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Section: Demographics
Sports
CIAA Tournament Draws Record Crowd to Charlotte
Attendance for official CIAA functions topped 190,000 and provided an economic impact of $44.3 million, a 19 percent increase from last year.
April 5, 2011
Disabilties
UCLA Pediatrician Assists in Continuing Relief Efforts in Japan
Because the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent fires consumed many hospitals, Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro and her peers labored in makeshift spaces to bring medical help to injured victims.
April 5, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Debate Over Relevance of HBCUs Opens 37th NAFEO Conference
The president of Morgan State University uses NAFEO luncheon discussion to announce the school has won a contract to help manage research at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, signaling how one historically Black university competes at the highest levels in science.
April 5, 2011
LGBTQ+
Report: Study of gay, transgender health needed
Scientists only recently learned how certain diseases affect women differently than men, and blacks differently than whites. Now a major new report says it’s time to study the unique health needs of gay and transgender people, too.
April 4, 2011
Women
Federal Effort Seeks to Help Colleges, Schools Prevent Sexual Violence
A nation that prides itself on fighting the abuse of power has an obligation to prevent sexual violence in schools and on college campuses, Vice President Joe Biden said as he kicked off a nationwide awareness campaign on schools’ responsibilities and victims’ rights.
April 4, 2011
African-American
Manning Marable Remembered as Public Intellectual and Activist
At the time of his death, Marable held the M. Moran Weston and Black Alumni Council Professorship of African American Studies at Columbia University.
April 4, 2011
Latinx
Look Broadly for Funds, Fed Official Urges
Hispanic-serving institutions must think beyond programs targeted just at HSIs, or minority-serving colleges, and look toward broader competitive federal grants open to all of higher education, says an Obama administration official.
April 4, 2011
African-American
HBCUs Must Embrace Online Education
Black college leaders recognize the importance of distance learning but remain hesitant to take the online leap, writes online education expert.
April 3, 2011
African-American
Malcolm X Scholar Manning Marable Dies at 60
Dr. Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming Malcolm X biography could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, died just days before the book described as his life’s work was to be released.
April 3, 2011
Latinx
Obama Woos Hispanic Vote on Education
President Barack Obama, aware of news that the U.S. Hispanic population has hit 50 million, is turning his attention on issues key to Hispanics, including education.
March 31, 2011
African-American
Teen Girls Discover Digital Technology as ‘COMPUGIRLS’
Dr. Kimberly Scott, an associate professor in women and gender studies at Arizona State University, the digital divide is not just about “who has access to computers, but what happens during that access.”
March 31, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Southern University’s Chancellor Candidates Narrowed Down
The top 10 applicants for the chancellor’s job at Southern University – Baton Rouge include Philander Smith College’s “hip-hop prez” and a former LSU administrator.
March 30, 2011
Students
Criminal Justice Think Tank Exits Medgar Evers Campus
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office will now partner with Medgar Evers on a Community Justice Program for formerly incarcerated students that will involve professors and students from the college’s departments of social work and education and include student internships in the DA’s office.
March 30, 2011
African-American
University of Pennsylvania Program Seeks To Boost Enrollment of Black Men In Ph.D. Programs
The Grad Prep Academy is helping create a fraternal network of Black education researchers and leaders.
March 29, 2011
Faculty & Staff
AACR Recognizes HBCU and HSI Faculty Contributions to Cancer Research
The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize leaders in the minority cancer community with the Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholars in Cancer Research Awards. The 36 recipients will be honored at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
March 28, 2011
African-American
Alabama State University Students Get World of Experience
The Mass Communication program of study at Albany State University has evolved into something of a mini-United Nations.
March 28, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Restructuring Plan Would Shut Down Numerous Programs
Faced with mounting financial challenges, Florida A&M University President James Ammons announced a major academic overhaul, proposing to close or merge about two dozen programs.
March 28, 2011
Latinx
New Census Milestone: Hispanics Reach 50 Million
Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the last decade, exceeding estimates in most states as they crossed a new census milestone: 50 million, or 1 in 6 Americans.
March 27, 2011
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