Black Issues in Higher Education articles from August 2001

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from August 2001

Taking Your Education Global.(Editorial)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... Looking back over my undergraduate education, my one big regret is that I did not study abroad my junior year. I was one of those people Cheryl D. Fields writes about in "BI Forum" (see page 28) who have all kinds of excuses about why they...

Bush's Education Reform Plan on Hold.(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... Procedural delays and uneasiness about plan delay bills' consideration President Bush's education reform plan -- once on Congress' fast track -- is losing steam on Capitol Hill this summer. Some political analysts had expected speedy...

Sen. Jeffords to Remain On Education Panel.(James Jeffords)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... A month after sending shock waves through the U.S. Senate, Sen. James Jeffords, I-Vt., has emerged with his membership on the Senate's education panel intact. Democrats carved out a seat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...

Bush Taps Black Conservative for Education Department Post.(Brian Jones, Gerald Reynolds)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... President Bush has tapped another former president of the Center for New Black Leadership, a conservative group, for a post at the U.S. Department of Education. Bush has nominated Brian Jones to serve as general counsel at the education...

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Are Awarded Funds to Improve Instruction, Curriculum.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $19.4 million to help improve instruction, curriculum and facilities at 45 Hispanic-serving colleges and universities. Education Secretary Dr. Roderick R. Paige made the announcement in early...

Gallup's Washington Debut.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... Organization unveils latest social audit on Black/White relations in the United States WASHINGTON In a move to highlight its influential work, the Gallup Organization publicly inaugurated the, Gallup Tuesday Briefing at its unique...

HBCU Presidents Stress Need for Greater Financial Help.(Historically Balck Universities and Golleges)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... Congressional hearing draws 300 people to Wilberforce University in Ohio WlLBERFORCE, OHIO Historically Black colleges and universities need greater federal financial help to make college affordable for students and to install the...

Resegregation on the Rise, Says Report.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... WASHINGTON Despite the push for public school desegregation sparked by the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, the decade of the 1990s saw school districts around the nation move towards the segregation of...

University of Kentucky Researchers Recruit Blacks for Alzheimer's Study.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... LEXINGTON, KY. University of Kentucky researchers performing a study on Alzheimer's disease are recruiting members of Lexington's Black community to join the program. The school's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has recruited more than...

University of Kansas to Honor Langston Hughes in 100th Birthday Celebration.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... LAWRENCE, KANSAS Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and actors Danny Glover, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis are among the artists and scholars planning to celebrate the 100th birthday anniversary of writer Langston Hughes on Jan. 31 and...

Hefty Loans Don't Deter Students Bound For Graduate Study, Study Shows.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... ANN ARBOR, MICH. Graduate students are paying the price for an education no matter the cost. A new study, led by University of Michigan education Professor Donald E. Heller, finds the amount a student has to borrow for a loan has little to...

Fired USF Basketball Coach Should Be Reinstated, Judge Says.(Jerry Ann Winters)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... TAMPA, FLA. A judge recently recommended that the fired coach of the University of South Florida's women's basketball team be reinstated, saying the university did not prove she mistreated the team's Black players. Jerry Ann Winters...

AP Students With `3 or Higher' Outperform Advanced Math, Physics Students Both in U.S., Abroad.(advanced placement students)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... NEW YORK A College Board-commissioned study by the TIMSS International Study Center shows that Advanced Placement students who score three or higher on physics and calculus AP Exams outperform physics and advanced math students from the...

A World-Class Education.(Amee Carmines)
August 2, 2001... Rewards abound for those who dare to teach or study abroad. When information about Brethren Colleges Abroad's international seminars for faculty and administrators came across Dr. Amee Carmines' desk, she glanced at it quickly and put it...

Journeying through ANCIENT GREECE.
August 2, 2001... Black Issues asked the HBCU faculty members attending Brethren Colleges Abroad's June seminar in Greece to take us along on their journey and share their experiences with our readers firsthand. Below, in their own words, they recall the most...

Go Abroad, and Save the Excuses.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... I had no idea the day I left Los Angeles in 1979, to begin a six-month study abroad program in Bogota, Colombia, that the experience would be one of the most profound of my undergraduate career and subsequent life. Not only was it deeply...

