B. Denise HawkinsAfrican-AmericanGlobal Manufacturer of COVID-19 Test Kits Partners with HBCUs to Ensure Safe Return to CampusOn Wednesday, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world’s largest maker of scientific tools, announced a project to support testing, at no-cost, to the nation’s HBCUs, including establishing national HBCU testing centers to process COVID-19 tests and provide timely results throughout the academic year.August 12, 2020African-AmericanBenedict College Ramps Up Safety Measures As In-Person Classes BeginAbout now, Benedict College would have been bustling with the excitement of a fall start. Instead, campus leaders must now assume the role of public health watchdogs as in-person classes at Benedict begin Monday, August 10.August 9, 2020African-AmericanAmid COVID-19 Pandemic, Morehouse School of Medicine Welcomes Its Largest ClassIn June, most historically Black colleges and universities were racing against the clock to come up with a plan for what the fall semester would look like or rolling out and then revising strategies to safely re-open. But at Atlanta’s Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), faculty, staff and most future physicians were already back training, teaching and learning — virtually and in person.August 7, 2020African-AmericanHoward, Johns Hopkins Reverse Course, Opt for Virtual Fall SemesterHoward University, in the nation’s capital, will now hold its fall semester entirely online for undergraduates and will not house students. The decision announced late Friday afternoon is a reversal of plans to offer students the option of in-person and virtual classes. It also signals the angst and gravity that campus leaders are facing as they decide how or if they will re-open their institutions as the coronavirus pandemic rages.August 7, 2020African-AmericanCharles R. Drew U of Medicine and Science Trains Doctors to Tackle Healthcare DisparitiesOn Aug. 11, more than a half century ago, the nearly all-Black community of Watts in South Central Los Angeles was simmering in a California heatwave. But before the day was done, Watts exploded into violence and flames after an abusive White patrolman arrested a young Black man for driving drunk. The incident touched off […]July 17, 2020African-AmericanMeharry Is Enlisting Volunteers for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials, Hildreth Is Ready to Roll Up His SleeveWhen Meharry Medical College begins conducting COVID-19 vaccine trials in a few months, it will face a big challenge: how to inspire trust in the Black community that has reason to mistrust such interventions but stands to benefit the most.July 10, 2020African-AmericanFollowing in the Footsteps of Her Father, Dr. Wilma Mishoe Led Delaware State to New HeightsShe couldn’t say no. “Higher education,” Mishoe says, “is my natural habitat,” and Delaware State has always been her home. Mishoe returned to historic landmarks still standing tall and took comfort in seeing some of the same trees that stood on campus 50 years ago, throwing off shade like old friends.July 8, 2020African-AmericanNew Data Tracking System Highlights Race Disparities Among COVID-19-Related DeathsBy early March, SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus, had touched off a pandemic. Those studying the virus stoked the claim that COVID-19, the respiratory infection the virus causes, is indiscriminate in whom it tackles and kills. Looking across racial and ethnic groups, and moving from Hollywood A-listers to seniors in nursing homes, to shelf stockers at […]July 1, 2020African-AmericanHistorically Black Meharry Medical College Joins the COVID-19 Vaccine Trials NetworkMeharry Medical College has joined the COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Network and will be “enrolling community members” in studies of a handful of vaccine candidates, announced the Nashville, Tennessee-based historically Black institution on Tuesday. “I am excited given the importance of minority communities taking part in COVID-19 vaccine trials,” said Meharry’s president and CEO Dr. James E. K. Hildreth.June 30, 2020HBCUsHBCU Fall Preview: Colleges Plan a Phased Return to CampusStarting today, Diverse will provide occasional news-roundups and interviews from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions, as campus leaders plot a course for teaching, learning and working during the pandemic. This first installment features a look at plans from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.; Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee.; and Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.June 29, 2020Previous PagePage 2 of 15Next Page