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Women
Education in Spite of It All: A Black Woman’s Journey
My mother, Dr. Mildred Pratt, died in 2012. I think about her often. She was one of the first-generation of Black women to become a full professor at a predominantly White institution. When she became a full professor in the 1970s, Black women represented 1 percent of all full professors. As of 2016, Black women, like me, represent 2 percent of all full professors. In fact, out of all the full-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, Black women only represent 3 percent of all faculty. We need more.
January 15, 2019
African-American
‘Mascu’sectionality: Theorizing an Alternative Framework for Black Males
The theorizing and theoretical frameworks speaking to the male experience, particularly the Black male experience has tended to emanate from a place of deficit thinking and pathology. Hence, for Black males and those who study this population, engaging in critical discourse about their epistemological and ontological being is at best lopsided.
January 15, 2019
News Roundup
Roger Williams University Host Dinner for Families Affected by Government Shutdown
Roger Williams University (RWU), a private, liberal art university in Bristol, Rhode Island, recently hosted a dinner on campus for Coast Guard members and their families affected by the U.S. government shutdown. The U.S. Coast Guard is the only military branch affected by the government shutdown. The dinner welcomed all active-duty members of the Coast […]
January 15, 2019
Veterans
Scottish Universities Partner to Help Vets Transition to Careers, Civilian Life
Scottish universities Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) have partnered with Veterans Scotland to help armed forces veterans find careers and transition to civilian life after their service ends. On Tuesday, Jan. 15, the universities and Veterans Scotland will host an event in Glasgow to show how higher education institutions can support […]
January 15, 2019
Academics
300 Marines, Sailors Complete Groundwork in Establishing Latin American Task Force
A small group of Marines and sailors have recently returned from a six-month deployment in Central America that could be the groundwork of a new multinational task force focusing on everything from natural disaster to security responses. Three-hundred Marines and sailors with the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Southern Command were deployed […]
January 15, 2019
Policy
Roger Williams University Host Dinner for Families Affected by Government Shutdown
Roger Williams University (RWU), a private, liberal art university in Bristol, Rhode Island, recently hosted a dinner on campus for Coast Guard members and their families affected by the U.S. government shutdown. The U.S. Coast Guard is the only military branch affected by the government shutdown. The dinner welcomed all active-duty members of the Coast […]
January 15, 2019
Funding
Hudson Valley Couple Receive Award For Accomplishments with Latino Scholarship Fund
Eddie and Norma Ramirez have been named the recipients of the 2019 Richard K. Wager Inclusive Champion Award for their work with the Hudson Valley Latino Scholarship Fund in upstate New York.
January 15, 2019
Community Colleges
Report Outlines Persistence of Community College Transfer Students
A new report from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF) aims to dispel misperceptions about the success and perseverance of community college students, particularly those who transfer to selective four-year institutions.
January 14, 2019
African-American
A Revived “North Star” Emerges
Beginning next month, an updated North Star, founded by activist journalist Shaun King and edited by noted scholar Dr. Keisha Blain, will emerge online with content created by progressives seeking to agitate for justice in the spirit of Frederick Douglass and the movement he inspired.
January 14, 2019
News Roundup
Lilly Endowment Inc. Donates $900K Grant to Spelman College
As part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Thriving in Ministry Initiative, the foundation has donated a $900,000 grant to Spelman College to help establish or strengthen programs that help female pastors network with other clergy and lead them through leadership challenges in congregational ministry to prepare them for their future career. Spelman College’s Women in Spiritual […]
January 14, 2019
STEM
Microbiologist Dr. Floyd L. Wormley Jr. Named AAAS Fellow
Dr. Floyd L. Wormely Jr., the Microsoft President’s Endowed Professor in the University of Texas – San Antonio College of Sciences, was recently named a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His election by his peers recognizes his distinguished contributions to the field of medical mycology, immunology and host-pathogen interactions.
January 14, 2019
Students
Sorority Life as an Act of Resistance
My expectations of life as a Black, college student in the 90’s were largely shaped by a TV show called “A Different World.” The show was set on the campus of the fictional Hillman College in Virginia. For the first time I saw a group of students on television who looked like me and whose background mirrored my own.
January 14, 2019
Policies
New law may spur earlier Alzheimer’s diagnoses in communities of color
More funding to help Alzheimer’s patients will soon be available thanks to federal legislation passed at the end of last year. Local advocates hope it will create opportunities to bring better care to those with the disease and reduce race-related disparities in Philadelphia-area communities. Read More
January 14, 2019
Disparities
NC Group Promotes Diversity Among Nature Lovers
Western North Carolina’s rich public lands are open to all, and a new group has decided to go the extra mile to encourage more people of color to enjoy them. Elsea Brown, director of Blue Ridge Forever campaign, says the Pathways to Parks group, based in Asheville, was formed with a focus on inclusion. Read […]
January 14, 2019
Disparities
Genomic Research Lacks Diversity, Limits Scientific Advancement
Many studies in science are viewed as wholly representative as researchers work to eliminate limitations, but that doesn’t always apply in terms of diversity in genomic research. Overwhelmingly, researchers from the University of Oxford report, individuals recruited in genomic studies are mostly of European descent—showing a significant lack of diversity. Read More
January 14, 2019
Blogs/Opinion
Why is student mental health at Georgia Tech and other schools worsening?
Collin Spencer is a third-year biology major at Georgia Tech where he has served as a member of President G.P. “Bud” Peterson’s Campus Culture Action Team and as director of the Mental Health Student Coalition. After Collin and I exchanged emails about the deaths of two Georgia Tech students to suicide, I asked him to […]
January 14, 2019
Disparities
New Washington map shows why environmental health is a justice issue; see the risks in your area
Most of us use maps to help us know where we’re going. As a journalist, I’m just as intrigued by maps that tell us where we’ve been, who we are, what we’re made of and how we treat each other. So I was especially interested in last week’s unveiling of an online, interactive map of […]
January 14, 2019
Other News
GRCC recruiting more minorities for health care fields
Grand Rapids Community College has funding to train 60 people for an initiative to help increase the diversity of the health care workforce, according to Julie Parks, executive director of GRCC Workforce Training. The new students would take courses in in-demand fields: medical assistant, phlebotomist, and certified nursing assistant (CNA). Course fees will be discounted […]
January 14, 2019
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