Harvard Study Finds Different Neural Activity When Subjects View Black and White Faces
Researchers in the department of psychology at Harvard University have found a region of the brain where neural patterns changed when test subjects viewed either a Black or White face.
Factors That Foster Educational Success Among Youth From Low-Income Families
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles, has identified five factors that have a major impact on whether or not students from low-income families succeed in higher education.
Outreach Programs for Parents Can Reduce School Mobility Among Black Students
Students who change schools often have problems adjusting to the new educational environment and this can impact their academic performance. Programs that reach out to Black parents can reduce the likelihood that children will change schools.
Census Data Shows Need for Further Efforts to Attract Blacks Into STEM Fields
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that while while Blacks are 10.8 percent of all employed workers, they make up only 6.4 percent of all employees in STEM occupations. Blacks make up an even smaller percentage of all workers in specific STEM jobs.
University Survey Examines Poverty in Africa
The Afrobarometer was co-founded by Michael Bratton, a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. Nearly half of all African respondents this year said that they go without food, medicine, or drinking water at least occasionally.
Cornell Report Analyzes Student Views on Diversity
The report found that "students who identify with historically less-represented groups are more actively involved in diversity-related behaviors and have more negative perceptions of the climate for diversity."
University Study Finds Racial Minorities Are Not in the Inner-Circle of Corporate Directors
The study by researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas San Antonio finds that racial minorities make up 28 percent of the corporate directors who serve on a single board but are only 8 percent of the corporate directors who serve on more than one board.
Strategies to Help Young Black Men Succeed in Education
A new study led by Dr. Shaun Harper of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity at the University of Pennsylvania, shows that there are programs and strategies that can help young Black men succeed in high school and beyond.
University of Central Florida Scholar Examines Racial Disparities in Nursing Home Care
Latarsha Chisholm, an assistant professor of health management and informatics, is the lead author of a study that found that nursing homes with large percentages of Black residents tended to deliver inferior care and were worse off financially.
MIT Scholar Examines Colleges’ Ties to Slavery
Craig S. Wilder, a professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author of a fascinating new book that details the relationships of American colleges and universities with the institution of slavery.
Virginia Commonwealth University Research Finds New Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease
The new treatment, now scheduled for clinical trials, was developed by scientists at the Institute for Structural Biology and Drug Discovery, a joint effort of the School of Medicine and the School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University.
University of Rochester Study Finds Racial Bias Is Strongest in the Cotton Belt
The study found that White southerners who live in the Cotton Belt of the Deep South where slavery was most entrenched continue to hold stronger negative attitudes toward African Americans than Whites in other parts of the South.
Research Discovers a Brain Drain of Physicians From Sub-Saharan Africa
In conducting research for his doctoral dissertation at Vanderbilt University, Akhenaten Tankwanchi found that the number of physicians practicing in the United States who had immigrated from sub-Saharan African had increased 40 percent over the past decade.
Racial Differences in Anticipated Debt for Medical School Students
The survey found that 77 percent of Black students anticipated accumulating at least $150,000 in debt during their medical training. For all medical school students, 62.1 percent anticipated debt of $150,000 or more.
Major Research Project to Study Genetic Link to Disease Susceptibility Among Minorities
The research teams are located at the University of Southern California, Rutgers University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
NIH-Sponsored Study Shows the Value of Mentoring for Science Faculty at HBCUs
The study found that mentoring program for science faculty at these institutions resulted in an increase in the number of published articles in peer-reviewed journals, an increase in grants won, and an increase in professional and career activities.
North Dakota State University Study Examines Racial Profiling
A content analysis of newspaper articles revealed the frequency and context of the reporting of racial profiling, the extent to which it is presented as a problem for all racial minority groups as opposed to a select few.
Harvard Study Finds African Americans Sleep Less Than Whites
A new study led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health finds that African Americans tend to sleep less than White Americans. The racial differences in sleep duration are particularly pronounced among professionals.
Survey Documents the State of Black Studies at U.S. Colleges and Universities
A survey of 1,777 colleges and universities found that 76 percent of these institutions had Black studies programs to some degree. Some 20 percent of responding institutions had formal academic units, either departments or programs, dedicated to African American studies.
