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Osman Sankoh named Executive Director at INDEPTH Network
September 05, 2007—Osman Sankoh, PhD, has been appointed executive director of INDEPTH Network, an international organization of field sites that provides health and demographic data and research to enable developing countries to set health priorities and policies. Dr. Sankoh succeeds Fred Binka, PhD, who has led INDEPTH since 2000.
Sep 5, 2007, 14:15

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Camellia Moses Okpodu named American Council on Education Fellow
David Ward, president of the American Council on Education, recently announced that Camellia Moses Okpodu, professor and chair of the biology department at Norfolk State University, has been named an ACE Fellow for the 2007-08 academic year. Okpodu, who was nominated by NSU President Carolyn W. Meyers, is one of 39 fellows who were nominated by their respective university presidents or chancellors in this year's national competition. Visit Website ]
Apr 25, 2007, 11:40

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Ryan Clark among Virginia Tech dead
Ryan Clark, a Virginia Tech student set to pursue a Ph.D. in psychology with a focus in cognitive neuroscience, was one of more than 30 people confirmed dead after yesterday’s tragic shootings at Virginia Tech. According to reports, Clark, a resident advisor in the West Ambler Johnston dormitory on campus, was the male victim who died in the dorm. A five-year veteran of the Marching Virginians and a member of Circle K, the student service organization, Clark had been scheduled to graduate next month with degrees in English and biology

Apr 17, 2007, 12:41

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2005 Emerald Honors Scientist of the Year receives Presidential Rank Award
Isaiah Blankson,PhD, senior technologist at NASA’s John H. Glenn Research Center, received the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Executive in October 2006. The President's Rank Awards recognize senior executives who have a record of extraordinary professionalism in their agency.  In 2005, Science Spectrum magazine’s Minorities in Research Science Conference named Dr. Blankson Emerald Honors Scientist of the Year.

Apr 16, 2007, 16:32

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Finding That Special Someone: A Life and Death Affair for Bone Marrow Recipients
Two children who will be mentioned in this article died because their bodies could not do what your body is doing now---thriving. What’s worse, they may have died because you aren't registered with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), and you may have been the only person in the world with the right genetic composition to save them.
Nov 1, 2006, 17:45


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