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Emory University Pledges to Reduce Single-Use Plastics

Emory University is committing to reduce plastic use as President Gregory L. Fenves recently met with leaders of student-led initiative Plastic Free Emory Project and signed the “Break Free from Plastic Pledge,” which entails a five-year plan for reducing unnecessary single-use plastics on Emory’s Atlanta and Oxford campuses. By 2026, Emory pledges to create a […]

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Emory University Apologizes to Black Doctor for Race-Based Rejection 60 Years Earlier

Emory University has apologized to gynecologist and obstetrician Dr. Marion Hood, 83, for rejecting him from the medical school six decades earlier because he is Black, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. “I am sorry I must write you that we are not authorized to consider for admission a member of the Negro race. I regret that […]

Richard Buery, Jr. Appointed CEO of Anti-Poverty Organization Robin Hood

Richard Buery, Jr. has been appointed CEO of the New York poverty-fighting organization Robin Hood. He is replacing author Wes Moore, who announced that he is running for governor of Maryland. Buery served as deputy mayor for strategic policy initiatives for the City of New York. He founded the Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-owned […]

Dr. Kia Lilly Caldwell to Take On New Role at Washington U in St. Louis

Washington University (WU) in St. Louis has named Dr. Kia Lilly Caldwell its new vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity. She succeeds Dr. Adrienne D. Davis who served as the university’s first vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity for 10 years. Caldwell comes to WU from the University of North Carolina at Chapel […]

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Roughly 20 Black Faculty, Staff Say They Feel Undervalued at UNC-Chapel Hill

About 20 Black faculty and staff at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill say they feel undervalued and are considering leaving, particularly after the school denied immediate tenure to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, reports The News & Observer. About 30 members of the Carolina Black Caucus — made up of about 250 faculty, staff graduate students […]

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University of West Florida Students Create Black Lives Matter Public Mural

The Kugelman Honors Program at the University of West Florida (UWF) selected fifteen students to create a public mural as a collective response to the Black Lives Matter movement. The mural is displayed in the John C. Pace Library. The program sponsored the project as part of its Equity and Diversity Initiative. “UWF has a […]

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Jacqueline Jones Named Dean of Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication

Jacqueline Jones has been appointed dean of the School of Global Journalism and Communication at Morgan State University, effective Aug. 1. Jones currently serves as the assistant dean for programs and chair of the department of multimedia journalism. She has worked at several newsrooms including the Baltimore Evening Sun, Detroit Free Press, New York Newsday, […]

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Northeastern University Partners and Saves Mills College from Closing

Northeastern University is partnering with Mills College, saving the dwindling women’s liberal arts college from no longer operating. The announcement came in a letter from Northeastern President Dr. Joseph E. Aoun. “We recognize and share a mutual commitment to maintaining the excellence Mills has achieved in its educational programs,” Aoun wrote. “Through our proposed alliance, we […]

University of Kansas Chooses Not to Implement Dismissal Policy

University of Kansas will not use a criticized policy that would have made it easier to suspend tenure protections, according to the Associated Press. Chancellor Douglas Girod told the Kansas Board of Regents he was confident the school will not have to suspend tenure in response to financial concerns. Last week, he said that the […]

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Textbooks Will Be Free For Two Years at North Carolina A&T Through B&N Partnership

Free textbooks will be available to undergraduates at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, through a partnership with Barnes & Noble College and its “BNC First Day Complete” program. The program provides “an innovative course material delivery model” that ensures students have all the materials they need […]

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Four HBCUs Receive $5 Million, Three-Year Grants from Apple for Tech Education

Apple is giving $5 million, three-year grants to four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), USA Today reported. The four schools are Alabama A&M University, Howard University, Morgan State University, and Prairie View A&M University. The grants – part of Apple’s New Silicon Initiative preparing students for hardware tech and silicon chip design careers – will support […]

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$1.5M Grant To Train Next Generation of Equity in Education Researchers

A $1.5 million “Pathways to Training” grant from the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) is striving to mold students into education researchers who could improve the “schooling experiences and academic attainment” of Black and Latino students from pre-K all the way through university. “This program is designed to prepare the next generation of critical education […]

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