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DARRELL BAZZELL

DARRELL BAZZELL has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of The University of Texas at Austin, effective April 18. He is vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Bazzell earned a bachelor’s from UW–Madison.

February 25, 2016

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JANICE ZUMMO

JANICE ZUMMO has been named assistant dean of support services at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She was director of the Coordinated Undergraduate Education Initiative at Medgar Evers College. Zummo earned a bachelor’s from the City University of New York, a master’s from Teachers College at Columbia University and a doctorate from Walden University in Minnesota.

February 25, 2016

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BRYAN TERRY

BRYAN TERRY has been appointed vice chancellor for enrollment management at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was associate provost for enrollment management at UNC-Greensboro. Terry earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MBA from Fontbonne University and a doctorate from Illinois State University.

February 25, 2016

MICHAEL A. NUTTER

MICHAEL A. NUTTER has been named a professor of professional practice in urban policy at Columbia University. He was mayor of Philadelphia. Nutter earned a bachelor’s from the University of Pennsylvania.

February 25, 2016

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MARTA ELENA ESQUILIN

MARTA ELENA ESQUILIN was appointed assistant professor of professional practice and associate dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community at Rutgers University-Newark. Esquilin was director of Intercultural Resources and Social Justice Programs at Columbia University. Esquilin earned a bachelor’s from the University of Vermont and a master’s from Teachers College, Columbia University.

February 25, 2016

Faculty & Staff

LISA LARSON

LISA LARSON has been appointed president of Eastern Maine Community College. She is vice president for academic and student affairs at Hennepin Technical College. Larson earned a bachelor’s from Northern State University, a master’s from Minnesota State University, Mankato and a doctorate from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

February 25, 2016

Supreme Court Nomination Drama Just Latest Slight Aimed at Obama

Just when you thought that the level of mean-spirited arrogance directed toward President Obama could not get any more disgraceful, a new example comes along.

February 24, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Judge Squashes Bias Suit Against Howard University

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon threw out a suit by Jeannette Frett, a $150,000-a-year senior director and chief talent officer in Howard’s Office of Talent Management.

February 24, 2016

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Despite Headlines, PWIs Need not Stop Preaching

Faith-based PWIs can salvage their reputations even while sticking to their values when encountered with differences.

February 24, 2016

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Corporations Beginning to See Value of Supporting HBCUs

Recent headlines have shared historic announcements by many leading corporations of their new commitment to supporting greater diversity in science, technology, engineering and math.

February 24, 2016

Profile of Nation’s Innovators Doesn’t Mirror Those of Gates, Zuckerberg

Study shows more than a third of U.S. innovators were born on foreign soil, and a similar amount completed their undergraduate education at a foreign college or university.

February 24, 2016

4 Students Sue Providence for Ban on Renting House Together

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Four college students are suing the city of Providence, Rhode Island, over an ordinance that bans them from living together in a single-family home. The Johnson & Wales University students are joined in the suit filed Tuesday by their landlord, and backed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The city council passed […]

February 24, 2016

Stanford Creates World’s Biggest Scholars Program

PALO ALTO, Calif. ― Nike co-founder Phil Knight is donating $400 million to Stanford University to help create the largest fully-endowed scholarship in the world with the goal of preparing a new generation of global leaders, university officials said Wednesday. With Knight’s gift and donations from alumni and Stanford’s Board of Trustees members, the Knight-Hennessy […]

February 24, 2016

Chicago State to End School Year Early to Save Money

CHICAGO ― Chicago State University has told students and faculty that it was eliminating spring break and shortening the semester because it may have to close down because of a lack of funding amid the prolonged stalemate over a state budget. In a memo to faculty and students on Tuesday, university President Thomas Calhoun said […]

February 24, 2016

Florida State Frat Suspended Following Hazing Investigation

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ― Florida State officials have suspended the school’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity following a police investigation into hazing allegations. The university reported in a news release Wednesday that the complaint was filed in January through the school’s hazing website. The TKE member said pledges were forced to participate in a drinking game called […]

February 24, 2016

How Low-Income Students Are Fitting in at Elite Colleges

In recent years, college campuses have been rocked by black students protesting racial bigotry, and women’s groups denouncing sexual harassment. But in the age of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump’s class-based politics, we’re beginning to see something new: the rise of low-income and working-class students protesting longstanding inequalities on campus that in the previous decades […]

February 24, 2016

Free at Last?

A look at Black history from a Canadian perspective.

February 24, 2016

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New Program to Fund Graduate Education for 100 International Students Each Year

Stanford University announced Tuesday the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program, a graduate-level scholarship to prepare a new generation of global leaders with the skills to address the increasingly complex challenges facing the world. The program is named for alumnus Philip H. Knight, MBA ’62, philanthropist, American businessman and co-founder of Nike Inc., who is contributing $400 million, […]

February 24, 2016