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UI Officials to Talk With Three Students About Online Threats To American Indians

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. University of Illinois officials said this week they plan to talk to at least three students they believe may be behind threats against an American Indian student. The threats were posted on a Web page about the school’s mascot, Chief Illiniwek.

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Georgia Tech Markets Educational Opportunities In Order To Boost Minority Graduate Enrollment

Georgia Tech’s FOCUS recruiting program helps the school remain a top producer of Black engineering master’s degrees and doctorates. Program founder Robert Haley, a former IBM sales professional, says marketing is the key ingredient to success.

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TSU Troubles

Dr. [Priscilla] Slade wasn’t doing anything that other presidents aren’t doing at larger…

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Appreciating the Struggles

This sounds like an excellent project to motivate our students…

A Helpful Hand to Parents

I am thankful that so many colleges and universities are providing staff — and volunteers…

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The Evolution of Black Culture Centers

One of the latest projects by the African American Cultural Center at North Carolina State University…

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Interpreting African-American Life and History

As an undergraduate, Dr. Peniel E. Joseph had journalism aspirations. Although he chose an academic path instead…

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Interpreting Religion Through Music

When Lorenzo Candelaria’s 7-year-old daughter asked what he does at work, the University of Texas musicologist told her…

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Duke Fallout Continues as Top Black Professor Resigns From Race Committee

The Duke University professor heading a university-appointed committee to investigate race relations on campus in the wake of last spring’s men’s lacrosse scandal has resigned from that committee in protest against the recent decision to invite two of the players back on to campus.

Florida Atlantic Joins Latin American Grid Initiative

Florida Atlantic University has joined the IBM-led Latin American Grid, or LA Grid…

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Perspectives: If Not Oprah, Then Who?

While all the attention swirling around Oprah Winfrey’s new $40 million Leadership Academy in South Africa last week focused on what inner city America might have missed out on, some may have missed out on the bigger picture.

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Blacks, Hispanics Have ‘Misperception’ of Healthy Body Weight

A study by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School, has found that overweight Blacks are two to three times more likely than heavy Whites to say they are of average weight — even after being diagnosed as overweight or obese by their doctors.

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