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February 20, 2006 Volume 15 No. 4

Breaking the Barrier
A History of African-Americans at Duke University School of Medicine

Editor’s note: In honor of Black History Month, INSIDE is publishing this article on the history of African-Americans at Duke. It was originally published in the Duke University Medical School’s Alumni News. Watch for other articles in March about Duke University Health System’s diversity initiatives.

In 1963, Duke was among the last medical schools in the country to open its racially cloistered campus to African-American students,...

	Putting More Children Into Duke’s Future Pediatric Department Has Big Plans for Small Patients Joseph St. Geme III, M.D., took on the job of chair of the Duke Department of Pediatrics in July...
	Breaking Nicotine’s Power Smokers trying to quit the habit may double their success rate by wearing a nicotine patch two...
	Duke Law School Offers Free Tax Assistance to Eligible Employees Duke Law School student Stacey McGavin sits with her laptop open in the Duke University Federal...
	From Genes to Vaccines The Genomics of HIV and AIDS The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS tallies the grim statistics. In December 2005, there...Recently Duke has become one of the global epicenters of HIV vaccine research, including HIV...
	New Safety Policy Aims To Keep You And Others Out of Harm’s Way Carl Ward knows that what lies behind some doors can turn your life upside down. A plumber at...
	Halls Tell Med School’s Story Treasures Unearthed From Attic Bear Witness to Past Heroes A year and a half ago, the fourth floor of the Davison Building was a blank canvas. Almost. ...