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Articles in Oct 20, 2005 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education

• Universities to help test new prostate detection technology
• Morgan State University
• The California State University, Northridge Cinema and Television Arts Department received $89,080 from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
• American University president repays school for some expenses
• Princeton University
• Moraine Valley Community College received a $104,715 grant from the Illinois Community College Board to fund the college's Jump Start
• The road to psychological recovery: psychologist group says cultural competency training is needed to aid Black Katrina survivors
  by B. Denise Hawkins
• Ford diversity fellows urged to defend affirmative action
  by Ronald Roach
• North Carolina Central University
• Clark Atlanta University received a $2.5-million grant from The National Institutes of Health for biomedical research to help increase the number of minorities in the field
• Events
• Academic retention indicators
• Tidewater Community College
• The Art Center College of Design has been awarded a $75,000 Architectural Conservation Grant from the Getty Foundation
• Philander Smith formalizes Kimbrough as leader
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a grant of nearly $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
• University of South Carolina to research Katrina effects
• Simmons College Library aims to boost diversity in profession
• George Mason University has been awarded $25 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for construction of a Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at its Prince William campus in Manassas
• Changing the face of American medicine: AAMC conference addresses the need to diversify the ranks of medical school faculty
  by Kendra Hamilton
• Old stories get fresh reporting
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• Education department asks for $2.6 billion in Katrina aid
  by David Pluvoise
• New Jersey Medical School
• The University of Florida College of Engineering received a $1,025,000 grant from the Harris Corp., a communications equipment company headquartered in Melbourne, Fla
• My brothers' keeper: University of West Georgia program focuses on creating a brotherhood of successful Black male students
  by Ernest Holsendolph
• University of Tennessee
• D i poll
• Clinton, Dole appear at Bennett College fund-raiser
• Constance Baker Motley, civil rights lawyer and federal judge, dies at 84
• Hamilton College
• The College of New Rochelle School of Nursing received a $25,465 grant from The Promise of Nursing for New School Grant Program administered by the Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association
• Against all odds: first-generation Latino college students share many of the same attributes that lead to academic success, research shows
  by Veronica Mendoza
• Technologist featured on 'The Apprentice'
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
• Advocacy group's campaign seeks to increase awareness of domestic violence against women
• New federal commission to examine higher education strategy
  by Charles Pekow
• Alabame A&M University
• The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences received a four-year $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study obesity and diabetes
• University of Michigan faculty seek help after Asian students harassed
• Survey shows broadband adoption slowing
• The New England Conservatory Performance Outreach Fellowship Ensembles program received a grant of $300,000 from five-time Grammy winner Billy Joel to support performances for underserved audiences and give young musicians new performing opportunities
• Rockland Community College
• Norfolk State University received a $247,637 grant from the U.S. Department of Education
• Black activists upset over King Tut portraits
• The Cleveland Institute of Music received a $25,000 grant from the Key Foundation for the institute's "Strengthening Academic and Professional Proficiencies
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Excelsior College
• North Carolina A&T State University received a $250,000 grant from the Land Grant University in Research Ethics funded by the National Science Foundation
• Boston College adds minor in Jewish studies; college may be first Roman Catholic school to launch program
• Why isn't eligibility part of the affirmative action debate?
  by Jamillah Moore