There's a Football Revival Goin' On.(college football programs reappear)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2001... Within the last two years, five historically Black colleges have dusted the cobwebs off their football programs. Strange as it might sound, football's recent revival at the smaller Black colleges is all about the bottom line. True, it is an...

Globalization, Culture and Sharing.(prominence of the english language)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... If you asked me a year ago about my travel plans, I'd have offered destinations like Ghana, Brazil and South Africa. Somehow, though, I found myself traveling to Oslo, Norway, earlier this summer for a meeting of the International Association...

Dear BI Career Consultant: How can faculty and/or administrators best prepare themselves for an enriching experience studying or teaching abroad?(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... Studying and teaching abroad might just be one of the most interesting experiences that an educator could possibly have during his or her career. The time will be challenging, educational and inspirational. Anyone planning to spend time abroad...

International IT Assistance Takes Form In Content Transfer.(developing countries receive free access to medical journals online)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... Debate Continues Over Whether Poor Countries Should Worry Less About IT, More About Basic Needs Whether international organizations and Western institutions can help poor nations use advanced information technology tools, such as the...

American 'Net Users Rank Privacy as High Concern.(Gallup poll on internet security)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2001... PRINCETON, N.J. Two-thirds of e-mail users believe that the federal government should pass more laws to ensure citizen privacy online compared to 33 percent who think the current laws are adequate, according to an online Gallup poll taken...

Reconfigured Devices to Narrow International Digital Divide.(World Economic Forum to distribute computer game consoles)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... SALZBURG, AUSTRIA In a bold use of technology to narrow the digital divide, business leaders in the World Economic Forum (WEF) have begun working on a plan to distribute at least 100,000 high-capacity computer game consoles equipped with...

Groups Form International Foundation To Bridge Digital Divide.(Global Internet Policy Initiative )(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... WASHINGTON The U.S.-based Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and Belgium-based Internews organizations last month announced the launch of the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI). The GIPI is a foundation established to assist...

The Latest in Broadband Internet Access.(cable modems versus dial-up)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... As the Web becomes ever more laden with graphics, sound, animation and video, the need for speed grows ever greater. If you use the Web only occasionally, you probably don't need a high-speed modem. But if you regularly use it for research...

Youngstown State University.(Dr. Tony Atwater appointed)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... DR. TONY ATWATER has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Youngstown State University. Most recently, Atwater was dean of the College of Professional Studies and Education of Northern Kentucky University. Atwater...

DR. DARLYNE BAILEY has been named dean and vice president for academic affairs at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... DR. DARLYNE BAILEY has been named dean and vice president for academic affairs at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York. Previously, she was dean of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University....

DR. CAROLYN M. CALLAHAN has been named the first holder of the Doris M. Cook Chair in accounting at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... DR. CAROLYN M. CALLAHAN has been named the first holder of the Doris M. Cook Chair in accounting at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. The chair was established in the fall of 2000. Callahan earned a bachelor's...

Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland.(appoints Terry M. Clay)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... TERRY M. CLAY has been named assistant dean of student development and success at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland. Clay joined Anne Arundel Community College in 1993 as senior director for academic advising and retention. Clay earned...

DR. PAMELA TROTMAN REID has been appointed director of the University of Michigan's Women's Studies Program.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... DR. PAMELA TROTMAN REID has been appointed director of the University of Michigan's Women's Studies Program. Prior to coming to UM, she was interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the City University of New York. Reid...

DR. LARRY RIVERS, a professor of history at Florida A&M University, has received four awards recently for his book: Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... DR. LARRY RIVERS, a professor of history at Florida A&M University, has received four awards recently for his book: Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation. He is the recipient of the Rembert Patrick Award, the 2001 Harry T. and...

California State University-Northridge's.(National Center on Deafness receives Department of Education financing)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... California State University-Northridge's National Center on Deafness received a $5 million five-year contract from the U.S. Department of Education to help deaf and hard-of-hearing students make the transition to college and then into the work...

Clark Atlanta University.(Tull Charitable Foundation Inc. grant)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... Clark Atlanta University received a $100,000 grant from ,the Tull Charitable Foundation Inc., to help construct a state-of-the-art multipurpose classroom building.

Delaware State University.(receives Office of Naval Research funding)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... Delaware State University's applied optics department received $75,033 from the Office of Naval Research to fund the first year of a three-year study on how light interacts with optical fiber. The university's physics department also received...

