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The Harlem Times Honors Nadege Dady, TouroCOM’s First Female Dean for Woman’s History Month

Dr. Nadege Dady is delighted about her appointment as Dean of Student Affairs at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) making her the first female dean at the college. It also makes her the first African-American dean since the school’s creation in 2007. She moved into the new position in February, just six short months […]

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New York Knicks Remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Before yesterday’s game between the New York Knicks and New Orleans Pelicans, Knicks head coach Derek Fisher, and former New York Knicks player and current color analyst of the MSG Network, Walt Clyde Frazier spoke about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the national holiday that celebrates his birthday. Coach Fisher responded to a question

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Faith-Based Cardiovascular Education Program Helps Congregations Become Heart Smart

Before Reverend Dr. Rose Ellington Murray became a HeartSmarts Ambassador, she wasn’t practicing what she was preaching when it came to her health. As a health care professional, she knew the importance of taking care of her body, but it wasn’t until she began teaching the HeartSmarts curriculum to her congregation in Harlem that she

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What They See Is What They’ll Be….100 Black Men, Inc.

The Civil-Rights Movement was in its infancy in 1954 when Robert Mangnum became the youngest person, at 32, and the second black person to be named a deputy police commissioner in New York City. Mangnum was committed to “justice for all.” In February 1958, Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy reprimanded him for “impulsive and improper

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An Interview with Anita Farrington Associate Dean of Student Affairs at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

Harlem Times had the pleasure to sit down with Ms. Anita Farrington, and what follows are some of the gems she shared with us. How long have you held the position of Associate Dean of Student Affairs?  I have been in this position for about four years, but my career in student affairs, and higher

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THE HARLEM FINE ART SHOW: It’s Not Just A Black Thing

Art is an intellectual and cultural asset for every culture. Like history, it is the memory of a people. Not long ago, it was difficult to find black art in the mainstream, commercial market. The Harlem Fine-Art Show (HFAS), the premier fine-art exhibition presenting original artwork grounded in the African diaspora, has become a major

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MTA Small Business Graduation Ceremony

On January 30, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) awarded 45 small construction companies certificates of completion at their first ever Small Business Mentoring Program (SBMP) graduation. The SBMP is a two-tier program that provides in-class and on-site training for small construction companies by helping eligible minority, women-owned and disadvantaged businesses become prime MTA contractors and

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