StaffStudentsGrants & AwardsElizabeth City State University (N.C.) has received a four-year, $875,448 grant from the National Institutes of Health to support student international research internships. The Minority Health Institute Research Training Program will send 10 students each year to the University of Botswana and the University of Zululand in South Africa. Harvard University (Mass.) has received a […]June 14, 2006HomeProfessional AppointmentsDr. Antoine M. Garibaldi, president of Gannon University, has been elected chair of the Council of Independent Colleges. He will serve a two-year term. Garibaldi earned a bachelor’s from Howard University and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota. Dr. David A. Caruso has been named president of Antioch University, New England effective July 1. […]May 31, 2006HomeGrants & AwardsGen. Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has donated $1 million to the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at the City College of New York. Powell, a graduate of CCNY, founded the center in 1997 as a student-focused policy center and serves as Distinguished Scholar […]May 31, 2006StudentsFinancially Strapped HBCU Gets $500,000 in ScholarshipsFinancially strapped LeMoyne-Owen College, the lone historically Black college in Memphis, has been awarded $500,000 for scholarships by its founder, the United Church of Christ. But the school, $6 million in debt, cannot use the new scholarship money for debt relief.May 17, 2006HomeOne on One With Travis SmileyThe Covenant With Black America, a collection of essays on issues critical to Blacks, is not the first call-to-action book aimed at Black America…May 17, 2006HomeProfessional AppointmentsDr. Paul Cleary has been named dean of public health and chair of the department of epidemiology and public health at Yale University’s School of Medicine (Conn.). He was most recently a professor at Harvard University Medical School. Cleary earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. Charmaine D. Clowney has been […]May 17, 2006StudentsGrants & AwardsAdelphi University (N.Y.) has received an $8.5 million gift from Carol A. Ammon, founder and chairman of Endo Pharmaceuticals and a 1979 graduate of the university. The gift will be used to establish a professorship in childhood education and endow scholarships for education students. California State University-Fullerton has received a $4.2 million donation from Dan […]May 17, 2006HomeProfessional AppointmentsWarren R. Anderson has been appointed director of the R. Benjamin Wiley Partnership Program for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Most recently, he served as director of student activities at Chestnut Hill College. Anderson holds a bachelor’s from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Jeffrey L. Brudney has been named the Albert A. Levin […]May 3, 2006HBCUsGrants & AwardsAshland University (Ohio) has received a $5 million gift from Dwight C. Schar, chairman and CEO of NVR, a home-building and mortgage-banking company. The gift will be used to fund the construction of a new College of Education building, which the university plans to name in Schar’s honor. The Association of African Universities (Accra, Ghana) […]May 3, 2006HBCUsClark Atlanta University Settles Federal Lawsuit Over Misused FundsClark Atlanta University has agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations that it misused funds from a federal contract that was supposed to help train minority students in environmental science…April 19, 2006Previous PagePage 11 of 46Next Page