Governors State University.(Department of Education grant)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... Governors State University (Illinois) received a five-year $1,065,480 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help increase the graduation rate for first-generation, low-income and disabled college students.

New School University.(German Marshall Fund and MacArthur Foundation grants)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... New School University's International Center for Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship (New York) was recently awarded a $125,000 grant from the German Marshall Fund of the United States. In addition, the university's Journal Donation Project...

St. Olaf College.(Jerrol and Alleen Tostrud gift)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2001... St. Olaf College (Minnesota) received a $12 million gift from alumni Jerrol and Alleen Tostrud. The gift will be used to build and maintain a campus recreation center designed to promote life-long health and fitness.

Discovering Heritage and More by Studying Abroad.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2001... The argument frequently made to encourage students to study abroad is that it is a chance to learn about a different culture. Study abroad is a time for discovering something new about people with different values, a different language and a...

The Fading Complexion of the Fourth Estate.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... Similar to employees of color in countless different industries, many journalists of color feel their talent and skills are not valued and that their employers are not committed to nurturing their professional growth. So, when they get fed up,...

CBC Member Says Minority Communities Need Help With Disaster Preparation.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... Legislation proposed for federal research program with HBCU involvement Historically Black colleges and universities may have a vital-role to play in helping minority communities prepare for weather emergencies and other hazards, a...

Reform Plan Targets Student Repayments on Federal Grant Aid.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... Needy students who drop out of college may face fewer responsibilities to pay back federal grant aid if a proposal from leading higher education groups becomes law. With support from more than a dozen other groups, the American Council on...

Bill Targets Minority-Serving Institutions with Agriculture Programs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 16, 2001... Minority-serving institutions could get federal funds for agriculture research projects to meet food needs in developing countries under legislation from Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus members. Historically...

Louis Sullivan to Step Down as President of Morehouse School of Medicine.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... ATLANTA After more than two decades at the helm of the Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan will turn over the presidency to Dr. James R. Gavin III in June of next year. Gavin is currently senior scientific officer of...

CU-Boulder Joins National Leadership Alliance.(University of Colorado at Boulder)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... BOULDER, COLO. The University of Colorado at Boulder has become the 29th member of the Leadership Alliance, the premiere coalition of the nation's top research and teaching institutions seeking to increase the numbers of traditionally...

Most Sports Organizations Are Far from Achieving Racial, Gender Equity.(Center for the Study of Sport in Society's annual Racial and Gender Report Card)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 16, 2001... BOSTON Only the WNBA and the NBA are close to genuine equity when it comes to opportunities for women and people of color in professional and decision-making positions in pro, Olympic and college sports, according to a report released last...

UC's New Admissions Policy Expected To Increase Minority Enrollment.(University of California)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... SAN FRANCISCO California students who graduate in the top 12.5 percent of their high school class will be guaranteed admission to the University of California, though some may have to go to community college first. Six years after...

Former Southern University Official Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Scheme.(Moses K. Dupre)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... BATON ROUGE, LA. A former Southern University official has pleaded guilty to charges regarding a scheme in which money was skimmed from a work-study program. Moses K. Dupre, 41, entered the guilty plea last month to charges of aiding...

Gaps in Texas' Ethnic Enrollment Concern Demographer.(minorities underrepresented)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... SAN ANTONIO Texas' top demographer says enrollment gaps between Whites and minorities in the state's higher education system will likely be larger than originally believed. Steve Murdock, chief demographer for the Texas State Data...

Restaurant Firm, Black Press Award Annual Scholarships.(AFC Enterprises Foundation, National Newspaper Publishers Association)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 16, 2001... ATLANTA Atlanta-based AFC Enterprises Foundation, in collaboration with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), awarded the annual Xernona Clayton Black Press Scholarship Fund during the 61st annual NNPA convention in...

University of Maryland Honors Civil Rights Activist For Seven-Decade Struggle.(Dorothy Height)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... BALTIMORE Dorothy Height's fight for civil rights and gender equity began with anti-lynching protests in New York in the 1930s. The Richmond, Va., native worked on voter registration drives in the South during the 1950s and was at the Rev....

Freddie Mac, HBCUs Team Up to Launch Credit Smart Initiative.(mortgage investor Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Historically Black Colleges and Universities provide consumer education)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... WASHINGTON Freddie Mac, one of the nation's biggest mortgage investors, launched a community-based consumer education outreach program last month designed to help consumers get and keep good credit. The CreditSmart program is the...

