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Faculty & Staff

Protesters Take on Racial Profiling at Providence College

More than 100 Providence College students, supporters and faculty and staff members rallied against racial profiling they say is widespread among security guards at the private Catholic school.

May 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

JULIO FRENK

JULIO FRENK has been named president of the University of Miami. He is dean of faculty at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University. Frenk earned an M.D. from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. He earned two master’s and a joint doctorate from the University of Michigan. Frenk will take office in September.

May 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MARIA TOYODA

MARIA TOYODA has been named dean of Suffolk University’s College of Arts & Sciences. She is associate dean of interdisciplinary studies and global initiatives and a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences at Villanova University. Toyoda will take office in July. She received a bachelor’s from Stanford University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Georgetown University.

May 5, 2015

Students

College President Upsets Faculty by Opposing Gay Marriage

Some professors say they are upset to learn that Utah Valley University President Matthew Holland signed his name to an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing gay marriage.

May 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Social Justice and HBCUs: The Fight for Equality in Baltimore

The recent events in Baltimore highlight the economic, political and social disparities that continue to persist in communities throughout the United States.

May 3, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MIT Professor Bhatia Among Heinz Awards Winners

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher who has developed artificial human “microlivers” that can safely test the toxicity of drugs without endangering lives is one of six people chosen to receive Heinz Awards.

April 23, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Purdue Unveils Technology Park Focused on Aerospace Industry

Purdue University has unveiled plans to establish an aerospace technology park that will allow it to partner with private companies to research and design new technology.

April 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

JOEL PEREZ

JOEL PÉREZ has been appointed vice president and dean of students at Whittier College. He was dean of students for community life at Seattle Pacific University. Pérez earned a bachelor’s from Biola University, a master’s from Azusa Pacific University and a doctorate from Claremont Graduate University.

April 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MARIE LYNN MIRANDA

MARIE LYNN MIRANDA has been named provost of Rice University, effective July 1. She was the Samuel A. Graham Dean and a professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment and a professor of pediatrics and of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. Miranda earned a bachelor’s from Duke University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.

April 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

GRETCHEN HOLBROOK GERZINA

GRETCHEN HOLBROOK GERZINA has been appointed dean of the Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, effective July 15. She was chair of the department of African and African-American studies, a professor of English and Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor of Biography at Dartmouth College. Gerzina earned a bachelor’s from Marlboro College, a master’s from Simmons College and a doctorate from Stanford University.

April 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MIA TUAN

MIA TUAN has been appointed dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington. She was a professor of education studies and former interim dean of the College of Education at the University of Oregon. Tuan earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles.

April 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

NANCY TARGETT

NANCY TARGETT has been appointed interim president of the University of Delaware. She was dean of and a professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at Delaware. Targett earned a bachelor’s from the University of Pittsburgh, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Maine.

April 18, 2015