When I first heard about, then subsequently read the letter, written by Dr. Robert Franklin, president of Morehouse College, to his alumni about the forthcoming Mean Girls of Morehouse story, featured in this month’s Vibe Magazine, I kind of understood where he was coming from. A story centered on the year-old Appropriate Attire Policy, instituted by the 143-year old […]
(AJC) — Cafeteria workers at Morehouse College went on strike Tuesday to protest Sodexo, the company that provides food services to the Atlanta campus. The cafeteria has remained open and service to students has not been disrupted, Sodexo officials said. Strike organizers accused the company of unfair labor practices, low wages and poor working conditions. […]
(Atlanta Voice) — Morehouse School of Medicine leads all the nation’s medical schools in a new research category called “social mission,” a new study reveals. Morehouse tops all other medical schools in preparing doctors to meet the rising medical needs of underserved and under-insured populations, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — The state health agency and Morehouse School of Medicine are using millions of federal stimulus dollars to help doctors in low-income areas move from paper to electronic medical records. Officials say the move could help reduce medical errors, improve communications between doctors and specialists, and bring cutting-edge medical practices to these […]
(Boston Globe) — Here’s a ranking of medical schools that doesn’t place Harvard at the top. When schools were evaluated based on their “social mission,’’ UMass scored in the top 20, Boston University in the bottom 20, and Tufts and Harvard in the middle of the pack. BU’s dean was “shocked’’ by the conclusions published […]
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