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A Scholarship in Telling Stories in the African Diaspora

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Both of my parents made their children aware of African history and geography when we were young,” reflects Brooks, during his most recent excursion to Kenya. Well, to my amazement, there was and is a very long-standing and pronounced African American presence throughout the history of Appalachia.”

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Brem Foundation Improves Breast Cancer Outcomes for Underrepresented Women

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Other factors such as family history, having dense breasts, age, and lifestyle can also play a role. The foundation’s newly launched online risk assessment tool, CheckMate , enables women to utilize their personal and family medical history information to assess their breast cancer risk.

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UNC Chancellor Dr. Kevin M. Guskiewicz Appointed President of Michigan State University

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billion research enterprise; created a Campus Safety Commission; and appointed a special commission to look at the UNC’s history with race. In 2011, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on sport-related concussions.

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Tara VanDerveer

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VanDerveer has established herself as one of the top coaches in the history of collegiate and international women’s basketball and has been inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2011) and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2002).

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Brown University Exhibit on Mumia Abu-Jamal to Highlight American Prison System

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He previously was given a death sentence, but that was overturned in 2011. Alongside the opening, there will be a two-day symposium, “Voices of Mass Incarceration,” about law enforcement, prison medical care, public art, incarceration’s effects on women and girls, and the history of incarceration.

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$100 million: The largest single donation in HBCU history goes to Spelman College

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In 2011, the couple’s donation eclipsed that of its current one to create a new medical school at Western Michigan University. The post $100 million: The largest single donation in HBCU history goes to Spelman College appeared first on University Business.

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INSIGHT Welcomes Robin R. Means Coleman as New Editorial Board Member

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Coleman is the author of “Horror Noire: A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present, 2 nd ed.” 2023); “Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present” (2011) and “African-American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor” (2000).

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