Gregory ClayAsian American Pacific IslanderMedical Experts Push for Cultural Competency AwarenessDr. Francis Lu is a medical messenger. He travels to medical schools around the country spreading the importance of “cultural competence.”November 27, 2018SportsNew Maryland Athletic Director Finds RedemptionDamon Evans was officially named the full-time athletic director at the University of Maryland after serving as the interim since October 2017, when his predecessor Kevin Anderson announced he was taking a six-month sabbatical before ultimately leaving the school altogether.June 26, 2018SportsScholars Differ on Legality of New NFL National Anthem PolicyAfter the NFL announced Wednesday that its players on the field must stand respectfully for the national anthem or face fines – or remain in locker rooms until the anthem is over – two questions linger: Can the NFL legally require its players to stand? Do the players have any viable legal recourse? The answers depend on who you ask.May 24, 2018SportsSupreme Court Ruling Opens Door to College Sports GamblingThe NCAA, which has played a game of tug-of-war for years with its staunch anti-college gambling stance, was placed on notice as the inevitable finally happened in the sports betting world. Legal betting will be allowed on college games in states —not just Nevada anymore — if the individual states choose,May 20, 2018DisabiltiesPanel Dissects Role of Suspensions in School-To-Prison PipelineStatistics abounded Wednesday evening during a panel discussion titled “School to Prison Pipeline: Decriminalizing Public Education” co-sponsored by New America, the National Black Child Development Institute and the Greater Washington Urban League,May 17, 2018SportsEducation of Student-Athletes a Hot Topic at Panel DiscussionFor all the heightened chatter this year about whether college student-athletes should be paid, Dr. Kenneth Shropshire suggests that making their education a priority is more important than a microscopic focus on financial compensation.March 18, 2018SportsCollege Basketball + More Scandals = More Task ForcesAs the scandals in major-college basketball grow, so does the scrutiny. The Congressional Black Caucus became the latest entity to take an interest in the comings and goings of men’s college basketball players, coaches and sports agents.March 13, 2018SportsMixed Grades on Race, Gender Report Card for College SportsThe percentage of Black head coaches in Division I college basketball has declined the past 10 years. That startling development is among findings in the 2017 version of the annual College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card, released Wednesday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.February 28, 2018African-AmericanCenter for Advancing Opportunity Releases Findings That Reflect ‘Fragile Communities’The Thurgood Marshall College Fund in January 2017 announced a bold new partnership with the Charles Koch Foundation to use data-driven analytics to study the problems of “fragile communities” in the United States.February 5, 2018SportsChallenges Persist in Hiring Black Head Coaches in College FootballPenn State University’s James Franklin was the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at Kansas State in 2006-2007 and quarterbacks coach, offensive coordinator and associate head coach at Maryland from 2008-2010.January 18, 2018Page 1 of 2Next Page