Black IssuesAfrican-AmericanWhat Is Wisdom Worth?What Is Wisdom Worth?Wisdom is the finest beauty of a person. Money does not prevent you from becoming blind.Money does not prevent you from becoming mad. Money does not prevent you from becoming lame.You may be ill in any part of your body. So it is better for you to go and think again.And to select wisdom. — Yoruba […]September 12, 2001HomeFor Whom Does the NET Work?For Whom Does the NET Work?I find the term “InterNET” somewhat ironic. A net is often thought of as a safety feature, as in a safety net that catches someone who might fall while attempting to do something significant. But a net is also used to entrap things, as in a butterfly or fishing net. […]September 12, 2001HomeFunding FrictionFunding FrictionU.S. Department of Energy poised to drop funding for Prairie View physicist’s workBy Lydia Lumhe U.S. Department of Energy is poised to drop funding for a Prairie View A&M University physicist’s work on a high-profile experiment because his president is blocking grants.The dispute pits Prairie View A&M president Dr. Charles Hines against Dr. Dennis […]September 12, 2001StudentsDr. Sylvester James Gates Jr.Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr. is known to be enthusiastic about superstring theory and supersymmetry, but another passion has him speaking out — his commitment to education.By Robin V. SmilesYou have to be a brave person to persevere in a field like theoretical physics. It requires a command of both science and mathematics. The work […]September 12, 2001HBCUsA Focus on PhysicsA Focus on PhysicsToo few African American students are choosing physics as an area of study, say Black educatorsBy Ronald RoachPETERSBURG, Va.r. James Davenport takes a great deal of pride in having taught hundreds of students who have graduated from Virginia State University with bachelor’s degrees in physics. Among graduates of the college physics program […]September 12, 2001Leadership & PolicyPulitzer Prize-Winning Professor Suspended for Lying To Students about VietnamPulitzer Prize-Winning Professor Suspended for Lying To Students about VietnamSOUTH HADLEY, Mass.A Pulitzer Prize-winning history professor who admitted he lied to his students about being a Vietnam combat veteran will be suspended for a year without pay, say Mount Holyoke College officials. Joseph J. Ellis, 57, also must give up his endowed chair at the […]September 12, 2001HomeUVA Honor Committee Drops 25 Plagiarism CasesUVA Honor Committee Drops 25 Plagiarism CasesCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. The University of Virginia’s Honor Committee has dropped 25 of 130 honor code violations after finding the accused students’ papers were originals that others had plagiarized. One student has been found guilty of plagiarism in the school’s biggest cheating scandal in recent memory. The cheating scandal came […]September 12, 2001HomeUniversity of Wisconsin, California Company In Negotiations over Stem Cell SuitUniversity of Wisconsin, California Company In Negotiations over Stem Cell Suit MADISON, Wis. The University of Wisconsin’s patent agency is negotiating a settlement with the California company it sued over access to stem cells produced by school researchers. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Geron Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif., issued a joint statement that said […]September 12, 2001HomeKansas Expands Langston Hughes CelebrationKansas Expands Langston Hughes CelebrationLAWRENCE, Kan.A 100th birthday celebration of writer and poet Langston Hughes, who spent much of his childhood in Lawrence, will be expanded to six cities across the state. The University of Kansas is using a $6,600 grant from the Kansas Humanities Council to fund six “poetry circles” across the state. The […]September 12, 2001HomeGraduate Essay Finds Yale History Intertwined with SlaveryGraduate Essay Finds Yale History Intertwined with SlaveryNEW HAVEN, Conn.The founding fathers of Yale University and important men in the school’s 300-year history are remembered to this day in stone and stained glass. But three graduate students report in a newly published essay that some of these Yale leaders and graduates earned their status through […]September 12, 2001Previous PagePage 281 of 431Next Page
