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Sports
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 womenâs and gender studies face challenges in increasing its presence on HBCU campuses.
Students
Charleston Tragedy Inspires S.C. Diversity Programs
Duke Energy and its employees support new diversity initiatives led by Furman Universityâs Riley Institute in the wake of the fatal June 17 shootings at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston.
African-American
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, âIâm really happy teaching. Thanks, but no thanks.â
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In Tech Boom, Oldest Chinatown in U.S. Is âLast Frontierâ
For a century and a half, San Franciscoâs Chinatown, the nationâs oldest, has sheltered waves of immigrants. Itâs the birthplace of Chinese America, and to some extent, the broader Asian America.
Faculty & Staff
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 bachelorâs from Stillman College, and a masterâs and a doctorate from the University of Missouri.
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NADER TEHRANI
NADER TEHRANI has been named dean of the School of Architecture at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He was a professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tehrani earned bachelorâs degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and a masterâs from Harvard University.
African-American
Black Students Lagging in College Readiness Despite Taking Prep Courses
Even when African-American students complete the recommended âcore or moreâ college readiness courses in high school, they still donât meet the âcollege readinessâ benchmarks on the ACT at the same rate as other students, according to a new report released jointly Monday by ACT and UNCF.
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Remembering Dr. George E. Cooper
When I met Dr. Cooper in September 2013, he had just been named Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
Faculty & Staff
DANIELLE CONWAY
DANIELLE CONWAY has been appointed a professor and dean of the University of Maine School of Law. She was the Michael J. Marks Distinguished Professor of Business Law and director of the Hawaiâi Procurement Institute at the University of Hawaiâi at MÄnoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Conway earned a bachelorâs from New York University, a juris doctor from Howard University and a masterâs from The George Washington School of Law.
Faculty & Staff
CARLOS PATO
CARLOS PATO has been appointed dean of the College of Medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He was Franz Alexander Professor of Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences and chair of the psychiatry department at the University of Southern California. Pato earned a bachelorâs from Brown University and an M.D. from the University of Cincinnati.
Students
U. of Richmond Suspends Fraternity for Policy Violations
Sigma Alpha Epsilonâs chapter at the University of Richmond has been indefinitely suspended for violating the schoolâs policies.
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