Tag: Meharry Medical College
This Week’s Appointments of African Americans to Key Posts in Higher Education Administration
Taking on new administrative roles are Venessa Funches, Nancy L. Jones, Michael A. Ellington, Michael Williams, Kenyatta Tatum Futterman, Zella Palmer, Loretta A. Moore, Angela Simmons, and Marquetta Faulkner.
The First African American Dean of Dental Medicine at Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Kenneth B. Chance Sr. has been serving as a professor and chief of endodontics at the University of Kentucky. He is the former dean of the School of Dentistry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.
Meharry Medical College Begins a Search for a New President
A. Cherrie Epps was appointed interim president and then permanent president of the school last summer at the age of 83. President Epps will remain at the helm until her successor is in place.
Meharry Medical College Scholar Named to Dental Research Post
Ethel Harris, an assistant professor in the School of Dentistry at Meharry Medical College, was named the 2014 Enid A. Neidle Scholar-in-Residence for Women at the American Dental Education Association.
Honors for Four Black Scholars
The honorees are Tiffany Washington of the University of Georgia, Karin Edwards of Three Rivers Community College, Eric Sheppard of Hampton University, and Oluwatoni Aluko of Meharry Medical College.
In Memoriam: Kenneth Carlton Edelin, 1939-2013
Dr. Edelin was a long-time professor and administrator at the Boston University School of Medicine. He was best known for a 1975 legal case when he was convicted of manslaughter for an abortion. The conviction was later overturned.
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.
New Dental Simulation Laboratory Now Operating at Meharry Medical College
The new facility has 30 workstations that operate in the manner of a private dental practice. Students can practice any dental procedure from a routine cleaning to a root canal on mannequins.
Meharry Medical College Adding Its First New Building in 30 Years
The three-story, 80,000-square-foot project will be called the Turner Family Center, named after Cal Turner Jr., the former CEO of Dollar General stores. It will includes space for classrooms, an auditorium, a banquet hall, food court, and administrative office space.
For College Age Black Men, Homicide Is, by Far, the Leading Cause of Death
In contrast, researchers at Florida Atlantic University and Meharry Medical College in Nashville found that the leading cause of death for Black woman and non-Black men and women in this age group is automobile accidents.
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.
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.
Five New Black Members of the Institute of Medicine
The new members are Norman Anderson of the American Psychological Association, John Carethers and Martin Philbert of the University of Michigan, PonJola Coney of Virginia Commonwealth University and Wayne Riley of Meharry Medical College.
Several HBCU Campuses Are Getting a Makeover
Significant new construction is underway at Delaware State University, Cheyney University, Meharry Medical College and Johnson C. Smith University.
Five African Americans With New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Raphael Moffett, Barbara J. Johnson, Naomi R. Thompson, Harriet Davis, and Henry W. Taylor have been named to new positions.
Meharry Medical College Professor Installed as President of the National Medical Association
Rahn Kennedy Bailey will lead the association representing 30,000 African-American physicians nationwide for one year.
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.
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.
Meharry Professor to Lead the National Medical Association
Rahn Kennedy Bailey was named president-elect of the National Medical Association, an organization representing 30,000 African-American physicians nationwide.
