cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.News Roundup‘Multiple’ Fatalities When FL Bridge CollapsesMIAMI — A pedestrian bridge being built across an eight-lane highway collapsed at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing eight vehicles under massive slabs and killing multiple people, authorities said. Search and rescue missions were underway. Eight people were taken to hospitals. The exact number of fatalities was not immediately known. “The main focus is to […]March 15, 2018WomenWhy Colleges Must Fight the Wage GapThe saying goes, “You should never wake a sleeping baby.” Today, the average wage gap between women and men is almost 80 cents to the dollar. If the “baby” is gender inequality in the workforce, the U.S. has done an exceptional job of keeping the baby asleep.March 15, 2018Latest NewsWriters of Color Tackle Human RightsAt first glance, making the argument that human rights are important seems unnecessary. Particularly in America — whose founding document proclaims the “unalienable Rights” of all individuals — it would be difficult to find anyone willing to admit that human rights aren’t valuable.March 15, 2018Latest NewsProfessor Retires After Six Decades at MorehouseMorehouse College’s recent announcement of the retirement of veteran political science professor Dr. Tobe Johnson, Jr. signaled the end of an era for an academic legend.March 14, 2018Latest NewsBrown Cancels Exhibit of Rosa Parks ResidenceBrown University has decided to cancel its plan to host an exhibit that included the home where civil rights icon Rosa Parks lived after she fled Alabama, where she had refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.March 14, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Illinois Graduate Assistants Approve ContractURBANA, Ill. — University of Illinois graduate assistants have voted to approve a contract agreement with the school, following a strike that forced cancellation of several hundred classes. Graduate Employees Organization co-president Gus Wood tells The (Champaign) News-Gazette that the contract was ratified Friday, ending a strike that started Feb. 26 after nearly a year […]March 14, 2018News RoundupMumps Confirmed at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRICHMOND, Va. — Authorities say there’s a confirmed case of mumps at Virginia Commonwealth University. News outlets reported Tuesday that the university sent out an alert to community members disclosing that the Richmond City Health Department is investigating that confirmed case and another suspected case. Mumps is a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets that can […]March 14, 2018News RoundupStephen Hawking, Best-Known Physicist of His Time, Has DiedLONDON — Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died. He was 76. Hawking died at his home in Cambridge, England, according to a statement by the University of Cambridge. The best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Hawking wrote so lucidly of the mysteries […]March 14, 2018HBCUsWhat About Cheyney University? We Rose First!Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world, Nelson Mandela said in his 2003 speech, “Lighting Your Way to a Better Future.” Enslaved people who sought freedom through education and abolitionists who used education as a catalyst to end slavery understood this idea. So did Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys, who […]March 13, 2018LGBTQ+ACPA Meeting Affected By Failed Texas ‘Bathroom Bill’HOUSTON — ACPA is formally protesting bathroom-access legislation introduced in the state last year, citing potentially negative impact on college students and effects on attendance at the annual convention that began last week.March 13, 2018Previous PagePage 376 of 3225Next Page
