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Diné College Offers Students a Chance at a Tuition-Free Spring Semester

Diné College is offering its fall 2021 full-time students a tuition-free spring semester in 2022 if they maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA. This comes on top of an additional 50% discount on fall tuition and a 50% residential discount for student housing.

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Bob Moses Honored Through New Educational Series at an Ohio Institute

Drake State Among Six Institutions to Receive Funding From NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Minority University Research and Education Project awarded Drake State Community & Technical College $1.2 million. Over the course of three years, the funding will support Drake State’s Frontiers Research Program, in which student interns and faculty members from the school’s Engineering Design Program research 3D printing and manufacturing […]

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Student Loan Pause Extended Until January 31, 2022

The U.S. Department of Education will continue to halt student loan repayment, interest, and collections until January 31, 2022. “The payment pause has been a lifeline that allowed millions of Americans to focus on their families, health, and finances instead of student loans during the national emergency,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona. […]

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New U.S. Department of Education Committee to Work on Student Loan Forgiveness

The U.S. Department of Education will establish a committee to meet virtually starting in October and rewrite the regulations for Public Service Loan forgiveness, income-contingent repayment plans, and borrower defense to repayment, as well as other areas. Such regulations will assist borrowers in managing repayment or receiving a discharge or forgiveness of their federal student […]

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Howard University to Build New Research Center Specializing in Chronic Illness

Howard University has selected three real-estate companies as their project development team to construct a new research laboratory and office building. The National Research Center for Health Disparities will specialize in finding solutions to chronic illness, particularly illnesses that primarily impact communities of color. The building will go up at the corner of Georgia Avenue […]

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College Students Buy Bogus Vaccine Cards to Sidestep Admission Rules

Some students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) are purchasing fake vaccine cards to skirt admissions and testing requirements, according to various media outlets. UNC, like many universities, is mandating that students receive a COVID-19 vaccine or be tested weekly. The fake cards can reportedly cost students up to $200, even […]

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Dr. Clive O. Callender Honored With 2021 Pioneer Award by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) recently bestowed Howard University transplant surgeon Dr. Clive O. Callender with the 2021 Pioneer Award. Throughout his career, Callender established a minority-directed dialysis and transplant center at Howard University hospital—the first in the nation—and founded the National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program to grow the number of […]

The National Science Foundation Awards $10 Million to Duke to Diversify STEM

Dr. Nicki Washington and Dr. Shaundra Daily of Duke University have been awarded $10 million from the National Science Foundation to create The Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (AIICE). AIICE focuses on access and retention for historically underrepresented groups in computing education by implementing systemic changes; combining social science with computer science to boost identity […]

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Montana State University Receives $2.2M Grant to Recruit and Retain Alaska Native and American Indian Nurses

The United States Health Resources and Services Administration gifted a $2.2 million grant to Montana State University (MSU) to recruit and retain more Alaska Native and American Indian nurses. Using the four-year Nursing Workforce Diversity grant, 15 American Indian and Alaska Native nursing students enrolled in MSU College of Nursing’s Caring for Our Own Program […]

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North Central College Names First Chief Diversity Officer

North Central College in Naperville, Illinois appointed Dr. Rebecca Gordon as the institution’s inaugural chief diversity officer to serve in the president’s cabinet. “My overarching goal is to address systemic barriers experienced by Black and other minoritized students, faculty and staff through systemic and cultural changes,” said Gordon, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the […]

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Woods Hole Appoints First Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a nonprofit research organization dedicated to marine science and engineering, appointed Dr. Natalie Nevárez as its first Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer. She will report directly to Dr. Peter de Menocal, president and director of WHOI. “Natalie brings deep professional and personal experience to this role, as well […]

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