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February is Black History Month In honor of Black History Month the following lectures will be offered: Feb. 1:  Ethnic Differences on Hypertension with Focus on African Americans. Presenter: Eni Okonofua, M.D., assistant professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, MUSC. Feb. 8: The Contemporary Management of Atrial Fibrillation. Presenter: Augustus (Gus) Grant, M.D., professor of medicine, Duke University Medical Center. Feb. 15: Racial Differences in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases. Presenter: Elijah Saunders, M.D., professor of medicine, University of Maryland.  Feb. 22: What We Can Do about Health Disparities: The Exceed/RCMAR Experience. Presenter: Barbara Tilley, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, MUSC. All lectures, open to students, house staff, faculty, research and nursing, will be held at 8 a.m. in the Institute of Psychiatry Auditorium. The events are co-sponsored by the College of Medicine, Department of Medicine and the Office of Diversity.  For information, call 792-1020 or 792-2914. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.