Tag: Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Study Finds That the American Dream Is Largely a Myth
The study followed nearly 800 Baltimore schoolchildren for more than a quarter of a century beginning in 1982. After more than 30 years, the study found that the majority of students stayed in the same socio-economic class as their parents.
University Study Finds the Poorest of the Poor Being Helped Less by the Federal Government
A new study by an economist at Johns Hopkins University finds that a large percentage of federal help finds its ways to families at or just below the poverty level, rather than to families and individuals who are at the very bottom of the income ladder.
Morgan State University Enters Into STEM Partnership With Johns Hopkins
The first eight Morgan State University students will participate in internships this summer with the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute lasting between 8 and 15 weeks.
Racial Disparity in Misdiagnoses of Stroke Patients
A new study finds that emergency room physicians tended to misdiagnose stroke symptoms among African American patients more often than for White patients.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins National Book Critics Circle Award
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a summa cum laude graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University and holds master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Yale University.
Gwendolyn Boyd Named President of Alabama State University
Dr. Boyd has been serving as the executive assistant to the chief of staff of the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, Maryland.
Edward Cornwell III Elected Secretary of the American College of Surgeons
A well-respected trauma surgeon, Edward E. Cornwell III is professor and chair of the department of surgery at the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C.
Three African Americans Elected to the Institute of Medicine
While the Institute of Medicine does not disclose the racial or ethnic makeup of its membership, it appears that only three of the 70 new members are African Americans: Phyllis Dennery, Thomas LaVeist, and Beverly Louise Malone.
Ben Vinson III Is the New Dean of Columbian College at George Washington University
Dr. Vinson was the vice dean for centers, interdepartmental programs, and graduate programs of the School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He also served as the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of Latin American History at Johns Hopkins.
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.
National Institutes of Health Reaches an Agreement With the Family of Henrietta Lacks
In 1951 Henrietta Lacks' cancer cells were extracted for research without her knowledge. Researchers were able to keep her cancer cells alive and they continued to replicate in the laboratory. The so-called HeLa cells are still used in research today and have been used to make important scientific advances.
In Memoriam: Charles A. Hines, 1935-2013
In October, 1994, Dr. Charles A. Hines was appointed the sixth president of Prairie View A&M University and served in that role until 2002. He held a Ph.D. in sociology from Johns Hopkins University and served for 38 years in the U.S. Army, retiring with the rank of Major General.
Kweisi Mfume to Chair the Board of Regents at Morgan State University
Mfume is an alumnus of the university and is a former Congressman from Maryland and the former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Black Scholar to Lead Largest School at George Washington University
Ben Vinson III currently serves as vice dean for centers, interdepartmental programs, and graduate programs and as the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of Latin American History at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Harvard Medical School Faculty Member Embarks on a Second Career as a Children’s Author
Oneeka Williams, a surgeon who is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, has recently published her first children's book that leads young children to the far reaches of the solar system. Dr. Williams is a native of Guyana and was raised in Barbados.
Science Internships in High School Can Influence Career Plans of Gifted Black Youth
A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has found that mentoring Black students in the sciences in high school can have a major impact in influencing gifted students to pursue degree programs in STEM fields.
A New Assignment for Dr. Benjamin Carson
Benjamin Carson, professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics and director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, was named president of the board of the East Baltimore Community School.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Report Finds Black Youth Are Exposed to More Alcohol Advertising Than Other Young Americans
A new report published by the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, finds that Black youths see more alcohol-related advertising on television and in magazines than other young Americans.
In Memoriam: Michel-Rolph Trouillot, 1949-2012
He was a a professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago. He published his first book on the Haitian revolution while he was an undergraduate student at CUNY.
Johns Hopkins University Study Finds Huge Racial Gap in Living Donor Kidney Transplants
One third of all people awaiting kidney transplants in the U.S. are African Americans. But in 2011, only 14 percent of patients receiving new kidneys from living donors were African Americans.
Johns Hopkins Exhibit Examines the University’s Black History
The exhibit, entitled "The Indispensable Role of Blacks at Johns Hopkins," pays tribute to 50 individuals "whose professional and personal achievements have brought honor to the institution."
Huge Digital Archive of African American History Now Available Online
The database established by Johns Hopkins University contains photographs and documents from the "morgue" files of the Afro-American newspaper.
The College Enrollment Rates of the Children of Native-Born and Immigrant Black Families
Children in Black families who immigrated to the United States are more likely to enroll in selective colleges than the children of White and native-born Black families.
Examining the Residential Segregation of Multiracial Americans
Sociologist Pamela Bennett of Johns Hopkins University has examined the residential patterns of people who marked off two racial categories on their census form.
Four African-American Educators Honored With Awards
The honorees are Gloria Ladson-Billings, Beverly Tatum, Patty Wilson, and Alphonso Sanders.
