Category: Washington D.C. News

University of Maryland School of Medicine Dean, E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., was recently named the 2012 winner of the prestigious Norbert Freinkel Lecture Award, presented by the American Diabetes Association (ADA). As this year’s honoree, Reece delivered the Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture at the association’s 72nd Scientific Sessions on June 10 in Philadelphia. […]

In response to Independence Day being the U.S. holiday when nearly 40-percent of all traffic deaths are alcohol-related, a local nonprofit group will be offering free cab rides to would-be drunk drivers throughout the Washington-metropolitan area this Fourth of July. Offered by the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP), the Independence Day SoberRide program will […]

WASHINGTON– Howard University President Sidney A. Ribeau recently named Director of Howard University Cancer Center, Interim Deputy Provost for Health Sciences, and Howard alumnus Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick (B.S. ’92, M.D. ’94, MBA ’11) Provost and Chief Academic Officer. The appointment is effective June 18, 2012. “A trusted leader, a revered expert in his field […]

(June 7, 2012) Washington D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown resigned his seat June 6 after he was charged with bank fraud for lying about his income on loan applications. Brown also faces a misdemeanor charge of making an unlawful cash campaign expenditure in connection with his 2008 re-election campaign for an at-large council seat. […]

(June 7, 2012) Mayor Vincent Gray has nominated three candidates for the District’s new Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. In a statement announcing the nominees June 5, Gray said all three have extensive experience in ethics and law. Former D.C. Attorney General Robert Spagnoletti was nominated to chair the panel, and Laura Richards, former Commodity […]

A House subcommittee has voted to fund several major budget priorities for Washington D.C., but extended a ban that prevents the District from spending its own funds on abortion services for low-income women. Once the bill, approved by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, clears the House it will go to […]

Haiti, still struggling two years after a devastating earthquake, is getting needed health care assistance from Howard University and U.S.-based Haitian immigrants, the university medical school announced June 1. A team of 25 physicians, dentists and medical students and 75 non-physician volunteers are heading to the island nation to provide medical care and clinical training […]

Recent revelations from a federal probe into the successful 2010 campaign of DC Mayor Vincent M. Gray (D) have dogged the veteran community organizer-turned-politician. Kwame Brown (D) is also under scrutiny for leasing two costly SUVs in the days before he became chairman of the DC Council. While these stories may dominate the attention of […]

The D.C. Public Library wants to create an archive devoted to Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go, and D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said it would appreciate a little help from the public. “Chuck Brown captured the hearts and rhythm of District residents for over 30 years,” Gray said in a May 29 statement. “As you […]

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the city more than $2.9 million to help homeowners and landlords protect children and families from potentially dangerous lead-based paint. The D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will apply the funds to the city’s Lead Safe […]

120 years ago, the convergence of the dreams of three men created a publication that has served an important purpose in the African-American community, The Afro-American Newspapers. The Afro-American has crusaded for racial equality and economic advancement for Black Americans since its humble beginnings. In existence since August 13, 1892, John Henry Murphy Sr., a […]