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Poet, Professor Claudia Emerson Dies at 57

Claudia Emerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, died early Thursday morning at age 57 after a long battle with cancer, the university said.

Faculty & Staff

Berkeley’s Campus Free Speech Movement Turns 50

In the waning days of 1964, University of California, Berkeley, students found their collective voice in challenging a campus ban on political advocacy.

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Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Sees More Minority Students

Minority student enrollment at Southern Illinois University’s Edwardsville campus is the highest it’s been in at least two decades.

Faculty & Staff

University of Utah Professor Wants ‘Drone Court’ to Approve Strikes

Today, when U.S. intelligence agencies believe they know the location of a terrorist in Pakistan and a few other countries, they are largely free to deploy a weapon that’s become the symbol of war on terror: an aerial drone.

Faculty & Staff

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Professors Examine Winter Driving

People who were perfectly fine driving on snow at the tail end of winter go sliding all over the streets and highways when the first snowfall makes things slippery the next winter.

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ASHE: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Could Face Rough Road Ahead

At a panel focusing on Hispanic-serving institutions, panelists looked to the past and future of the institutions that are predominantly serving one of the fastest growing demographics in the nation.

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New Jersey Looks at ‘Yes Means Yes’ College Policy

You think the attractive woman at the party who has been chatting you up all night is ready to take things to the next level. She seems to be throwing all the right signals.

At Age 10, Excelencia Still Fighting for Latino Educational Growth

Leaders from Excelencia in Education, Congress and others focused Thursday on the crucial role that Hispanic and Latinos will play in shaping the nations’ future.

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Leadership & Policy

White House Now Turning Attention to Girls of Color

The White House is planning to focus on improving the lives of girls and women of color, after months of complaints that they were left out of the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative for young men.

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Veterans Day Salute

The Diverse staff salutes the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces. Your dedication and sacrifice ensures that all of us have the freedom to do what we do.

Faculty & Staff

7 of 8 Fired Professors Returning to NYC Seminary

Seven of the eight professors who were fired in late September from the nation’s oldest Episcopal seminary are set to return to their classrooms.

Virginia Commonwealth University Dept. Chair Themes Art Around Hair

Comb through the life story of Sonya Clark and it’s easy to see how she came to craft works of art themed around hair, a provocative and politicized thread of identity.

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