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News Roundup
After Rejecting Its Removal in 2018, Hofstra U Now Decides to Move Jefferson Statue
Two years after rejecting a petition to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from campus, Hofstra University has now decided to move the monument from its position at the entrance to the Student Center. Jefferson, the country’s third president, was a slave owner. In 1998, DNA evidence indicated he fathered several children with Sally Hemmings, […]
June 30, 2020
News Roundup
Black Jewish College Student in Wisconsin Says She Was Set on Fire
A Black Jewish college student in Madison, Wisconsin, said she was set on fire last Wednesday by four White men which resulted in severe burns to her face and neck, reported various media outlets. The student, 18-year-old Althea Bernstein, said she was at a stoplight when she heard someone shout a racial epithet. Then, four […]
June 30, 2020
News Roundup
Penn State U Commits $10 Million to Match Diversity Scholarships
Pennsylvania State University has made a $10 million commitment to scholarships that will support diversity across the institution. The funds will primarily be used to match new scholarships created by the university’s alumni and friends with gifts of $25,000 or more. The initiative is called the Educational Equity Matching Program and the scholarships will “enhance […]
June 30, 2020
News Roundup
Professor Who Made ‘Vile’ Comments About Minorities to Retire
A University of North Carolina Wilmington professor who recently made what the college called “vile and inexcusable” comments about minorities and women will retire effective Aug. 1. The university issued a statement saying criminology professor Mike Adams decided to retire “after a discussion” with the institution’s chancellor and added that it was providing no further […]
June 30, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
Stare Down the White Gaze: Demystifying the “Model Minority” Stereotype
“You brought the virus here.” These words were thrown at me on a street corner as I walked my dog, soon after the stay-at-home order was issued. Before I realized that these words were meant for me, the man who uttered them already moved on.
June 30, 2020
Opinion
How and Where We Exit: Seven Propositions on Black Positionalities in the Pandemics Era
The world has tried to recalibrate after the seismic shift that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacted on key aspects of everyday life, as we once knew it. For certain populations, this shift has been coupled with a cataclysmic jolt. For Black people globally, and specifically for African-Americans in the United States, the battle has been at best—formidable. While the Black gaze focused on the destruction and devastation that COVID-19 was exacting, it was the concomitant spread of a second pandemic, racism, which proved to be just as, if not even more virulent for the Black community.
June 30, 2020
News Roundup
Princeton U Removes Woodrow Wilson’s Name, Trump Calls Decision ‘Stupid’
Princeton University’s board voted to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from two of its institutions on Saturday, a decision President Donald Trump called “stupid.” Princeton decided to change the name of its public policy school and a college because Wilson, a former president, was “a racist who segregated the nation’s civil service after it had been […]
June 29, 2020
HBCUs
HBCU Fall Preview: Colleges Plan a Phased Return to Campus
Starting today, Diverse will provide occasional news-roundups and interviews from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions, as campus leaders plot a course for teaching, learning and working during the pandemic. This first installment features a look at plans from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.; Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee.; and Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
June 29, 2020
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Jewish Theological Seminary Hires Its First Female Chancellor
Starting July 1, Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz will become the first female chancellor in the Jewish Theological Seminary’s 134-year history. Her family has been going to the school for four generations.
June 29, 2020
News Roundup
Mississippi Legislature Passes Bill to Remove Confederate Symbol From State Flag
Mississippi’s legislature on Sunday passed a bill to remove a Confederate symbol from the state flag in response to growing sentiment against the insignia that symbolizes slavery. The bill now goes to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves who will decide whether to sign it into law. Reeves, a Republican, tweeted on Saturday saying that if the […]
June 29, 2020
News Roundup
Kansas State Footballers on Strike Until U Allows Expulsion for Racist Actions
Kansas State University footballers announced a strike on Saturday saying they will boycott all team activities until the university puts in place a policy that allows for a student to be expelled for “openly racist, threatening or disrespectful actions,” reported the Associated Press. Players decided to strike after a student posted an offensive tweet last […]
June 29, 2020
News Roundup
Oregon Universities Will No Longer Call Sports Rivalry ‘Civil War’
The University of Oregon and Oregon State University have agreed to no longer refer to the sporting rivalry between them as a “Civil War” to remove any association with the conflict that pitched supporters of slavery against abolitionists. The decision will go into effect immediately and will apply to all athletic competitions in the 2020-21 […]
June 29, 2020
COVID-19
More Than 300 Colleges Outline What They Want to See in Applicants During COVID-19
University leaders from more than 300 colleges and universities on Monday issued a statement in which they outlined what they do and don’t expect from applicants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement also underscored these colleges leaders’ commitment to equity and encouraged students to focus on self-care, balance, meaningful learning and care for others during […]
June 29, 2020
Other News
Almost One-Third of Black Americans Know Someone Who Died of Covid-19, Survey Shows
Nearly 1 in 3 black Americans know someone personally who has died of covid-19, far exceeding their white counterparts, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that underscores the coronavirus pandemic’s profoundly disparate impact. The nationwide survey finds that 31 percent of black adults say they know someone firsthand who has been killed by the virus, compared with 17 percent of adults […]
June 29, 2020
Other News
Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly Four Times As Likely to End Up In Hospital
New federal data reinforces the stark racial disparities that have appeared with COVID-19: According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Black Americans enrolled in Medicare were hospitalized with the disease at rates nearly four times higher than their white counterparts. Disparities were also striking among Hispanics and Asian Americans. Hispanics were more than […]
June 29, 2020
Other News
Covid-19 Vaccine Research Must Involve Black and Latinx Participants. Here Are Four Ways to Make That Happen
The development of a Covid-19 vaccine is progressing at an incredible pace, breaking down barriers to the invention, manufacture, and testing of potential vaccine candidates. The Department of Health and Human Services says it aims to have “substantial quantities of a safe and effective vaccine available for Americans by January 2021.” To achieve this goal, each of […]
June 29, 2020
African-American
Do You Hear Me? Language of the Unheard
With protests and outrage sweeping through our nation, we must channel our frustrations into actionable policies and reform. Riots are never a coherent or moral response to injustice. We each have a role to play in the fight against systemic racism, but it is important that we remain unified in our resolve.
June 29, 2020
Other News
Morehouse School of Medicine Gets $40 Million Grant to Fight COVID-19
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday it is providing a $40 million grant to Atlanta’s Morehouse School of Medicine to fight COVID-19 in racially-diverse, rural and socially vulnerable communities. The medical school will work with the HHS Office of Minority Health on a three-year project with community-based organizations across the nation […]
June 29, 2020
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