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Survey: Women of Color Could be More Effective at Leading U.S.

While women are more confident than men that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would be an effective bridge builder among diverse cultures, only about a third of Black women hold that opinion…

April 26, 2006

Health

Few Women Take Pregnancy Leave in California, Study Finds

Only one in three working women who qualify for pregnancy leave in California take advantage of the employee benefit, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley…

April 6, 2006

Students

Hispanic Sorority Members Adjust Better in College, Says Study

Students of all races often have trouble adjusting to college life. The adjustment period is sometimes even more difficult for minority students. But according to a new study…

March 22, 2006

STEM

Rutgers University Reorganization Preserves All-Female Campus Presence

The Rutgers University board of governors recently approved a major university reorganization, simplifying a complicated system of undergraduate colleges even as it preserved an all-female niche on the campus…

March 14, 2006

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University of Alaska Gender Gap Ranks Second

The University of Alaska’s gender gap ranks second in the nation, according to findings prepared by…

January 11, 2006

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Women Catching Up With Men on Internet Use, Says Study

Women are catching up to men in most measures of online life. Men like the Internet for the experiences it offers…

December 29, 2005

Faculty & Staff

When and Where I Enter: Black Women in the Academy

Despite the psychological, emotional and intellectual violence done to us on a daily basis…

December 28, 2005

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University of Alaska Gender Gap Ranks Second in Nation; More Women Seek Degrees

The University of Alaska’s gender gap ranks second in the nation, according to findings prepared by…

December 20, 2005

Students

In Efforts to Address Obesity, Black College Cafeterias Are Rolling Out Veggie-Heavy Menus

It’s an October afternoon at Norfolk State University, and the dining hall on this predominantly Black campus has enough tantalizing choices to throw graduate student Tina Carroll into a lunchtime dilemma.

October 23, 2005

African-American

On the Frontline of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

On the Frontline of the HIV/AIDS EpidemicWith infection rates still escalating among African Americans, researchers, scholars and activists wonder if the battle is a losing oneBy B. Denise HawkinsMost days, Cynthia Davis is an exasperated trooper who can always be found teaching and preaching from the frontline of the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles. The […]

March 23, 2005

Health

Hampton University Center

Hampton University Center to Focus On Breast and Prostate Cancer ResearchHAMPTON, Va.  Hampton University is planning the construction of a 64,000-square-foot Biomedical Research Center on the university campus. Funded by HU and a federal government agency, the state-of-the-art facility will be an interdisciplinary center for biomedical researchers from both HU and the local region.HU’s Biomedical […]

February 23, 2005

African-American

Vanishing Black College Students?

Vanishing Black College Students? A young woman at my church confided in me that she dreams of enlisting in the military. Because we were in church, I simply shuddered and held my tongue, but my face must have told her what I would have liked to say. We talked a few minutes and she shared […]

January 12, 2005