Black Churches Play Key Role in Reducing Crime, Study Says.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 16, 2001... PHILADELPHIA African American youth who regularly attend church services get into less trouble than those who don't, according to a recent study by Byron Johnson, director of the Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society at...

INVESTIGATING NEWSROOM DIVERSITY.(decline of minority journalists)(Statistical Data Included)
August 16, 2001... Can daily newspapers deliver on minority recruitment and retention. As with many minority journalists, Lynne Varner, an editorial writer for The Seattle Times, has long demonstrated a commitment to attracting and recruiting Black, Latino,...

Tour of Duty.(columnist Gil L. Robertson IV to talk to students)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... Entertainment columnist to sham his success with students on cross-count lecture tour While others may simply shake their heads or throw up their hands at the decreasing number of African Americans in media-related professions,...

GETTING AFRICAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ON THE `WRITE' TRACK.(William W. Sutton Jr.)(Interview)
August 16, 2001... Outgoing president of the National Association of Black Journalists speaks with BI correspondent Pearl Stewart about the declining number of minority journalists; educating students of color for journalism careers; and the challenges facing...

Advice to HBCUs: Use the Media To Your Advantage.(African American universities and colleges)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... As a product of a historically Black university, I am very tired of continuously defending the legal viability, constitutional justification and the significance of HBCUs. We all understand that racism is a prevalent dynamic in our society....

General Electric Donates $1 Million To UNCF Technology Initiative.(United Negro College Fund)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... WASHINGTON The United Negro College Fund last month another major gift in its $80 million technology campaign. Officials with the Fund donated a $1 million grant in support of the UNCF Technology Enhancement Campaign, bringing total funds...

G8 Passes International Digital Divide Plan.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... GENOA, ITALY The world's big eight powers approved action plan to bridge the "digital divide" with the poorest countries. Leaden at the Group of Eight summit held in July endorsed a task force report on how to harness technology in the...

Survey Finds U.S. Civil Rights Organizations Struggle To Adjust to Internet Age.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... WASHINGTON A report released by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and the Leadership Conference Education Fund (LCEF) indicates that while the national civil rights organizations recognize the importance of the Internet,...

Maryland Projects Growth at `Virtual University'.(distance learning, University of Maryland University College)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 16, 2001... ADELPHI, MD. Offering one of the nation's largest distance learning curriculums for a public institution, the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is projected to experience a tripling of its enrollment by 2010, according to...

U.S. Deficient in Fighting Cybercrime, Report Says.(report from United States General Accounting Office)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... WASHINGTON A congressional report authored by the U.S. General Accounting Office has concluded that the federal government lacks data from private companies plagued by computer attacks and the trained staff to effectively prevent...

Clearing Up the Confusion in Optical Storage.(definition of optical storage technologies)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 16, 2001... Traditionally, personal computers have used the physics of magnetism as the primary means of storing programs and data for later use. Floppy disks, hard disks, Zip disks and backup tapes all work by magnetizing small areas on the surface of the...

Elizabeth City State of University.(Bill Brown director of Center for Entrepreneurship)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... BILL BROWN has been named director of the newly established Center for Entrepreneurship at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina. Brown has practiced public accounting for more than 25 years. Brown received a bachelor's from Bernard...

Howard University.(Virgil E. Ecton vice president)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... VIRGIL E. ECTON has been appointed vice president for university advancement at Howard University in Washington. Ecton most recently served as senior executive vice president of development for the United Negro College Fund. Ecton earned a...

Southwest Tennessee Community College.(Nathan Essex president)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... DR. NATHAN ESSEX has been appointed president of Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis, Tenn. Essex, was the school's interim president for 11 months. He earned a bachelor's degree from Alabama A&M University, a master's from...

Alabama State University.(Joe A. Lee president)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... DR. JOE A. LEE has been named president of Alabama State University in Montgomery. Previously, Lee was president at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. Lee earned a bachelor's degree from Talladega College in Alabama and both master's and...

Voorhees College.(Lee Monroe president)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... DR. LEE MONROE has been named president of Voorhees College in Denmark, S.C., effective Aug. 31, succeeding Dr. Leonard E. Dawson, who is retiring. Monroe earned a bachelor's degree from Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C., a master's from the...

