Jamal WatsonAfrican-AmericanMississippi State House Just 1st Stop for Student Jeramey AndersonAt 22, Tulane’s history-making state representative aims to aid HBCUs along the way as he charts a course to the White House.December 22, 2013Faculty & StaffMinneapolis Community College Professor Denounced for Structural Racism TeachingsShannon Gibney, an English professor at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, was accused of creating a hostile work environment for teaching about structural racism.December 16, 2013African-American‘CommUniversity’ Takes Educational Outreach to a New LevelDr. Zachery Williams, an associate professor of history at the University of Akron, is in the final stages of launching what some are affectionately calling “college in the hood.”December 11, 2013Faculty & StaffHoward Univ. Honors Mandela in Photo Exhibit“Nelson Mandela: Character, Comrade, Leader, Prisoner, Negotiator, Statesmen,” a 37-panel exhibit chronicling Mandela’s rise to South Africa’s first Black president, made its debut at Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center on Oct. 31.December 8, 2013Native AmericansTsosie Devoting Her Life’s Work to Teaching About Indian LawAs a youngster coming of age in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Rebecca Tsosie became radicalized to the plight of the American Indian community when she learned of an international incident that transpired on February 27, 1973 in Wounded Knee, S.D.November 27, 2013Faculty & StaffAppiah Leaves Princeton, Headed to New York UniversityDr. Kwame Anthony Appiah — arguably the nation’s most prominent black philosopher — has decided to give up his endowed professorship at Princeton University and will join the faculty at New York University in January.November 26, 2013HomeTemple Instructor Denied to Chair Dissertation CommitteeDr. Anthony Monteiro of Temple University alleges he was denied the chance to chair a doctoral dissertation committee after he publicly criticized a White dean for placing the African American Studies department into receivership.November 21, 2013Community CollegesDiverse Campus RoundupsIn this week’s news on campus, Brazilian students withdraw from Jackson State University amid safety concerns.November 20, 2013SportsProposal to Disband UDC Sports Teams DelayedUniversity of District Columbia Interim President James Lyons’ proposal to end the school’s participation in the NCAA in an attempt to use funds on academic programs and services was shelved by the board of trustees.November 20, 2013HomeUniversities Say Sequestration Stymied Research EffortsNearly 70 percent of the universities surveyed said that the sequester has hampered their ability to obtain new federal research grants and has caused them to delay already approved research projects.November 11, 2013Previous PagePage 7 of 17Next Page
