Black IssuesStudentsAiming for the TopAiming for the TopFoundation backing puts school’s journalism and communications program on new footingBy Ronald RoachHAMPTON, Va. When Erin Hill read a magazine article her senior year in high school about Hampton University’s plans for a new journalism and communications building, she saw the project validating her desire to attend the historically Black school in […]July 30, 2003HomeA History of ExcellenceA History of Excellence Poynter Institute’s new president combines background in journalism, experience in academe to lead premier training center to greater heightsBy Pearl Stewart PONTE VEDRA, Fla. Like many high-achieving African Americans, Dr. Karen Brown Dunlap was warned repeatedly as a child growing up in the South that she had to work twice as […]July 30, 2003Asian American Pacific IslanderA Faltering Picture of DiversityA Faltering Picture of DiversityMinority journalists don’t have to consult industry surveys to know that their representation in the newsroom falls far below parityBy Ben Hammer Catalina Camia remembers how stunned she was when at a banquet for an Asian American community group in the late 1980s, a lawyer she had been speaking with for […]July 30, 2003StudentsA Prize WriterPrize WriterWashington Post columnist Colbert I. King’s straight-talking ways earns him a Pulitzer and national fameBy Kendra HamiltonWASHINGTONColbert I. King has been to the mountaintop. It’s something editorial writers and op-ed columnists do — the way musicians go to the woodshed — to see the visions and bring back the news the world desperately needs […]July 30, 2003HomeStudy: Nation’s Charter Schools Are Places of Racial IsolationStudy: Nation’s Charter Schools Are Places of Racial IsolationCAMBRIDGE, Mass. The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (CRP) released a new study earlier this month on segregation patterns in the nation’s charter schools. “Charter Schools and Race: A Lost Opportunity for Integrated Education,” written by Erica Frankenberg and Chungmei Lee, is the third in a […]July 30, 2003HomeNAACP Chairman Urges Affirmative Action PoliciesNAACP Chairman Urges Affirmative Action PoliciesMIAMI BEACH, Fla. NAACP chairman Julian Bond praised the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the use of race as a factor in university admissions policies while criticizing President Bush and his brother, Gov. Jeb Bush, for challenging race-conscious university admissions policies. In a speech at the 94th annual […]July 30, 2003African-AmericanAfter Years of Delay, Remains May Be Reburied at African Burial GroundAfter Years of Delay, Remains May Be Reburied at African Burial GroundNEW YORK A dozen years after the discovery of a Colonial-era burial ground in lower Manhattan, the remains of some of the slaves and free Blacks once buried there may finally be re-interred this fall. Ceremonies to mark the event are tentatively scheduled for Sept. […]July 30, 2003HomeHampton University to Open Campus In Virginia BeachHampton University to Open Campus In Virginia BeachHAMPTON, Va. Hampton University will open its newest satellite campus this fall in Virginia Beach, Va. The state-of-the-art College of Virginia Beach, located in the city’s newly constructed Town Center, will offer undergraduate degrees in nursing (a condensed three-year program) and hotel/resort management. The college also will offer […]July 30, 2003InternationalStudying Abroad Gives Graduate School Hopefuls a Competitive EdgeStudying Abroad Gives Graduate School Hopefuls a Competitive EdgeTEMPE, Ariz. Studying abroad can increase a student’s chances of being accepted into graduate school, experts say. And with more than 1.8 million Americans projected to be enrolled in graduate schools next year, most applicants can use the competitive edge an international education can provide. “A student […]July 30, 2003HomeJackson State Professor’s Research To Aid in Breast Cancer TreatmentJackson State Professor’s Research To Aid in Breast Cancer Treatment JACKSON, Miss. A biology professor at Jackson State University in Mississippi has discovered a plant extract that may be used to aid in the treatment or prevention of breast cancer. Dr. Ernest B. Izevbigie found that low concentrations of water-soluble leaf extracts of the plant Veronica […]July 30, 2003Previous PagePage 137 of 431Next Page
