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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Last Year, Fewer Black Men Applied to Med School than in 1978
Factors cited range from substandard education and stereotypes to the lack of role models and the high cost of medical school.
August 3, 2015
African-American
FAMU, Faculty Reach Agreement on Salary Increase
Florida A&M University has reached a tentative agreement with the United Faculty of Florida that would result in a 1.5 percent across-the-board salary increase, retroactive to August 1, 2014.
August 2, 2015
Faculty & Staff
MARGARET FAUT CALLAHAN
MARGARET FAUT CALLAHAN has been appointed provost of Loyola University Chicago. She was interim provost and dean of the College of Nursing at Marquette University. Callahan earned a bachelor’s from Loyola University Chicago, and a master’s and a doctorate from Rush University in Chicago.
August 1, 2015
African-American
A New Day Marked by New Mourning
It appears as though people of color are unable to have even a full week of mourning our fallen brothers and sisters before another one joins the tragic list.
July 31, 2015
Sports
Six HBCUs Awarded NCAA Academic Support Funds
Historically Black schools receive significant share of more than $4 million awarded to low-resource Division I institutions by the NCAA for helping student-athletes improve academic performance.
July 30, 2015
African-American
Women Studies, Gender Studies Facing Roadblocks at HBCUs
Prominent scholars in women’s and gender studies face challenges in increasing its presence on HBCU campuses.
July 28, 2015
Students
Charleston Tragedy Inspires S.C. Diversity Programs
Duke Energy and its employees support new diversity initiatives led by Furman University’s Riley Institute in the wake of the fatal June 17 shootings at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston.
July 28, 2015
African-American
Former Spanish Teacher in Leading Role in the FBI
As a schoolteacher in the late 1980s, Diego Rodriguez applied to join the FBI, but when it called hoping to recruit a Spanish speaker as part of a diversity drive, his response was, “I’m really happy teaching. Thanks, but no thanks.”
July 28, 2015
African-American
In Tech Boom, Oldest Chinatown in U.S. Is “Last Frontier”
For a century and a half, San Francisco’s Chinatown, the nation’s oldest, has sheltered waves of immigrants. It’s the birthplace of Chinese America, and to some extent, the broader Asian America.
July 28, 2015
Faculty & Staff
LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR.
LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR. has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of La Verne, effective August 10. He was a professor and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Stillman College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Missouri.
July 28, 2015
African-American
NADER TEHRANI
NADER TEHRANI has been named dean of the School of Architecture at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He was a professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tehrani earned bachelor’s degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master’s from Harvard University.
July 28, 2015
African-American
Black Students Lagging in College Readiness Despite Taking Prep Courses
Even when African-American students complete the recommended “core or more” college readiness courses in high school, they still don’t meet the “college readiness” benchmarks on the ACT at the same rate as other students, according to a new report released jointly Monday by ACT and UNCF.
July 27, 2015
African-American
Remembering Dr. George E. Cooper
When I met Dr. Cooper in September 2013, he had just been named Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
July 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
DANIELLE CONWAY
DANIELLE CONWAY has been appointed a professor and dean of the University of Maine School of Law. She was the Michael J. Marks Distinguished Professor of Business Law and director of the Hawai‘i Procurement Institute at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Conway earned a bachelor’s from New York University, a juris doctor from Howard University and a master’s from The George Washington School of Law.
July 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
CARLOS PATO
CARLOS PATO has been appointed dean of the College of Medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He was Franz Alexander Professor of Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences and chair of the psychiatry department at the University of Southern California. Pato earned a bachelor’s from Brown University and an M.D. from the University of Cincinnati.
July 27, 2015
Students
U. of Richmond Suspends Fraternity for Policy Violations
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s chapter at the University of Richmond has been indefinitely suspended for violating the school’s policies.
July 26, 2015
Faculty & Staff
With Africa Tour, Obama Establishes Himself as the “Diversity” President
And you thought President Obama singing “Amazing Grace” at the Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s wake in Charleston was a bold statement of his identity as an African- American president.
July 26, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Cosby’s Lawyer Remains Chairman of Temple University Trustees
Bill Cosby, once the very public pride of Temple University, parted ways with the school last year amid allegations that he had drugged and sexually assaulted women.
July 23, 2015
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