News Roundup: Page 46

Faculty & Staff

Harvard Faculty, Local Officials Support Legal Complaint Against Harvard Fossil Fuel Investment

More than 115 Harvard University faculty members and nine local elected officials have backed a legal complaint filed last week that is challenging the legality of Harvard’s fossil fuels investment, The Harvard Crimson reported. The March 15 complaint – filed by student group Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office – is […]

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Dr. Darrick Hamilton Appointed to NYC Racial Justice Commission

Dr. Darrick Hamilton, the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy at The New School, has been appointed to New York City’s Racial Justice Commission, the objective of which is to dismantle structural and institutional racism in the city. Hamilton is also the founding director of the Institute on Race and Political Economy at […]

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Oregon State University President Dr. F. King Alexander Resigns

Oregon State University President Dr. F. King Alexander has resigned from his post, effective April 1. Alexander has been the subject of criticism recently after the release of a report – known as the Husch Blackwell report – alleged that while he was president of Louisiana State University, he mishandled Title IX matters. Board of […]

Dr. F. King Alexander

South Carolina State University Faculty Senate Votes No Confidence in President James E. Clark

The South Carolina State University Faculty Senate passed a resolution 18-2 stating it has no confidence in South Carolina State President Dr. James E. Clark, The Times and Democrat reported. The resolution states both Clark and Provost Dr. Learie B. Luke “have failed the university, lost credibility and proven to be unfit to hold their […]

South Carolina State University

Dr. Lee Vernon Stiff, Veteran Educator, Passes Away

Dr. Lee Vernon Stiff, former leader of North Carolina State’s College of Education for 37 years, has died on March 19. “Dr. Stiff was one of the most equity-minded and fair-minded people I had ever met, and he saw the best in us all,” said College of Education Dean Mary Ann Danowitz. “He also had […]

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Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana Announce Genetic Counseling and Health Informatics Graduate Programs

Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana have announced two new graduate degree programs, genetic counseling and health informatics. Xavier will be both the first Louisiana university to offer a genetic counseling training program and the only such program at a historically Black college and university (HBCU). Both programs are currently in development. Xavier will offer classroom instruction […]

Xavier University of Louisiana

AASCU Names 32 Higher Ed Leaders for Leadership Development Program

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has named 32 higher ed leaders to participate in its leadership development program, 2021 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI), according to AASCU officials. The program will give those “traditionally underrepresented in the highest ranks of postsecondary education” skill development and network building opportunities. The 2021 program will feature […]

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Dr. Patricia Ramsey Appointed First Woman to be President of Medgar Evers College

Dr. Patricia Ramsey – biologist, educator, strategist, leader and fundraiser – has been appointed president of Medgar Evers College. She will be the first woman to serve in the role. Ramsey will bring her experience as an HBCU leader to the position, taking charge of the predominantly Black and emerging Hispanic-serving institution. In the past, […]

Dr. Patricia Pierce Ramsey

University of Montana’s College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Criticize Proposed $2.6 Million Budget Cuts

University of Montana’s College of Humanities and Sciences faculty are criticizing a $2.6 million budget cut proposal, noting that the cuts would cause “deep and irreversible damage” to the college and the university, Missoulian reported. The proposed cuts would remove $2.6 million from the College of Humanities and Sciences budget by 2023’s fiscal year. and […]

Oregon Institute of Technology’s Faculty Senate Calls for President to Resign

The Oregon Institute of Technology’s faculty senate has called on its president, Nagi Naganathan to resign. But school officials say he has no plans to do so, The Lewiston Tribune reported. Medical imaging technology professor Don McDonnell will present the approved resolution to Naganathan, asking him to step down. And if Naganathan declines, all full-time […]

President Nagi G. Naganathan

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NYU and Howard University Nursing Colleges Form Health Equity Partnership

NYU’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing has partnered with Howard University’s College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences to advance health equity. “One of the many kinds of tactics and thoughts we have had to address those issues has been partnerships with historic Black colleges and universities,” said Rory Meyers Dean Dr. Eileen Sullivan-Marx. People […]

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Southern University at Shreveport Partners with Avance International University of Uganda for International Educational Opportunities

Southern University at Shreveport’s (SUSLA) Chancellor Dr. Rodney Ellis and Avance International University of Uganda’s President Dr. Samuel Majwega signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this month to expand international educational opportunities for both institutions. “It means that SUSLA faculty and students will benefit from even more opportunities to study abroad as well as making […]

Dr. Rodney Ellis and Dr. Terry Kidd

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