Black IssuesStudentsThe Weary Need Not ApplyThe Weary Need Not ApplyManaging the transition from graduate student to professor I am thrilled to have received, and accepted, an offer as an assistant professor at a university in Texas, and my family is quite happy for me as well. My mother is particularly excited. This is just about as prestigious as it gets […]June 5, 2002HomeBulk E-Mail Doesn’t Have to Be SpamBulk E-Mail Doesn’t Have to Be SpamE-mail is a hugely successful phenomenon, letting ordinary people communicate with far more people using far less effort than any previous communications medium. But this facility has its dark side — the incessant bombardment of e-mail in-boxes with ads for illegal “Make Money Fast” pyramid schemes, pornographic Web sites, […]June 5, 2002HomePennsylvania Awards Technology Grants to CollegesPennsylvania Awards Technology Grants to CollegesHARRISBURG, Pa.Pennsylvania’s education secretary Charles B. Zogby has announced $4.1 million in grants for 23 Pennsylvania colleges and universities to improve campus information technology for students. Historically Black Lincoln University, located outside of Philadelphia, was among the schools receiving an Improving Technology at Colleges and Universities (ITCU) grant from the […]June 5, 2002HomeUNCF Secures ExxonMobil Award in Technology CampaignUNCF Secures ExxonMobil Award in Technology Campaign DALLASThe United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has netted yet another big-dollar award in its highly successful UNCF Technology Enhancement Capital Campaign. ExxonMobil Foundation announced recently that it awarded UNCF a grant of $500,000. The campaign is strengthening the information technology capabilities of the 39 private historically Black college […]June 5, 2002HomeBall State to Launch Global Distance Education ProgramBall State to Launch Global Distance Education ProgramMUNCIE, Ind.Thanks to a Web-based videoconferencing system, Ball State University students and students from around the globe soon will experience seminars and classes that will create global classrooms. Ball State is testing a system called the Global Media Network with schools from Asia, Europe, and North and South […]June 5, 2002HBCUsCampaigning for AccessCampaigning for AccessActivists and lawmakers launch effort to save federal initiatives on digital technology With limited private and campus funds, officials at North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., tried to establish an Internet and computer-based tutoring system in some of Durham’s poorest public schools. Limited funding enabled the purchase of five computers, each of […]June 5, 2002African-AmericanKeeping Crow AliveKeeping Crow AliveA Ferris State University museum aims to use the pain of racist and offensive material to educate and foster racial healing“There is still a debate about whether Black people should use this material in any way other than to destroy it, or whether they don’t belong in a museum or being resold by Black […]June 5, 2002Leadership & PolicyBringing Stowe’s Message Up to DateBringing Stowe’s Message Up to DateStowe Center Seeks to Educate Community and Beyond about Writer’s IdeasHARTFORD, Conn.Uncle Tom’s Cabin was and still is the most famous American book ever written. It sold three million copies in the United States between its publication in 1852 and the start of the Civil War, nine years later. In […]June 5, 2002Leadership & Policy‘The Victorian Oprah’‘The Victorian Oprah’With the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe became one of the most influential and popular figures of the 19th centuryHARTFORD, Conn.Uncle Tom’s Cabin was and still is the most famous American book ever written. It sold three million copies in the United States between its publication in 1852 and the start of […]June 5, 2002HomeThe Strange Career Uncle TomThe Strange Career Uncle TomOn the 150th anniversary of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, scholars reflect on the legacy of the groundbreaking novel and its author Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom. It’s one of the most inflammatory racial insults that a Black person can offer another. Not quite as powerful, or as controversial, as the […]June 5, 2002Previous PagePage 221 of 431Next Page
