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She’s Not Just Digging for Digging’s Sake

The “idea of materiality” intrigues Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste as do current issues of race, gender and class. As an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Battle-Baptiste combines these interests, describing herself as “a contemporary archaeologist.”

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The Fallacy of NOT Seeing Race

Over the last two weeks I’ve listened to friends, pundits and scholars debate the implications of discovering yearbook photos of Virginia’s Governor and Attorney General proudly wearing Blackface. These revelations are more complicated than dismissing them as youthful indiscretions that were simply apropos of the time.

Rutgers Can Do More for New Jersey’s African-American Population

In January, 2019 Rutgers kicked off a year of celebrations to mark 100 years since the graduation of our famous alum, Paul Robeson. Yet, despite the hoopla, the university continues to neglect the needs of African-Americans in our state in a manner that is openly contemptuous of Robeson’s core ideas.

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Terrence J Named TMCF National Ambassador

Philanthropist, producer, author, host and actor Terrence J has been named a Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) National Ambassador. “It is an honor to be the new Thurgood Marshall College Fund National Ambassador,” Terrence J said in a TMCF press release. “As a product of a publicly-supported HBCU, I look forward to using my platform […]

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Base 11 Awards Morgan State With $1.6M Grant for Student Rocketry Team

Nonprofit organization Base 11 has announced it has given Morgan State University a three-year, $1.6 million Aerospace Workforce and Leadership Development Grant that will support Morgan State’s rocketry lab and establish a student rocketry team. The commercial space industry is predicted to become a $2.7 trillion economic section in the next three decades, according to […]

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34 Howard Students’ Debt Covered by Alexandria, VA Church

Thanks to a recent donation from Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, 34 Howard students with financial need had their debts covered. Howard selected full-time students with a GPA of 2.0 or above who displayed significant financial need, with balances from $100 to over $3,000, said Howard’s vice president of communications Crystal Brown. During […]

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Candidates of Size – Highlighting Sizeism in Job Searches

Fatphobia, also known as anti-fat bias and sizeism, continues to engender difficult experiences for our students and our colleagues and it manifests in many ways, including our job search processes.

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‘Black Men in White Coats’ Inspires the Next Generation of Black Male Clinicians

When a 2013 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges revealed that more Black men applied to and attended medical school in 1978 than in 2011, Dr. Dale Okorodudu — with the help of his brother and a medical school friend — decided to post a YouTube video about the experiences of Black male physicians.

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Seminar Exposes HSI, HBCU Students to Diplomacy Careers

A career in international conflict resolution has been on Ava Greene’s radar, and the Spelman College senior learned more about the possibilities when she was selected to attend a new fellows program in Washington, D.C.

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On the Campaign Trail, Kamala Harris Talks Policy with HBCU Leaders

Historically Black colleges and universities’ role in molding students into leaders and public servants was on display Thursday morning during a Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Congressional Fireside Chat with 2020 presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris.

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Dr. Mark Redondo Villegas: A Cultural Scholar

Now in his second year as an assistant professor at Franklin & Marshall College, Dr. Mark Redondo Villegas is propelling students and colleagues to explore issues of race and identity.

Temple University is First Institution in the Region to Display ‘Progress’ Pride Flag

Temple University has hung the “Progress” Pride flag above a student lounge in the atrium of the university’s Howard Gittis Student Center. The flag is a symbol of acceptance, a conversation starter and a statement that the institution is inclusive and supportive “of everybody,” Temple senior director of student center operations Jason Levy told the […]

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