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Native Americans

Former University of New Mexico Regent Inspires NCORE Audience

Recounting her experiences growing up on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico and the isolating effects of academia on minority students, Sandra Begay-Campbell struck a chord with the women at this year’s NCORE event.

Sandra Begay-Campbell

African-American

Black Sorority, Fraternity Coalition Launches Anti-hazing Campaign

Alarmed by the recent hazing death of a Florida A&M University band student, a coalition of Black fraternities and sororities joined with Al Sharpton and others in pledging to work harder to end the practice.

African-American

Hampton University Lifts Promotion, Tenure Freeze

Trustees of Hampton University voted this month to lift a four-year freeze on promotions and tenure.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Asian American Group Files Supreme Court Brief Opposing Race-Conscious Affirmative Action

The 80-20 National Asian American Educational Foundation has filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiff in the Fisher v. University of Texas case.

Asian American Pacific Islander

Commentary: Toward More Meaningful Campus Celebrations of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

To overcome end-of-the-academic-year oblivion for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, some campuses celebrate it as early as October.

African-American

Campaign Aimed to Demonstrate Fisk University’s Fundraising Strength

Fisk University, plagued with questions about its financial stability, is in a ramped up fundraising effort aimed at convincing a skeptical higher education accrediting agency of the school’s viability.

Andrew Patterson

African-American

Amended Bill Would Allow South Carolina State Trustees to Finish Their Terms

An amended bill to restructure the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees was approved Wednesday by a Senate education committee in the South Carolina legislature.

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

African-American

Minority-Serving Schools Targeted by Howard Hughes Medical Institute STEM Grants

Ten minority-serving institutions are among 47 small colleges and universities receiving science education grants totaling $50 million-plus from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Biomolecules class

African-American

Thurgood Marshall College Fund STEM Internships Funded by $400,000 USDA Grant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded the Thurgood College Fund $400,000 to underwrite a 10-week summer internship program to enable public HBCU undergraduates to work in agriculture-related fields.

African-American

Celebrities Help Cornel West Bid Princeton Farewell

Celebrities like Lupe Fiasco, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Harry Belafonte, joined with high-profile academicians to pay tribute to Dr. Cornel West.

Report Highlights Institutions That Educate Latinos in Health Care Fields

A select group of colleges and universities were hailed in a new report Wednesday for being the top producers of Latino graduates in the health care field.

Latino health care graduate

African-American

FAMU Marching Band Suspension Expected to be Costly

Questions still linger over FAMU marching band operations, including how 101 non-FAMU students participated in marching band performances for the university this past fall.

Florida A&M University

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