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Disabilties
Accessibility Services and Moving Towards Universal Design
I wonder if we who are nondisabled teachers have become so desensitized to the realities of disabled students that the violence done unto them by the university has disappeared from the informal settings in which we express surprise and frustration to one another.
January 19, 2021
News Roundup
Temple U Hires Outside Law Firm To Probe Leadership at Its College of Education
Temple University has hired an outside law firm to investigate the leadership of Dr. Gregory M. Anderson, dean of Temple’s College of Education and Human Development, following faculty complaints, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. In July, about half of the college’s 70 full-time faculty signed a letter in which they alerted the university to the dean’s […]
January 19, 2021
News Roundup
Carnegie Mellon Hires Inaugural Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Following a national search, Carnegie Mellon University has appointed Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant its inaugural vice provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and chief diversity officer. Currently vice president for DEI at the University of Vermont, Heading-Grant will also hold a faculty appointment as a Distinguished Service Professor in the Heinz College of Information Systems and […]
January 19, 2021
News Roundup
University of Delaware Marching Band to Escort Biden and Harris to White House Following Inauguration
The University of Delaware’s marching band has received the honor of escorting President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to the White House after they are sworn into office on inauguration day tomorrow, reports 3 CBS Philly. “I didn’t realize that I would end up marching in a presidential inauguration, a historical one for […]
January 19, 2021
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KERRI-ANN M. SMITH
KERRI-ANN M. SMITH has been named the Inaugural Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity at Queensborough Community College. Associate professor at the institution, Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Africana studies from Binghamton University, a master’s degree in English education from Brooklyn College and a doctorate in education, also from Binghamton.
January 19, 2021
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ROWENA ORTIZ-WALTERS
ROWENA ORTIZ-WALTERS has been named dean of the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University. Previously dean of the School of Business and Economics at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Ortiz-Walters holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Connecticut (UCONN), an MBA from the University of New Haven and a Ph.D. in management, also from UCONN.
January 19, 2021
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KATHLEEN CORNELY
KATHLEEN CORNELY has been appointed the Robert H. Walsh ’39 Endowed Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Providence College. It is the college’s first endowed chair in the sciences. A professor of chemistry and biochemistry for more than 25 years at the school, Cornely holds a bachelor’s from Bowling Green State University, a master’s in biochemistry/endocrinology from Indiana University Bloomington and a Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry from Cornell University.
January 19, 2021
Latinx
Latinx Higher Ed Policy Analyst Seeks to Uplift Disadvantaged Students
In her role at the California-based education non-profit Education Trust-West, Yvonne Muñoz attempts to help support students of color and low-income students, with the added background of having lived and persevered through the experiences that these students now face.
January 18, 2021
African-American
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Launches Scholarship for Civil Rights Lawyers-To-Be
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has launched a training program and scholarship fund for aspiring civil rights lawyers seeking to fight racism in the U.S. South. The Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP) is meant to support 50 civil rights attorneys-in-training – including full law school scholarships, summer internships, post-grad fellowships – over […]
January 18, 2021
Opinion
Inaugural Week and Poetry Should Re-Kindle Our Sense of Diversity
As we celebrate the MLK holiday, the inaugural and the final days of the last four years, the assault on our norms should finally be coming to an end. The gaslight soon extinguished, let’s rekindle our sense of diversity to guide us over a more soothing, less bumpy political landscape.
January 18, 2021
COVID-19
Higher Ed Institutions Work to Bring Students Back to Campus as COVID-19 Vaccines Roll Out
As the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 begins to roll out to states, many in the higher ed sector and beyond are beginning to look forward to some sense of normalcy.
January 18, 2021
Students
New California Bill Would Allow Transgender and Nonbinary College Students to Use Preferred Names on Diplomas
Under the newly introduced AB 245 bill, led by California Assemblyman David Chiu, nonbinary and transgender public college students would be allowed to put their preferred names on diplomas instead of their birth names, according to SFGATE. This is an extension of Chiu’s previous bill, AB 711, which mandated K-12 school districts update former students’ […]
January 15, 2021
News Roundup
Saint Michael’s College Receives Largest Gift in Its 117-Year History
Saint Michael’s College – a private Catholic college in Colchester, Vermont – received the largest gift in its 117-year history, $4 million from the estate of Barry Roy, a former trustee and class of 1967 alumnus who passed in August 2019. Much of the funds will go toward financial support for minority and low-income students. […]
January 15, 2021
Students
Mount Holyoke College Receives $10M Donation to Support Scholarships
Mount Holyoke College recently received a $10 million donation to support scholarships and other financial aid opportunities for students, according to MassLive. The donation, made by alumna Liz Cochary Gross and her husband, Philip Gross, was given as part of the college’s “Meet the Moment Scholarship Challenge.” In response to their contribution, the largest in […]
January 15, 2021
Other News
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Names New Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) announced the appointment of Darrin D’Agostino, D.O., MPH, MBA, as provost and chief academic officer. Read More
January 15, 2021
Other News
University of Florida Health Receives Grant to Develop Antibiotics
University of Florida health researchers received a grant of $75 million to develop a new form of antibiotic. Read More
January 15, 2021
Other News
Pa. Hospital System Recruits College Students in COVID Fight
St. Luke’s University Health Network has tapped college students home on break to remotely monitor hospitalized COVID patients using revolutionary medical technology. Read More
January 15, 2021
Other News
The Role of Experimentation and Medical Mistrust in COVID-19 Vaccine Skepticism
For many people in the United States, the approval of the ​​​​Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines symbolize hope for the end of a virus that has plagued this country and the world. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported 373,167 COVID-19-related deaths across the United States as of January 11, with Black, Indigenous and […]
January 15, 2021
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