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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Advocate: For Socially Disadvantaged Students, Early College High School Can Help Ensure College Completion
Early college high schools have become a viable option for those from low-income and socially disadvantaged backgrounds, the spokesman for a Cincinnati-based social enterprise organization writes.
July 1, 2012
African-American
Setting the Course for Future Physicians
University of Florida has become a leading producer of African-American graduates who go on to become medical doctors.
June 24, 2012
African-American
Commentary: Latest Assault on Black Studies Reaffirms Its Relevance
The lack of critical attention to the needs of all Americans obscures the ability of some to see how studying ways to make the lives of Black people better may actually help all people, writes psychology professor Brandon Gamble.
June 14, 2012
African-American
From Harvard to HBCU, Scholar Stays Committed to the Cause
Dr. Huijun Li leaves Harvard for historically Black Florida A&M University to enhance diversity component of research on mental health disparities.
June 14, 2012
African-American
Emory Professor Natasha Trethewey Named 19th U.S. Poet Laureate
Pulitzer prize-winner Natasha Trethewey, an English and creative writing professor at Emory University in Atlanta, has been named the 19th U.S. poet laureate.
June 12, 2012
African-American
FAMU President James Ammons Gets No-confidence Trustees Vote
The president of Florida A&M University received a no-confidence vote Thursday from school trustees for his handling of a school hazing death, but he said afterward that he won’t resign.
June 7, 2012
African-American
Morehouse Medical School Chair Created on Sexuality and Religion
The Morehouse School of Medicine is creating what is being called the first endowed chair on sexuality and religion at a U.S. medical school.
June 4, 2012
African-American
FAMU President Proposes Sweeping Anti-hazing Regulations
Florida A & M University seeks to impose significant new rules governing hazing issues across the campus as well as the participation and conduct in its world-famous music ensemble.
June 4, 2012
African-American
UNCF Launches Annual Student Leadership Conference
Late last week, 34 UNCF scholarship recipients attended a leadership training institute in Washington, D.C. to gain preparation for the internships in various firms and organizations at which they will work this summer.
June 3, 2012
African-American
Black Sorority, Fraternity Coalition Launches Anti-hazing Campaign
Alarmed by the recent hazing death of a Florida A&M University band student, a coalition of Black fraternities and sororities joined with Al Sharpton and others in pledging to work harder to end the practice.
May 31, 2012
African-American
Hampton University Lifts Promotion, Tenure Freeze
Trustees of Hampton University voted this month to lift a four-year freeze on promotions and tenure.
May 31, 2012
African-American
Campaign Aimed to Demonstrate Fisk University’s Fundraising Strength
Fisk University, plagued with questions about its financial stability, is in a ramped up fundraising effort aimed at convincing a skeptical higher education accrediting agency of the school’s viability.
May 28, 2012
African-American
Amended Bill Would Allow South Carolina State Trustees to Finish Their Terms
An amended bill to restructure the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees was approved Wednesday by a Senate education committee in the South Carolina legislature.
May 23, 2012
African-American
Minority-Serving Schools Targeted by Howard Hughes Medical Institute STEM Grants
Ten minority-serving institutions are among 47 small colleges and universities receiving science education grants totaling $50 million-plus from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
May 23, 2012
African-American
Thurgood Marshall College Fund STEM Internships Funded by $400,000 USDA Grant
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded the Thurgood College Fund $400,000 to underwrite a 10-week summer internship program to enable public HBCU undergraduates to work in agriculture-related fields.
May 20, 2012
African-American
Celebrities Help Cornel West Bid Princeton Farewell
Celebrities like Lupe Fiasco, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Harry Belafonte, joined with high-profile academicians to pay tribute to Dr. Cornel West.
May 17, 2012
African-American
FAMU Marching Band Suspension Expected to be Costly
Questions still linger over FAMU marching band operations, including how 101 non-FAMU students participated in marching band performances for the university this past fall.
May 16, 2012
African-American
Famed FAMU Marching Band Suspended Another Year
Florida A&M University’s famed marching band is being suspended for at least one more school year as officials try to cleanse the hazing culture that led to the death of a drum major, the school’s president said Monday.
May 14, 2012
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