By the numbers: In Arkansas, 3.5% of new medical school students this school year are Black, compared to 9.8% last school year, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC ...

Valerie Santos, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Illinois Chicago, said a more diverse medical staff could have helped her grandmother receive better care. It pushed her to ...

Duke’s first Black medical student and a world-class sprinter: As Wilhelm Delano “Del” Meriwether watched the United States track team struggle against France during a 1970 track meet ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to the president of Northeast Ohio Medical University, saying the school’s ...

The Medical School Faculty accepted a resolution yesterday to recruit black students for the Medical and Dental Schools. In a two-hour meeting, the Faculty called for a "substantial increase (in ...

Of the 42 students who started that year ... In 1895, he helped to organize the National Medical Association for black professionals, who were barred from the American Medical Association.

He graduated in 1971 with two undergraduate degrees from the university, before entering the charter class at Eastern Virginia Medical School as the first Black student in 1973. Earning his ...

Black students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) experience better mental health outcomes in several key areas compared to their peers ...