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Pennsylvania Police Nominee Wants More Diversity

Gov. Tom Wolf’s new nominee to lead the Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday that he sees room for improvement in the diversity of troopers and that better recruiting practices could help.

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India’s Priyanka Chopra Brings Diversity to “Quantico” TV Set

Indian film star Priyanka Chopra says she was eager to add a U.S. TV series to her resume.

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Last Year, Fewer Black Men Applied to Med School than in 1978

Factors cited range from substandard education and stereotypes to the lack of role models and the high cost of medical school.

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FAMU, Faculty Reach Agreement on Salary Increase

Florida A&M University has reached a tentative agreement with the United Faculty of Florida that would result in a 1.5 percent across-the-board salary increase, retroactive to August 1, 2014.

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MARGARET FAUT CALLAHAN

MARGARET FAUT CALLAHAN has been appointed provost of Loyola University Chicago. She was interim provost and dean of the College of Nursing at Marquette University. Callahan earned a bachelor’s from Loyola University Chicago, and a master’s and a doctorate from Rush University in Chicago.

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A New Day Marked by New Mourning

It appears as though people of color are unable to have even a full week of mourning our fallen brothers and sisters before another one joins the tragic list.

Six HBCUs Awarded NCAA Academic Support Funds

Historically Black schools receive significant share of more than $4 million awarded to low-resource Division I institutions by the NCAA for helping student-athletes improve academic performance.

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Women Studies, Gender Studies Facing Roadblocks at HBCUs

Prominent scholars in women’s and gender studies face challenges in increasing its presence on HBCU campuses.

Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall is founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College.

Charleston Tragedy Inspires S.C. Diversity Programs

Duke Energy and its employees support new diversity initiatives led by Furman University’s Riley Institute in the wake of the fatal June 17 shootings at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston.

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Former Spanish Teacher in Leading Role in the FBI

As a schoolteacher in the late 1980s, Diego Rodriguez applied to join the FBI, but when it called hoping to recruit a Spanish speaker as part of a diversity drive, his response was, “I’m really happy teaching. Thanks, but no thanks.”

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In Tech Boom, Oldest Chinatown in U.S. Is “Last Frontier”

For a century and a half, San Francisco’s Chinatown, the nation’s oldest, has sheltered waves of immigrants. It’s the birthplace of Chinese America, and to some extent, the broader Asian America.

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LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR.

LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR. has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of La Verne, effective August 10. He was a professor and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Stillman College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Missouri.

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