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News Articles: Morehouse

Community Action NOW! founder Iffat Walker with James Washington, research administrator at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

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New study to track long-term health effects of BioLab fire in Conyers

A new, three-year study aimed at tracking the long-term health effects of last year’s chemical fire at the BioLab plant in Conyers will start next month.

February 25, 2025
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
Atlanta Medical Center closed in 2022, creating a hole in the city’s medical infrastructure. This year, lawmakers created an exception in state regulations that could pave the way for a new hospital near the former AMC campus.

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Bipartisan effort paves way for reviving shuttered hospitals in Georgia

“Certificate of need” laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.

August 21, 2024
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By:
  • Andy Miller and
  • Sam Whitehead
President Joe Biden speaks during a presidential debate with former President Donald Trump, in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27, 2024.

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Post-debate, Biden's fitness to be president is under the microscope. But is the coverage balanced?

President Biden held his first press conference as the news has been dominated with headlines about whether or not he should step aside as the Democratic nominee after his performance at the first presidential debate. Is the media frenzy ramping up the pressure? GPB's Pamela Kirkland sat down with Nicole Carr, journalist and adjunct professor at Morehouse, to talk about the media coverage.

July 12, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Earlier this month, President Biden spoke about protests that have roiled many U.S. college campuses. Among their demands is for the Israeli military to leave Gaza. Biden said students have a right to protest but not to be disruptive. He is set to speak at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday.

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Biden is set for the Morehouse graduation. Students are divided

Ahead of Biden's address at Morehouse, students share their frustrations

May 17, 2024
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By:
  • Juma Sei and
  • Jasmine Robinson
President Joe Biden arrives to speak at Prince William Forest Park on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Triangle, Va. Biden is announcing $7 billion in federal grants to provide residential solar projects serving low- and middle-income communities and expanding his American Climate Corps green jobs training program.

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Biden will speak at Morehouse commencement, an election-year spotlight in front of Black voters

President Joe Biden will be the commencement speaker for Georgia's Morehouse College and at West Point next month. The Morehouse appearance in Atlanta gives Biden a key election-year platform on one of the nation's preeminent historically Black campuses.

April 23, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta. The college announced it would require all students to get the vaccine for COVID-19 before class begins fall 2021.

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First journalism grad at Morehouse College hopes program can advance newsroom representation

In 2021, Morehouse College announced a journalism major focused on sports, culture and social justice. Recent graduate Jalen Brown and his professor, award-winning journalist Nicole Carr, talk to GPB about the impact of the school's journalism program.

June 26, 2023
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By:
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • Leah Fleming ,
  • and 1 more
Morehouse School of Medicine, with help from Google will collect and analyze data to see why the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportinately affecting minority communities in Georgia and the U.S.

Google Awards Morehouse $1M To Study Racial Impact Of COVID-19

Morehouse School of Medicine is getting some help from Google to figure out why the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting minority...

June 12, 2020
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  • Ben Abrams

New Sports Program Coming To HBCUs In Georgia

Six historically black colleges and universities are adding a new sport during the 2020 – 2021 school year. Morehouse College in Atlanta, Paine College...

September 24, 2019
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  • Drew Dawson

Morehouse College Helps Young Scientists Through New STEM Grant

The National Science Foundation awarded Morehouse College a new $1.5 million grant to increase student recruitment and retention in STEM fields....

November 27, 2018
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott
Morehouse sophmore Julien Turner

Morehouse Student Turns Educational Rap Into 'Sesame Street' Gig

What started off as an extra credit biology assignment for Morehouse student Julien Turner has now become a world of opportunity. Last month, the...

December 12, 2017
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt

OST Third Anniversary: Best Of Show Pt. 2

This week "On Second Thought" celebrates three years on the air. The show launched October 20, 2014. To celebrate, we’re re-airing a few of our best...

October 19, 2017
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  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more
 This Sunday, March 29, 2015, file photo provided by the Jefferson Police Department shows a gun involved in the accidental shooting of a three-year-old in Jefferson, Georgia.

Is Gun Violence The Greatest Health Disparity Of All?

Gun rights are often a subject of political argument, but doctors see the physical effects of gun violence everyday. Researchers at the Morehouse School...

July 17, 2017
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By:
  • Tony Harris and
  • Sean Powers

Barriers To Reporting Rape When You're A Survivor Of Color

A cry for help came in the form of a shocking Twitter handle last month. A user called @RapedAtSpelman sent a series of messages about a violent sexual...

June 01, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Linda Chen

Morehouse First HBCU To Host USU Debating Championship

Two hundred teams from schools across the nation will gather at Morehouse College this weekend for the U.S. Universities Debating Championship. Students...

April 07, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Linda Chen

Marc Lamont Hill Talks The Black Vote In This Year's Election

President Obama won the 2008 and 2012 presidential election thanks in large part to his campaign’s outreach efforts to the minority community. The...

April 05, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Linda Chen

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