StaffHBCUsProfessioanl AppointmentsDr. Juliette B. Bell has been appointed vice provost and chancellor for academic affairs at Fayetteville State University (N.C.). She had served as dean of FSU’s College of Basic and Applied Sciences, was a professor of chemistry and was director of the Biomedical Research Program. Bell earned a bachelor’s from Talladega College and a doctorate […]April 19, 2006StudentsGrants & AwardsThe Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University (Ind.) has received a $400,000 grant from the Edmund F. Ball and the Virginia B. Ball Foundation that will allow the center to continue its semester-long immersive interdisciplinary programs. The university also recently received a $186,000 estate gift from the late J.D. Wickersham […]April 19, 2006SportsNCAA academic penalties could await schoolsMen’s basketball teams at Arizona State University and Texas A&M University and football teams at the University of Arizona…April 13, 2006HomeAccess to College for Low-Income, Minority Students Could Get Worse, Says ReportA new report warns that a number of factors at the federal, state and institutional levels are likely to converge in the coming decade…April 13, 2006HealthEpidemic of Job Insecurity Takes Toll on Worker Health, Says StudyAmid growing news of layoffs, outsourcing, corporate bankruptcies and downsizing, a University of Michigan study finds that feeling insecure about your job takes…April 11, 2006HomeFrance Will Continue to Mirror Apartheid-Era South Africa, Says Law ProfessorFrench President Jacques Chirac succumbed to pressure from students and unions on Monday and has withdrawn the controversial youth labor law that triggered massive protests and strikes across the country…April 10, 2006HealthFew Women Take Pregnancy Leave in California, Study FindsOnly one in three working women who qualify for pregnancy leave in California take advantage of the employee benefit, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley…April 6, 2006Faculty & StaffNational Geographic Unveils Ancient Manuscript on Relationship Between Jesus and JudasFor 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story…April 5, 2006SportsStudy: Black Athlete Graduation Rises 24 Points Over 20 YearsThe number of Black athletes getting diplomas across all NCAA Division I sports jumped 24 percentage points from 1984 to 2004, marking big gains for a demographic that once recorded just 35 percent graduation success…April 5, 2006HomeJones Resigns His Faculty Position at UW-WhitewaterA former dean at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater accused of misusing school funds has resigned from his faculty position, the university has confirmed…April 5, 2006Previous PagePage 12 of 46Next Page
