Black Issues

HISTORY: Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar

HISTORYFrom Black Power to Hip-HopJeffrey O.G. OgbarTitle: Associate Professor of History andDirector, Institute for African American Studies, University of ConnecticutEducation: Ph.D., History, Indiana University; M.A., History, Indiana University; B.A., History, Morehouse CollegeAge: 35 While history for most conjures up images of places and experiences far removed, for Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, the field provides a […]

January 12, 2005

BUSINESS: Paquita Friday

BUSINESSA Knack for Numbers Paquita FridayTitle: Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of BusinessEducation: Ph.D., Accounting, University of Michigan; M.S., Accounting and Economics, University of Michigan; B.S., Business, University of Michigan; CPA, State of MichiganAge: 36 Back in middle school Dr. Paquita Friday began helping keep books at her grandmother’s pharmacy […]

January 12, 2005

LAW: James Forman Jr.

LAWCommitted To the CauseJames Forman Jr. Title: Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law CenterEducation: J.D., Yale Law School; B.A., Brown UniversityAge: 37 It’s not surprising that James Forman Jr. has devoted himself to the pursuit of social justice. As the son of parents who met as civil rights activists, Forman recalls meeting civil rights […]

January 12, 2005

EDUCATION: Derrick P. Alridge

EDUCATIONRevisiting Intellectual TraditionsDerrick P. AlridgeTitle: Associate Professor, Social Foundations of Education, University of Georgia-AthensEducation: Ph.D., Educational Theory and Policy, Pennsylvania State University; M.Ed., History/Social Science Education, Winthrop University; B.A., History, Winthrop UniversityAge: 41If you ever get the chance to correspond with Dr. Derrick P. Alridge, be sure to pay close attention to the tagline on […]

January 12, 2005

African-American

Standout Scholars

Standout ScholarsYoung, gifted and black, scholars across the nation light pathways to the pursuit of academic excellenceIsolation, lack of adequate mentorship and vague, or not so vague, suggestions that the research topics African American scholars pursue are somehow not worthy of academic consideration are only a few of the horrors young scholars can encounter along […]

January 12, 2005

Study: California Ethnic Groups Seeing Increased Cancer Rates

Study: California Ethnic Groups Seeing Increased Cancer RatesLOS ANGELES A statewide study on cancer and ethnicity hints that cancer rates among immigrant groups may be tied to their degree of assimilation into American culture. The study, released by the University of Southern California’s Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, marks the first statewide look at cancer rates […]

January 12, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Women Faculty: Still Trailing After All These Years

Women Faculty: Still Trailing After All These YearsWASHINGTONThe American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has released an update on gender equity in academia. The sad story is that the 2003-2004 figures show little improvement in the salary gap over 25 years of higher education history.Among full-time faculty, for example, 38 percent are women. But among […]

January 12, 2005

Oklahoma Race Riot Memorial to be Named for John Hope Franklin

Oklahoma Race Riot Memorial to be Named for John Hope FranklinTULSA, Okla. A planned memorial to Tulsa’s 1921 race riot will be named in honor of internationally acclaimed historian and author Dr. John Hope Franklin, who is a native of Rentiesville and spent much of his youth in Tulsa. The committee in charge of designing […]

January 12, 2005

Appeals Panel Backs UW’s Use of Race in Law School Admissions

Appeals Panel Backs UW’s Use of Race in Law School AdmissionsSEATTLEThe University of Washington Law School did not illegally discriminate against three White applicants when it denied them admission in the mid-1990s, a federal appeals court panel ruled in December. The decision upheld a 2002 ruling by U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly, and means Katuria […]

January 12, 2005

Eastern Connecticut State University Honored

Eastern Connecticut State University Honored For College Awareness Program WASHINGTONFirst Lady Laura Bush presented Eastern Connecticut State University with the 2004 Coming Up Taller Awards in honor of its ConnCAP program, designed to increase college awareness among urban youth. The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH), the National Endowment for the Humanities, and […]

January 12, 2005

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