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Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work

In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.

Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work

In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.

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SPECTRUM: FOUND IN TRANSLATION

From his small office near the Charles River, Dr. Fallou Ngom can envision the rewriting of much of African history, including the slave trade.

African-American

Scholar Leads African Language Learning Project to Recover Lost Knowledge

Dr. Fallou Ngom of Boston University oversees training of young scholars in Ajami, a modified Arabic script, so unread ancient African language texts can be translated into modern languages.

Dr. Fallou Ngom

Family, Education Struggles Motivate Immigration Reform Activism

Latino students, including Georgetown University freshman Alma Huerta, are seeking to revive national immigration reform debate.

Members of Georgetown University’s MEChA organization

Berklee College of Music Reaches Out to Latin America

The Boston-based Berklee College of Music aims to be a dominant force in music education in Spanish-speaking countries.

Juan Luis Guerra

Exploring U.S. Latino Diversity on CNN’s ‘Latino in America’

Following the Washington preview of “Latino in America,” scholars and activists say CNN made a positive effort at capturing the wide diversity of U.S. Latino identity and culture in documentary series.

CNN’s Soledad O’Brien

Nation’s Pupils Find Few Black Men To Call Mister

Black male students at Cheyney University are among the newest recruits to the Call Me MISTER teaching program, which seeks to dramatically increase the number of African-American men teaching in U.S. public schools.

African-American

First-year Black Student Enrollment Drop Raises Diversity Concerns at University of Maryland

The institutional research office at the University of Maryland-College Park released startling numbers showing that among first-year students African-Americans experienced a 28-percent drop in the number of enrollees from 539 in 2008 to 387 in 2009 at the flagship campus.

First-year Enrollment at UMCP

Famed Marching 100 Band May Steal the Show at Miami-FAMU Game

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — When the final whistle blows to end Miami’s game against Florida A&M, Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon will hurry off the field. And then he’ll hurry right back out.

FAMU Marching 100

Leadership & Policy

Convention Panel Encourages Gay Chancellors, Presidents to Remain Open About Their Sexual Orientation

Since age 26, Dr. David Wain Coon has been open personally and professionally about his sexual orientation. “I wanted my students to have the role model I didn’t have when I went through my education.”

African-American

Wheaton College Was Underground Railroad Stop

An entry buried in a 120-year-old manuscript has confirmed what local historians long have believed: Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Wheaton College

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