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Faculty & Staff

The Double Standard of Black Faculty in Academia

The increase of Black faculty into academia is a great improvement; however, additional efforts are required in order to recruit, retain and support the success of Black faculty members in years to come.

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Restoring Voting Rights to Felons a Step Toward Ending Black Voter Suppression

In deciding to restore voting rights to 13,000 former felons, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe took a “bold” step to end a practice of Black voter suppression that hearkens back to the Reconstruction Era.

Native Americans

Native Communities Get Help with Health Disparities

BOZEMAN, Mont. ― Montana State University and its partners have received $20 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to address health disparities facing Native communities in Montana and Alaska. University officials say the new American Indian-Alaska Native Clinical and Translational Research Program includes collaborators from Blackfeet Community College, the University of Montana, the […]

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The Donald Discovers Diversity

His new team is scouring the data like stock-pickers looking for undervalued buys, and they’ve finally stumbled on something Trump has ignored all campaign. People of color.

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Diversity a Winner at Olympics

If you believe in diversity like I do, the Olympic Games set a really high bar.

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Journalism Giant George Curry Dies

George E. Curry, an award-winning veteran journalist and a fierce advocate for the Black press, died from an apparent heart attack on Saturday evening. He was 69.

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Sheriff Clarke’s Roots in Controversy Run Deep

Diverse reporter offers first-hand account of when the Milwaukee County conservative firebrand began implementing practices that reflect the mindset of the sheriff who says, “Stop trying to fix the police. Fix the ghetto.”

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Senior Lecturer: Milwaukee Uprising Illustrates Need for Socialism

Senior lecturer Ahmed Mbalia says the violence that unfolded in Milwaukee in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Sylville K. Smith is symptomatic of a failed capitalistic system that needs to be replaced by socialism.

‘A Different World’ Still Pulls Fans into HBCU Experience

If Dr. Bill Cosby’s greatest contribution to the Black community was his creation of The Cosby Show, then the spin-off to the popular 1980s television sitcom about a fictitious HBCU in Virginia almost certainly comes in close behind.

National Science Foundation Awards $2.9 Million to National Diversity-Serving Organizations

The National Science Foundation has awarded to $2.9 million to several national engineering diversity organizations in a collaborative effort to increase the number of underrepresented engineering faculty across all institutional types. The organizations Great Minds in STEM (GMiS), American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), MAES: Latinos in Science and Engineering , National Society of […]

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Push for Marcus Garvey Pardon Intensifies

The longstanding effort to clear the name of Marcus Garvey got a jolt of new energy Wednesday as the iconic Black leader’s son, a law professor and a contingent of civil rights personages called on President Obama to grant a posthumous pardon.

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University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Resigns

BERKELEY, Calif. ― The University of California, Berkeley chancellor, who critics alleged was too lenient when handling sexual harassment cases involving high-profile faculty members, has resigned his post. University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that she accepted UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ resignation and that a search for his successor would start immediately. […]

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