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.(Kevin D. Rome assistant vice chancellor)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... DR. KEVIN D. ROME has been named assistant vice chancellor for student life and diversity at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Rome earned a bachelor's degree from Morehouse College, a master's from the University of Georgia...

Clark Atlanta University.(social sciences financing)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... Clark Atlanta University received $500,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help support the university's academic programs in the social sciences. The grant will provide for faculty career enhancement, graduate student research...

Hampton University School of Nursing.(awarded $364,933)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... Hampton University School of Nursing (Virginia) was recently awarded $364,933 from the National Library of Medicine. The award will be used to buy computer equipment and to instruct students and faculty in using health sciences databases.

Partnership for Global Education.(U.S. Department of Education grant)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $192,676 to the Partnership for Global Education, which includes Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y., and Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. The grant will be used to enhance the...

Kettering University.(donation for computer software)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... Kettering University (Michigan) received a significant donation of computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, hardware and training from General Motors Corp., UGS, Sun Microsystems and EDS. The donation will help prepare...

Ohio State University's law school.($30 million donation)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... Ohio State University's law school has received a record-breaking $30 million from alumnus and retired lawyer Michael E. Moritz. The money will be used to establish scholarships and professorships.

University of Michigan.(Ford Foundation grant)(Brief Article)
August 16, 2001... The University of Michigan received a grant of $600,000 from the Ford Foundation to support public education, outreach and research related to diversity in higher education.

Looking for Black Journalists In the Wrong Places.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 16, 2001... If an individual isn't careful, he or she might be lured into believing that Blacks have finally arrived in significant numbers in the media. There's that gorgeous, velvet-voiced sister anchoring the local 6 o'clock news. A brother, usually...

Boom and Bust Cycles.
August 30, 2001... America's public colleges and universities -- among the first to feel the effects of the cooling economy...," writes Black Issues correspondent Page Boinest Melton in her article "What's Happening to the `Public' in Public Education?" She...

An Overseas Market for HBCUs.
August 30, 2001... DEAR EDITOR: I'm in the Air Force, and subsequently have been overseas a couple of times. Because I did not join the Air Force with the agenda of "seeing the world" but to receive tuition assistance for school instead, when I was sent...

House Approves Math/Science Bill with New Aid.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2001... National Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act attracts bipartisan support. Students of color may gain access to high-quality math and science programs under legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives approved before the August...

District of Columbia High School Graduates Gain More Tuition Benefits.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2001... District of Columbia high school graduates stand to gain more college tuition benefits under legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives approved just before its August recess. The House overwhelmingly approved a bill from Del....

VSU President Offers Olive Branch to Faculty.(Virginia State University president Eddie N. Moore Jr.)
August 30, 2001... Gesture follows dissolution of faculty council PETERSBURG, VA. In his "State of the University" address, Eddie N. Moore Jr., president of Virginia State University, attempted to bridge the chasm that's developed between the...

Law School Urged to Increase Admissions Standards.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2001... American Bar Association concerned with Texas Southern University law school's bar exam failure rate. HOUSTON Based on an accreditation review, the American Bar Association (ABA) has criticized Texas Southern University's law school,...

Black Enrollment Expected to Drop At University of Florida.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 30, 2001... GAINESVILLE, FLA. Black freshman enrollment at the University of Florida is expected to be down by nearly half this year under Gov. Jeb Bush's ban on racial preference in public university admissions. Blacks represented nearly 12...

Report Finds Increase in Candidates Seeking GED Diplomas.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2001... WASHINGTON More adults worldwide took one or more of the five tests in the General Educational Development (GED) Test Battery in 2000 than in any single year except 1996. Some 512,000 people earned the GED high school equivalency diploma...

Maryland Archaeologists Dig Up Remains Of Free-Standing Black Community.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2001... COLLEGE PARK, MD. University of Maryland archaeologists are unearthing the remains of a little-known middle-class African American community in Annapolis, Md., that goes back to 1832. They hope to learn how this community managed to remain...

UAB Partners with Tuskegee, Morehouse in Cancer Research for Blacks.(University of Alabama at Birmingham)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2001... BIRMINGHAM, ALA. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center is joining with Tuskegee University and Atlanta's Morehouse College to form a "research triangle" in the South that will attack disparate rates of...