Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., has worked in private practice, for the U.S. Public Health Service, and on numerous committees, and in 1993 was the first African American woman to be appointed dean of a United States medical school.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in a housing project, Barbara Ross-Lee faced discrimination as a young African American woman. Growing up in inner city Detroit, she and her sister shared a fondness for show business, performing with their brothers and sisters in the church choir. But while Diana Ross pursued a career in music that led her from urban poverty to celebrity as the lead singer of the "Supremes," Barbara Ross made her mark in the sciences. more

Black Cultural Center library to feature film 'Still Black, At Yale'

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University's Black Cultural Center library at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 will feature a screening of "Still Black, At Yale," a 2004 film co-produced by Yale University undergraduate students.
Monique Walton and Andia Winslow produced the film, which was inspired by Warrington Hudlin's 1974 film "Black at Yale." Walton and Winslow revisit multiple dynamics of race and identity.

Winslow will facilitate a discussion after the screening. The event, which will take place in Stewart Center, Room 214, is free and open to the public. more