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Section: Demographics
African-American
Speaking Freely: Cornel West Takes Aim and Fires
Whether the target is the Obama administration or a colleague in the civil rights movement, Dr. Cornel West pulls no punches when it comes to his advocacy.
February 8, 2012
African-American
Virginia State University, USAID Pitch In To Help South Sudan Grow
Virginia State University and Virginia Tech have partnered to help the University of Juba and the Catholic University of Sudan develop a curriculum to teach South Sudanese farmers through community outreach.
February 2, 2012
African-American
Second Black Graduate of University of Mississippi Dies
Along with James Meredith and another student, Cleveland Donald Jr. entered Ole Miss under a federal protection order.
February 1, 2012
Latinx
Emerging Scholars: Cell Biology Pioneer – Magdalena Bezanilla
The ninth profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Magdalena Bezanilla, who is an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts.
February 1, 2012
African-American
Robert Franklin to Step Down as Morehouse College President
Morehouse College has announced that school president Dr. Robert M. Franklin will spend the 2012-13 academic year on sabbatical as a Scholar-in-Residence at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Institute.
February 1, 2012
African-American
FAMU Campus Organizations Suspended From Taking in New Members
Florida A & M University, in the aftermath of the recent death of a FAMU band member after a hazing incident, issued a sweeping ban Tuesday on campus club intake for the remainder of the school year.
January 31, 2012
African-American
Black Students Seeking Action on Racial Climate at Duke
A group of Black students at Duke University are continuing their push to force college administrators to improve the racial climate on campus.
January 31, 2012
African-American
Tennessee Seeks Appeal to Reverse Fisk Art Sale Approval
The Tennessee Attorney General on Monday asked the Court of Appeals to hear his arguments against two lower state courts’ decisions allowing Fisk University to sell part ownership in its treasured Stieglitz Collection
January 31, 2012
African-American
Emerging Scholars: Sparking Interest in STEM – Frances Williams
The eighth profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Frances Williams, who is an associate professor in the Engineering and Center for Materials Research Department at Norfolk State University.
January 30, 2012
African-American
Conference: Troubled Youth Need New Intervention Strategies
Issues facing troubled youth have become so severe that new and bold paradigms are needed to address them, presenters at Jackson State University’s Mississippi Child Welfare Institute conference told social work practitioners last week.
January 29, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
Emerging Scholars: Breaking Down Access Barriers — Jenny Lee
The sixth profile in a 12-part examination of prominent young scholars is of Dr. Jenny Lee, an associate professor of higher education at the University of Arizona.
January 26, 2012
Native Americans
Court Rules Berkeley Not Obligated To Reinstate Fired Professor
The University of California, Berkeley, doesn’t have to reinstate a former untenured Native American faculty member although a jury awarded her retaliation damages, a California Court of Appeal has ruled.
January 5, 2012
Native Americans
Indigenous Communities Educate American Public About Natural Health and Healing Concepts.
In October, the National Library of Medicine debuted a two-year exhibition called “Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness.”
December 13, 2011
African-American
Southern Louisiana University Receives $4.9M in TRIO Program Grants
Educational Talent Search programs for Tangipahoa and Washington parishes were awarded $3.04 million to cover operations through August 2016; the Educational Opportunity Center at SLU received a $1.87 million grant through 2016.
December 12, 2011
African-American
FAMU President James Ammons Rebuked by School Trustees
In the latest of a series of moves days before the school’s winter break, a sharply divided Florida A & M University (FAMU) board of trustees has “agreed to publicly reprimand” FAMU President James Ammons over his “response” to the recent death of a school band drum major after a suspected hazing incident.
December 9, 2011
Sports
Former Marshall University Player Recounts Impact of Plane Crash Tragedy in New Book
When Craig Greenlee went home from Marshall University to Jacksonville, Fla., for Thanksgiving break in 1970, some people thought they had seen a ghost. The hometown folks knew he had gone to MU to play football, so they assumed that he was on the plane that crashed barely two weeks before, killing 75 people, including 37 of his former teammates.
December 8, 2011
African-American
Accreditation Decision Deals Fisk University New Setback
Fisk University, struggling financially, lost more ground Tuesday when the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed Fisk on probation, a signal the agency is still worried about the school’s viability.
December 7, 2011
African-American
Hampton University’s Proton Therapy Institute Uses Cutting-edge Cancer Therapy
The two-story, 98,000-square-foot facility is filled with state-of-the-art equipment and a professional staff of oncologists, nuclear physicists and engineers—some distinguished veterans and some ambitious rookies.
December 7, 2011
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