Princeton University Study Finds That Poverty Impedes Cognitive Functions
A study led by researchers at Princeton University finds that poverty and its related stresses puts such a burden on people's mental state that they have less brainpower to deal with other aspects of life.
University Study Finds Constructive Criticism, Not Undeserved Praise, Is More Helpful to Black Students
A new study led by Davis S. Yeager, an assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, finds that praising African American students for mediocre work in an effort to boost self-esteem can actually have just the opposite effect.
Stanford Study Finds That Sharing Cultural Experiences Can Reduce Intergroup Prejudice
Psychologists at Stanford University state that their findings could help policymakers, employers, school administrators and others interested in creating a more positive climate for people from diverse backgrounds.
Study Led by Duke Cardiologist Finds Racial Gap in Hospitalizations Following Heart Failure
After accounting for differences between patients relating to their health at the start of the study, researchers found that for patients who survived heart failure, Blacks were 58 percent more likely than Whites to be hospitalized for complications.
University-Developed Intervention Reduces Unprotected Sex Among Bisexual Black Men
The Men of African American Legacy Empowering Self (MAALES) program engaged Black men in small discussion groups on safe sex practices for men who had sex with both women and men. The discussions also included culturally relevant discussions that were centered upon Black men.
University of Iowa Study Shows Lenders Favor Black Women
Researchers at the University of Iowa gave financial professionals fictional loan applications in which education, gender, and race were different but financial profiles were relatively the same. Results show that lenders view Black women as favorably as they do White men.
Study Finds a Link Between Family Support and Health/Happiness Among LGBT People of Color
The Social Justice Sexuality project – a study of over 5,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people of color – finds that spirituality and family support are key predictors to overall health, happiness, and civic engagement.
Racism May Be a Contributing Factor to Higher Rates of Hypertension Among Blacks
A new study led by Lisa A. Cooper, the John F. Fries Professor of Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, finds that African Americans who are hypervigilant over racial issues tend to have higher blood pressure than other African Americans.
University of Michigan Study Finds That Intelligence Is No Cure for Racism
A study conducted at the University of Michigan has found that intelligent people tend to be just as racist as their less intelligent counterparts. Smart people are just more adept at hiding their racism, the study found.
University of Pennsylvania Researchers Examine Racial Differences in Sleep Behavior
The study found that Black women tended to support unhealthy beliefs, attitudes, and practices regarding sleep more so than White women. Black women were more likely than White women to turn to alcohol as a sleep aid and were more likely to read, watch television, or do other activities in bed.
University Study Links Exposure to Racism to Higher Probability of Adult-Onset Asthma
The Boston University study examined the cases of more than 38,000 African American women who participated in the Black Women's Health Study between 1997 and 2011. The women completed questionnaires on their health and experiences of racism every two years.
University of Hawaii Study Shows How Sleep Deprivation Impacts Racial Prejudice
The results of the study of 400 undergraduate students at the University of Hawaii showed that the sleepier the test subject, the more likely they were to rate prospective job candidates with Black-sounding names unqualified for the position.
Study Finds That Minority Faculty at Community Colleges Feel Marginalized
A report by the California Community College Collaborative at the University of California at Riverside finds that minority faculty members at community colleges feel marginalized and this causes them to limit what they contribute to their educational institution.
Study Explores Reasons Behind Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Mortality
The data showed that Black women were diagnosed with breast cancer later than White women. They also found that other health conditions such as diabetes or hypertension that were more prevalent in Black cancer patients may have been a factor in the higher mortality rates.
Utah State Research Examines University Hiring Practices Regarding Black Coaches
Research by associate professors Christy Glass and Alison Cook found that colleges and universities were more willing to hire a Black coach when their teams had a losing record. And they found that when Black coaches were hired they had a shorter tenure as head coach.
Georgetown University Study Finds Higher Education Perpetuates White Racial Privilege
The report finds that although African American enrollments in higher education have steadily increased, Blacks remain underrepresented at the nation's most prestigious college and universities that send their graduates to the top professional schools and on to the best-paying jobs.
University Study Finds Huge Racial Disparty in Diagnoses for ADHD
The study noted that although Black children are less likely to be diagnosed with the disorder, and thus do not receive the appropriate treatments, despite the fact that other research shows that Black children are just as likely, if not more so, to display ADHD symptoms.
