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Chiang Remembered as Pioneer Biostatistician of Public Health
Chiang’s use of statistics helped transform the health care field, impacted analyses of public health issues and underscored why biostatistics deserved to become its own discipline.
May 15, 2014
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Yale Basketball Player Leaves Team for Glee Club
A Yale basketball player who was expected to play a big role on the team next season has decided to take a year off to sing.
May 13, 2014
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UConn Bans Second Greek Organization
The University of Connecticut has banned a second Greek organization over a hazing episode in which a woman says she was forced to lie on the floor and “sizzle like bacon” and then drink alcohol until she passed out.
May 13, 2014
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Mary Sias Stepping Down as Kentucky State University President
Kentucky State University President Mary Sias says she will step down from her position on June 30.
May 12, 2014
Students
From Classroom to Community, Professor Advocates for Social Justice
Dr. Matthew Lee of James Madison University heads the Cultural and Racial Diversity Studies Lab, which studies areas related to racism, sexism and transphobia.
May 11, 2014
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UConn Drops Sorority After Hazing Investigation
A sorority accused of forcing a member to lie on the floor and “sizzle like bacon,” then drink alcohol until she passed out has been banned from the University of Connecticut.
May 8, 2014
Students
Amherst Extends Ban on Fraternities, Sororities
Amherst College has extended a 3-decade-old ban on fraternities and sororities to include off-campus “underground” organizations.
May 7, 2014
Students
College Graduation: 4 Ways Things Have Changed
NEW YORK ― There’s still plenty of pomp and circumstance, inspiring words from lofty speakers and tossing tassels, but graduating from college today is very different from a generation or so ago.
May 6, 2014
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Texas Tech Invites Rice as Commencement Speaker
Texas Tech University remained hopeful Tuesday that ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will accept one of three speaking offers for future graduation ceremonies.
May 6, 2014
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Johnson C. Smith Becomes First HBCU to Admit a Latino Fraternity
The young men, who are all pursuing degrees in STEM disciplines, say their common academic pursuits led them to the idea of creating a fraternity.
May 6, 2014
Students
U.S. Teachers Not Nearly as Diverse as Their Students
WASHINGTON ― U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students.
May 5, 2014
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Business Leaders Unimpressed With College Grads’ Skills
Business leaders are increasingly pessimistic about whether college students are being adequately prepared for careers, according to an annual survey.
May 5, 2014
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Dr. Victoria Defrancesco Soto
Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto is a fellow at the Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Aff airs at the University of Texas. Her research on political behavior has been widely published in scholarly journals and cited in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Time, and POLITICO. […]
May 1, 2014
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Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma
Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma is associate professor of African-American studies, Asian American studies and performance studies at Northwestern University, where she has received several outstanding teaching awards. Her scholarship focuses on Afro/Asian American relations, especially in studying the relationship between the two through hiphop music. Sharma is writing her second book, “Hidden Hapas: Multiracial Blacks […]
May 1, 2014
Students
Goodwin Liu
Goodwin Liu is an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. He has also been a member of the University of California- Berkeley Law faculty. Liu earned tenure in 2008 and was associate dean from 2008 to 2010. In 2009, Liu won the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award. His primary areas of expertise are constitutional […]
May 1, 2014
Students
Dr. Shawnta Friday-Stroud
Dr. Shawnta Friday-Stroud is dean of the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University. Her research interests include diversity, mentoring and intergroup relations. Friday – Stroud has more than 20 years of consulting experience in strategic planning, leadership training and diversity course development. She has done consulting for General Mills, Eli Lilly and […]
May 1, 2014
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Would-be Teachers Face Tougher Certification Tests
Franchesca Moreno’s work as a student teacher didn’t end when the kids went home for the day.
April 30, 2014
Students
Higher Ed Experts Advocate Use of Technology to Promote Globalization
The educators warned, however, that technology alone cannot replace sound pedagogical classroom instruction.
April 30, 2014
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