Black IssuesHomeGrants & AwardsMorgan State University (Md.) received a $600,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to establish the National Center for Health Behavioral Change. The grant will fund research to improve public health curricula, practice competence and community health status.Rice University’s (Texas) School of Continuing Studies received $700,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop an online […]November 20, 2002HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional Appointments Dr. Stanley F. Battle has been selected president of Coppin State College in Maryland. Most recently, Battle was vice chancellor for student and multicultural affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He earned a bachelor’s from Springfield College, a master’s from the University of Connecticut, and a second master’s and doctorate from the University […]November 20, 2002HomeFresh Takes on Law, IQ and RaceFresh Takes on Law, IQ and RaceNew Scholarly Books Crossroads, Directions, and a New Critical Race TheoryFrancisco Valdes, Jerome McCristal Culp and Angela P. Harris, eds.Temple University Press, 2002, 528 pp., $79.50 cloth, $29.95 paperISBN 1-56639-929-7 (cloth)ISBN 1-56639-930-0 (paper) When the eminent legal scholar Derrick Bell left Harvard Law School in 1992, worn down by […]November 20, 2002African-AmericanWhen the Personal Is Political: Telling and Selling Our StoriesWhen the Personal Is Political: Telling and Selling Our StoriesBy Julianne Malveaux Anthony Samad is a Los Angeles-based political scientist, economic developer and political activist. He has written a weekly column in California for more than a decade, focusing on social, political and race issues affecting African Americans. For all of his accomplishments, the greater […]November 20, 2002HomePicture the Perfect PhotoPicture the Perfect PhotoBy Reid Goldsborough Technological progress with desktop computers and office software has plateaued in recent years, with little eye-opening innovation. That can’t be said of some peripheral computing areas, including digital photography, where progress continues to soar. The quality of digital cameras has reached parity with conventional film-based cameras. You can now […]November 20, 2002African-AmericanEncyclopedia Explores Diversity of Black Writers, GenresEncyclopedia Explores Diversity of Black Writers, GenresScience fiction, romance share space with history and hip-hop Dr. Wilfred D. Samuels never expected to fall — and in a big way — for science fiction as a literary genre. In actuality, he’s fallen for a group of African American sci-fi, fantasy and horror writers who are using […]November 20, 2002HomeCollegeJournal.com Offers Job Market AdviceCollegeJournal.com Offers Job Market AdviceBy Ronald Roach PRINCETON, N.J.Liberal arts majors will need to work harder than ever to find jobs after graduation in this tough economy, according to CollegeJournal.com, . “It’s a poor hiring market for many job hunters, but new liberal-arts grads will have an especially tough time since fewer companies will be […]November 20, 2002HomeWeb Site Presents Visual Record Of the Atlantic Slave TradeWeb Site Presents Visual Record Of the Atlantic Slave TradeBy Ronald Roach CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.More than 800 images will comprise a visual gallery documenting the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas in a Web site maintained by the University of Virginia and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Visitors to the Web site, , […]November 20, 2002Faculty & StaffVirginia Technology Center Seen as Economic HopeVirginia Technology Center Seen as Economic HopeBy Ronald Roach Danville, Va.In Virginia, the decline of the tobacco and the textile industries has led to hard economic times in the state’s southernmost counties known as southside Virginia. In addition to high unemployment, the largely rural region struggles with low educational attainment among its residents. Just 5 […]November 20, 2002HomeEDUCAUSE, Cornell Form Institute for Computer Policy, LawEDUCAUSE, Cornell Form Institute for Computer Policy, Law By Ronald Roach DENVEREDUCAUSE, higher education’s leading association for information technology, and Cornell University have developed the EDUCAUSE/Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law (ICPL). The institute’s formation comes at a time when colleges and universities are aligning their information technology policies with evolving legislation and cybersecurity […]November 20, 2002Previous PagePage 187 of 431Next Page
