cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.LatinxVSU Joins Verizon STEM Initiative For Boys of ColorPETERSBURG, VA. – Virginia State University will be among 24 schools in a program that offers minority males from middle schools in Petersburg, Hopewell and Dinwiddie summer intensive courses in science, technology, engineering and math. The Verizon Innovative Learning program, the education initiative of the Verizon Foundation, works with historically Black colleges and universities and […]April 1, 2018News RoundupBrown Receives Record Applications, Admits 2,566PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University’s Office of College Admission last week offered admission to 2,566 students, just 7 percent of 35,438 applicants, the largest applicant pool in the school’s history. The Class of 2022 includes 1,829 offers under regular decision and 737 in the early decision program. That’s 8 percent higher than the Class of […]April 1, 2018News RoundupAuthor Wins Order For Release of University of Montana Rape Case RecordsHELENA, Mont. — A judge has ordered the conditional release of records about a University of Montana rape case to author Jon Krakauer after a four-year dispute that pitted student privacy against the public’s right to know the decisions their government agencies make. But the legal wrangling likely isn’t over yet, and the records’ release […]March 29, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Florida Pays $67K For White Nationalist EventGAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has paid a local county government more than $67,000 to cover security costs for a speaking event last fall featuring white nationalist Richard Spencer. The Gainesville Sun reported Wednesday that UF sent Alachua County a check for $67,461.11 that school officials felt covered costs for the event. The […]March 29, 2018News RoundupUniversity Recovers Money It Paid To Doctor After His DeathFARMINGTON, Conn. — The University of Connecticut says it has recovered more than $50,000 it paid to a slain researcher while it believed he was working from home. Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi was a professor of laboratory science and pathology at UConn Health whose body was discovered in February wrapped in plastic inside the house he […]March 29, 2018Latest NewsLegacy of Black Scholar-Activist is Topic of Forum, New BookColleagues and friends discussed the legacy of scholar and civil rights activist Dr. Ronald Walters in a forum this week in connection with the recent publication of a new book about his life by Dr. Robert C. Smith.March 29, 2018HomeUN-Inspired Campus Project Challenges Bias, Promotes Social JusticeAppalachian State University students are participating in a campus-wide Global Peacebuilding Project, a competition inspired by a United Nations contest in which students create social justice initiatives meant to challenge discrimination.March 29, 2018Latest NewsThe Case For EducationIn The Case Against Education, Dr. Bryan Caplan, a professor of economics at George Mason University and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center, pushes all the buttons sure to infuriate those on the left and the right.March 29, 2018HomeUSC Application Surge Lowers Acceptance To 13 PercentAn unprecedented surge in applications has made 2018 a historic year for University of Southern California admissions with a record 64,000 applications for the fall 2018 freshman class.March 28, 2018StudentsStudents at NY’s Hofstra Want Jefferson Statue RemovedHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Some students at New York’s Hofstra University want a Thomas Jefferson statue removed because Jefferson was a slave owner who believed Black people were inherently inferior to Whites. Student Ja’loni Owens started a Change.org petition demanding that administrators of the university on Long Island remove the statue and “no longer display it […]March 28, 2018Previous PagePage 370 of 3225Next Page
