Diverse StaffLatinxVSU Joins Verizon STEM Initiative For Boys of ColorPETERSBURG, VA. – Virginia State University will be among 24 schools in a program that offers minority males from middle schools in Petersburg, Hopewell and Dinwiddie summer intensive courses in science, technology, engineering and math. The Verizon Innovative Learning program, the education initiative of the Verizon Foundation, works with historically Black colleges and universities and […]April 1, 2018News RoundupBrown Receives Record Applications, Admits 2,566PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University’s Office of College Admission last week offered admission to 2,566 students, just 7 percent of 35,438 applicants, the largest applicant pool in the school’s history. The Class of 2022 includes 1,829 offers under regular decision and 737 in the early decision program. That’s 8 percent higher than the Class of […]April 1, 2018News RoundupVinson Named Provost at Case Western ReserveCase Western Reserve’s next provost and executive vice president will be Dr. Ben Vinson III, an accomplished historian of Latin America now serving as dean of George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. “Ben Vinson III will bring an exemplary record of leadership, scholarship and far-sighted vision to his role as our next chief […]March 28, 2018News RoundupNorthwestern Teams Up With Apple, Chicago Public Schools On Teacher LearningNorthwestern University, Apple and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) have joined forces to provide professional learning opportunities in coding to Chicago teachers. As part of the collaboration, a Center for Excellence will be established at Lane Tech College Prep High School to introduce high school teachers to Apple’s Everyone Can Code and App Development with Swift curriculum. […]March 28, 2018News RoundupFormer TMCF Leader to Chair HBCU Advisory BoardThe former president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has been tapped to chair President Trump’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Johnny C. Taylor, who stepped down from the post to lead the Society for Human Resource Management last June, was succeeded by Dr. Harry L. Williams, who served as […]February 27, 2018Latest NewsAcademicians Celebrated in ‘Black Scholars Matter’ Series, part 3This is the final in a three-part Black History Month series celebrating Black academicians and their work.February 15, 2018Latest NewsAcademicians Celebrated in ‘Black Scholars Matter’ Series, part 2This is the second in a three-part Black History Month series celebrating Black academicians and their scholarship.February 14, 2018Latest News‘Black Scholars Matter’ Series Celebrates Academicians and Their Work, part 1This is the first in a three-part Black History Month series this week celebrating Black academicians and their scholarship.February 13, 2018News RoundupSlain Bowie State University Student Granted Degree Posthumously From University of MarylandThe University of Maryland celebrated its 2017 winter graduates on Dec. 19, 2017, at a campus-wide ceremony at the XFINITY Center. At the ceremony, students, family and friends received a commencement address by Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, as well as this year’s student speaker, Rachel Smith, who graduated with a degree in immigration and ethnic […]December 20, 2017News RoundupA Section of Highway in Durham to be Named for Dr. John Hope FranklinDURHAM A section of Interstate 85 in Durham, N.C., will be named in honor of one of the nation’s most distinguished African-American historians, who spent his later years teaching at Duke University. The John Hope Franklin Highway will be dedicated at a ceremony at the Hayti Heritage Center at 1 p.m. Monday, according to an […]November 25, 2017Previous PagePage 5 of 115Next Page
