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REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM MIU ACHIEVEMENTS, FEB 24TH, 2021. MBA student Montreka Dansby has a background in food and nutritional sciences and biomedical sciences. She received her PhD from North Carolina State University and her research focused on the biological and anti-cancer properties of dietary phytochemicals. She completed the Fellowships…

Lena Alhusseini works in the field of human rights and accountability. With an outstanding record of professional commitment to serving populations in need, Lena has been the director of Oregon’s child welfare program as well as the executive director of the Arab-American Family Support Center where she focused on helping…

When we look back to the past and consider what was historically considered to be the role of women, we usually think of the role of homemaker—a role that would naturally include baking. Today when we think of the role of women, we naturally consider the fact that women now…

Originally posted on July 8, 2019 Recently, I was reading an article about “SAD”—Seasonal Affective Disorder—and thought how unfortunate it is that people are subjected to depression by their own body’s reaction to the change in season. And, unfortunately for us, SAD is diagnosed four times more often in women…

One day in New York City, I passed a many-windowed bookstore and stopped to look more closely at an unusual window display. There must have been 20 books in this one display, all focused on relationships, with titles like Women Who Love Too Much; Men Who Hate Women & The…

According to the NY Times column In Her Words, in 2018, domestic abuse cases accounted for about 20 percent of all violent crimes in the U.S. In 2019, more than a million women were victims of some form of domestic violence.  2020 – A Year of Lockdown Then came 2020…

In 2019, prior to the pandemic, of the companies that made up the 2019 Fortune 500 list, 6.6 percent had women CEOs—the highest number ever and a significant increase from 2018, when only 4.8 percent of those positions were held by women. Women were making progress establishing themselves as leaders…

Before the onset of colonialism, the East African native population thrived as approximately 100 different sovereign and autonomous nations—with their own languages and cultures, laws and traditions. The creation of the two nations Kenya and Tanzania resulted in the permanent loss of many tribal peoples’ sovereignty and systems of government. …

Before the pandemic swept our society into new rules of behavior, scientific research—including a 2017 review of 40 other studies on public health consequences of isolation—had shown that loneliness can be harmful to mental health. New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health…

Alone much these days? You know you should stay put and guard your health during this pandemic, but Is seclusion challenging your health? Statistics, observation and research during the pandemic indicate that social isolation puts women—especially younger women—at risk (more than men) for increases in high blood pressure. Blood pressure…