Publisher: Journal of Blacks in Higher Education


Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

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Shelley White-Means, a professor of health economics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to study the disparity in breast cancer survival of Black women compared to White women. The goal of the research project is to identify effective… Read More


Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans

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Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education. The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis has received a four-year, $4 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to support… Read More


Five African Americans named to new administrative posts at universities

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Brenda Murrell is the new associate vice chancellor for research in the Office of Sponsored Programs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She has served in the role on an interim basis for the past year. She has been on the staff at the university for 17 years.


LeMoyne-Owen College Teams Up With the University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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