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Visit Howard's newly
redesigned Newsroom, and stay connected to
the University, its students, faculty, staff and alumni.
The new page is loaded with lots of features, including
extensive use of audio and video, so you can better see,
hear and feel the unique story of Howard University. From
the Newsroom page, click on "Press Releases" to read
the latest news and "TV News Clips" to see the University's constantly unfolding story.
Then click onto the "Publications"
section to read current and past issues of the Capstone,
Howard Magazine and HUH Check Up. In addition, the Faculty
Experts tab offers the media dozens of distinguished
Howard scholars and health care professionals to address
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WHUR
96.3 FM and Howard will host a 12-hour radiothon
from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., March 6, to help send hundreds
of Howard students to cities across the United States,
and possibly Haiti, to provide critical services to those
in need during this year's Alternative Spring Break. The Helping Hands radiothon asks listeners
to phone in, drop by the radio station or to go online
to make a contribution so students can travel to Chicago,
Detroit, New Orleans, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., to
help families struggling with a variety of issues. (Justin
D. Knight)
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The Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library will host "Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African
Americans in Civil War Medicine, " the National Library
of Medicine's traveling exhibit, until March 15. The
exhibition was developed and produced by the National
Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health,
with research assistance from the Historical Society of
Washington, D.C. (Ceasar)
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Health
Sciences is holding a call for abstracts for
its Research Day, which will be held on April 15 in the
College of Medicine, Adams Building, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The
final date to submit an abstract is Feb. 28. The instructions
for online submissions are available at http://cmt.research.microsoft.com/HUHSRDC2011.
For additional information, contact Maya Holt-Brockenbrough
at 202-865-4802 or mholt-brockenbroug@howard.edu.
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Howard and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation will host
a day-long symposium to commemorate the 40th anniversary
of the Congressional Black Caucus on April 5 from
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in the Ira Aldridge Theatre. To register
for the symposium, visit www.howard.edu/HUCBC2011/RegistrationForm.html |
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In
celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Gilman
Scholarship Program, the expansion of its
summer study abroad awards will include all academic
majors. For more information, visit www.iie.org/gilman
or contact the Ralph Bunche Center
at 202-806-4363. The deadline to apply is March
1.
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This
144th Charter Day Convocation will
be held on March 11 at 11 a.m. in Cramton Auditorium;
the 87th Gala Dinner will be held on March 12 at
the Hilton Washington and Towers Hotel. This year's
honorees are: Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed, actress
Taraji P. Henson, attorney Weldon H. Latham, businessman
Mark A. L. Mason, businesswoman JoAnn H. Price,
engineer Lydia W. Thomas and clinical investigator
A. Eugene Washington. For tickets and additional
information, call 202-238-2349 or e-mail
nbernard@howard.edu. (Ceasar) |
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Read
the latest from last year's winners of the
Battle of the Bulge challenge at www.huhealthcare.com/BattleOftheBulge/index.html.
See the "before" and "after" photos of participants,
and find out which ones walked away with the money.
Contestants for the next 12-week contest have been
selected and the new challenge is on. For information
on how you can join this University-wide effort
to trim down, call 202-865-1286. Pictured: Marvin Lynch
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The
PeopleSoft Support Center has revised
hours. Hours of availability are 9 a.m. until 12:00
p.m. and 1 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. During
off hours, you can send an e-mail to Pshelp@howard.edu,
or leave a voicemail message at 202-806-2020, and a technician
will respond as quickly as possible. Password resets can
be done automatically without contacting the help desk.
Instructions for this can be found on the PeopleSoft Portal
after logging into the system.
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Relay
for Life, an advocacy segment of the American Cancer Society,
has been planted at Howard and needs support to help it
flourish. Howard will hold the first annual HU Relay on
April 15 in Greene Stadium. If you are interested in volunteering
or donating, visit www.relayforlife.org/howarduniversity or contact hurelay4life@yahoo.com. |
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The
National Library of Medicine, a component of the
National Institutes of Health, in collaboration
with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center,
released an extensive selection from the papers
of Charles R. Drew on the Library's Profiles
in Science® website |
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For the second consecutive year, Howard is participating
in the RecycleMania competition in which more than 600
college campuses will compete to reduce, reuse and recycle.
The contest is a tool for college and university recycling
programs to promote waste reduction activities to their
campus community. This year's competition will end April
2. For more information, contact the Office of Capital
Planning and Sustainability at 202-806-2399 or achisholm@howard.edu or cannang@howard.edu. |
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