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Mitchell Named President of Howard University Hospital

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

has been named president of Howard University Hospital. Mitchell is uniquely qualified to lead Howard University Hospital, bringing decades of strong leadership experience and insight from regional, national and international healthcare roles,” said John Sackett, president and CEO of Adventist HealthCare. Mitchell, Jr., Ben Vinson III.

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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, where he founded the Center for Antiracist Research under a five-year charter in 2020. Reflecting on my journey, I first experienced the power of Black research centers at Fisk University, where I arrived as a freshperson in 1999. Most recently, he was the Andrew W.

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The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers

Higher Education Inquirer

(Image: Mass General is Harvard University Medical School's teaching hospital.) For decades, Americas elite university medical centers have been the epitome of healthcare research and innovation, providing world-class treatment, education, and cutting-edge medical advancements.

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The Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Watching the compassionate care that the nurses provided for her father during his three-month hospital stay following a car accident, inspired her to pursue a career dedicated to helping others, a dream that would shape her life and career in healthcare. So, the medical school had an opening, and I applied for the position and got accepted.

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Philley to Become the Next UT Tyler President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Philley returned to East Texas in 2012 as an assistant professor of medicine at UT Health Tyler, where she continued research efforts in nontuberculous mycobacterial disease and bronchiectasis. She played an instrumental role in launching the UT Tyler School of Medicine, the UT System’s seventh medical school.

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Navigating Microaggressions: A Call for DEI Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Picture this: you are in a hospital setting and you witness another staff member ask a Black medical student if they need help cleaning up. The staff member assumes the medical student is the janitor. Unfortunately, experiences like these are all too common in healthcare today.

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Scout out benefits plan changes ahead of Open Enrollment

CU Work-Life Balance

Now is the time to crack open your playbook and research your options to select the right health plans for yourself, your family and your lifestyle. Employees currently enrolled in the Extended plan must choose a different medical plan this Open Enrollment or they will lose medical coverage for the 2025-26 plan year.