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Duquesne University Fires Professor For Repeated Use of Racial Slur During Virtual Class

Duquesne University has fired an education professor for “serious misconduct,” having suspended him less than a month ago for using a racial slur in a virtual lecture related to race, the Tribune-Review reported. “We have 30 days to grieve the termination and certainly will do so,” Warner Mariani, the attorney for Dr. Gary Shank told […]

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Harvard Medical School Renames Academic Society After First Black Tenured Professor

Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley has approved renaming the school’s Holmes Society in honor of physician-scientist William Augustus Hinton, the first Black tenured professor at Harvard, The Harvard Crimson reported. Two medical students had started a petition to rename the Holmes Society earlier in 2020, accruing more than 1,000 signatures. A task force […]

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University of Florida Students Call for Building Name Change, Citing Racism of Namesake

The University of Florida (UF) students protested Tuesday, calling on the administration to change the name of one of its buildings, WUFT reported. Two UF groups, a student government political party called Change Party and an activist group called Goddsville Dream Defenders, led the protest. The building in question, the J. Wayne Reitz Union, is […]

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UT President Forms Committee to Address Controversy Surrounding Alma Mater

The University of Texas President, Jay Hartzell, unveiled a plan to address the racist history of the school’s anthem, “The Eyes of Texas,” in an email to the UT-Austin community Tuesday, the Dallas Morning News reported. “As we move forward and continue to perform and sing ‘The Eyes,’ it is critical that we understand the […]

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Annual HBCU Moguls in the Making Business Competition Begins Thursday

The second annual Moguls in the Making, a business plan pitch competition offering Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students opportunities to develop vital skills, will take place virtually Oct. 8-11. The competition is hosted by Ally Financial Inc., Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), and rapper and singer Big Sean’s foundation, the Sean Anderson Foundation […]

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Chipotle Adds Its First HBCU to Employee Debt-Free Degree Program

Chipotle Mexican Grill announced it is expanding its debt-free degree program to include Paul Quinn College, the U.S.’s first urban work college and one of the U.S.’s oldest historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU), QSR reported. Partnering with Guild Education, Chipotle covers 100% of tuition costs up front for more than 75 business and technology […]

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John A. Logan College Cancels Diversity Events, Citing Fear of Trump’s Recent Executive Order

John A. Logan College canceled all planned diversity activities last week, citing concerns that the school could lose federal funding if it violates President Donald Trump’s Sept. 22 executive order, which prohibits workforce diversity trainings that are “offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating,” FOX 28 reported. According to college officials, they “will […]

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Lincoln U Granted Preliminary Approval to Establish First HBCU Law Enforcement Training Academy

Lincoln University has been granted preliminary approval to establish the U.S.’s first law enforcement basic training academy at a historically Black college or university (HBCU), with a unanimous vote from the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission, KRCG reported. The decision came after a Monday meeting during which the commission discussed the results of […]

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William & Mary Athletic Director Resigns After Decision to Cut 7 Varsity Sports Sparks Controversy

Samantha Huge, William & Mary’s athletic director, resigned Tuesday after facing “widespread” community dissatisfaction with her decision to cut seven sports last month, reports The Virginian-Pilot. Citing COVID-19 and the financial toll it has taken on institutions across the country, Huge had reported growing budget deficits within the athletics department last month. Consequently, she announced […]

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Three Black Female Authors Among 2020 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners

Three prominent Black female authors — N.K. Jemisin, Jacqueline Woodson and Tressie McMillan Cottom — are among 21 winners of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “genius grants,” reports CNN, which explained that the winners will receive a $625,000 “no-strings-attached” award paid out over five years. Since 1981, more than 1,000 people have earned the honor, with acclaimed […]

White U New Hampshire Professor Accused of Posing as Immigrant Woman of Color, Making Racist Comments

A white University of New Hampshire chemistry professor is accused of posing as an immigrant woman of color on Twitter to make racist and sexist comments and attack users who supported progressive causes, the Associated Press reported. The school has not named the professor but said the institution was being investigated over the allegations. The […]

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Indiana University Removes Name of Former President From Campus Sites

Indiana University is removing the name of former President David Starr Jordan from places on its Bloomington campus because of his support for eugenics, the Kokomo Tribune reported. IU’s Board of Trustees voted 8-1 Friday to strip Jordan’s name from a classroom building, a garage and a creek. The Jordan River will be Campus River […]

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