, today released the executive summary for “The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States Report.” SHLI looked at a four-year period (2016-2020) and found, at
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By Quiana Shepard North Carolina Central University has been awarded $1.1 million to lead other historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), some minority-serving institutions and local communities in a three-year project fostering Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and open-data-science support for faculty and student researchers. The award to NCCU is being supported by the National Science Foundation
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By Hazel Scott A collaboration between researchers at Alabama State University’s Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University’s School of Pharmacy has yielded a grant totaling $1,459,000 for the next five years to pursue research and training in aging. ASU’s share of the grant is $980,000 while AU will receive $475,000. The new grant, titled
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Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University has entered into a partnership with a Michigan university that will put HBCUs in the spotlight. Learn more in the story by Ann Williams at WSGW below. Saginaw Valley State University and Bowie State University are partnering for a program that will highlight the history and experience of Historically
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