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Leadership & Policy
First Woman to Lead Cornell University Dies of Cancer Less Than a Year Into Tenure
Cornell University President Elizabeth Garrett, the first woman to lead the Ivy League school in upstate New York, died Sunday of cancer less than a year after starting in the position, the university announced. She was 52. Garrett had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer. She disclosed the diagnosis to the campus community on Feb. […]
March 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
AKINLOLU O. OJO
AKINLOLU O. OJO has been appointed associate vice president for clinical research and global health initiatives at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. He was a professor of medicine and the Florence E. Bingham Research Professor in Nephrology at the University of Michigan. Ojo received a bachelor’s and an M.D. from the University of Lagos in Nigeria. He earned a master’s from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and an MBA and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.
March 7, 2016
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LEE A. GILL
LEE A. GILL has been named chief diversity officer and special assistant to the president for inclusive excellence at Clemson University, effective April 18. Gill is associate vice president for inclusion and equity and chief diversity officer at the University of Akron. Gill earned a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and a juris doctor from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
March 7, 2016
Leadership & Policy
JOSETTE SHAUGHNESSY
JOSETTE SHAUGHNESSY has been named vice president of financial and administrative operations at El Paso Community College (EPCC). She was interim vice president of financial and administrative operations at EPCC. Shaughnessy received an associate from El Paso Community College, and a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Texas at El Paso.
March 7, 2016
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EKKARATH “EKK” SISAVATDY
EKKARATH “EKK” SISAVATDY has been selected as director of the AANAPISI program at Highline College. Sisavatdy was a program manager in the advising department at Highline. He earned a bachelor’s from Western Washington University and a master’s from Central Washington University.
March 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
ANGELIQUE EAGLEWOMAN
ANGELIQUE EAGLEWOMAN was appointed dean of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada, effective in May. She is a professor of law at the University of Idaho. EagleWoman earned a bachelor’s from Stanford University, a juris doctor from the University of North Dakota and a master’s from the University of Tulsa College of Law.
March 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
CARMEN SOLORZANO
CARMEN SOLORZANO was appointed chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is a professor of clinical surgery at the medical school and director of the Vanderbilt Endocrine Surgery Center. Solorzano earned an associate from Miami Dade College, and a bachelor’s and an M.D. from the University of Florida.
March 7, 2016
Leadership & Policy
KAREN L. MILLER
KAREN L. MILLER was appointed vice president for human resources and risk at Middlebury College in Vermont, effective in April. She is special advisor to the president at Morehouse College. Miller earned a bachelor’s from Emory University and a juris doctor from Harvard University.
March 7, 2016
African-American
Elbow Room: How the Dark Room Collective Made Space for a Generation of African-American Writers
No outward sign sets the pale yellow house at 31 Inman Street apart from its neighbors. Someone going on a literary pilgrimage in Cambridge might start a mile away, at 104 Irving Street, where e.e. cummings ’15 grew up; then head west, to 16 Ash Street, where T.S. Eliot ’10, A.M. ’11, Litt.D. ’47, studied Sanskrit […]
March 7, 2016
Students
Law Graduate Gets Her Day in Court, Suing Law School
Nearly a decade has passed since an aspiring young lawyer in California, Anna Alaburda, graduated in the top tier of her class, passed the state bar exam and set out to use the law degree she had spent about $150,000 to acquire. But on Monday, in a San Diego courtroom, she will tell a story […]
March 7, 2016
News Roundup
Why Companies That Take Pride in Diversity Programs Still Wind up Hiring White Guys
Imagine that you’re the CEO of a male-dominated tech company that’s been excoriated for its lack of women managers. You decide to introduce a new leadership program for women. In theory, it’s a great idea. In practice, such programs can wind up exacerbating existing gender bias at your company, making it even less likely that […]
March 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Relationship between U of Missouri, Lawmakers on the Mend
Tensions between the University of Missouri System and state legislative leaders appear to be dying down after months of turbulent talk and threats of budget cuts following protests at the Columbia campus.
March 6, 2016
African-American
Why Obama Must Not Reach Out to Trump’s Angry Whites
The best way for President Obama to counter the Trump effect and the power of racist ideas is for him to focus on instituting his plans and policies during the remainder of his presidential term.
March 6, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Letter Reveals Government’s Earlier Reaction to UVa Probe
By Associated Press WASHINGTON —In a previously secret letter that was later withdrawn, federal officials censured the University of Virginia over issues of sexual violence on campus. The Washington Post reports officials last year concluded the university had “abdicated” its legal responsibility to act on reports of sexual violence within the school’s powerful Greek system […]
March 6, 2016
Students
A2MEND Summit Addresses Strategies for Success of Black Male Students
Annual A2MEND Summit continues to support Black males pursuing higher education through college fairs, scholarships and workshops.
March 6, 2016
News Roundup
Ex-Wheaton College Prof Who Wore Hijab Resurfaces at University of Virginia
A professor who sparked a controversy by wearing a hijab at the Christian college where she worked and ended up leaving after the school moved to fire her has resurfaced at University of Virginia, where she will do research on Islam. Larycia Hawkins, who left Wheaton College in Illinois earlier this year after refusing to […]
March 5, 2016
Students
Honoring Daisy Bates
Among the 2016 National Women’s History Month honorees of the National Women’s History Project is Daisy Bates, a civil rights pioneer. Diversebooks.net is proud to offer two books that feature her. They are:
March 5, 2016
Faculty & Staff
In Case You Missed It…
Even on Final Day on Job, Haynes Still Fighting for HBCUs Disparities in STEM Degree Attainment Remain Key Issue Chicago State Sends Faculty, Staff and Administrators Layoff Notices Education Expert: There’s Not Enough Follow Through on Equity Policies
March 4, 2016
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