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Faculty & Staff

Miss. Universities Seek $20M to Fund Aid Formula

JACKSON, Miss.—The board that oversees state-run universities in Mississippi says it needs more money to complete the transition to a new formula for dispensing funds to the state’s eight public universities.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Former ASU Doctoral Student Sexual Harassment Case Moves Forward

Former doctoral student Tasha Kunzi’s sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation case against Arizona State University can move forward, a federal judge has ruled.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Scholar Poised to Introduce Intersection Between Race, Modern English

2014 Emerging Scholar Dr. Dennis Austin Britton is bringing the “theological account of race and racialization in early modern England” to a wider audience.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Education Champion George Miller to Retire from Congress

U.S. Rep. George Miller, ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, has announced that, after four decades in Congress, he won’t be seeking re-election in 2014.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

UPenn Professor Overcomes Odds, Uses Community Research to Study HIV

Bridgette Brawner’s tough youth helps her understand and fuel research on people and communities struck by HIV/AIDS.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Univ. of Utah Investigates Clinic’s Sperm Mix-Up

The University of Utah is investigating a complaint that a convicted felon working at a fertility clinic replaced a customer’s sperm with his own, fathering a girl 21 years ago.

January 13, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Vernon Jordan Tapped to Lead Howard Presidential Search

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. has been selected to chair the search committee to select Howard University’s 17th president.

January 13, 2014

Students

Baraka’s Legacy: Let’s Not Forget Inaugural Black Studies Professor

A major chapter is often left out in the recent attempts to share Amiri Baraka’s story and define his legacy — pioneering, prominent professor.

January 13, 2014

Faculty & Staff

LaSalle Professor Embarks on Groundbreaking Work in HIV/AIDS

Jillian Lucas Baker has become one of the nation’s leading researchers on developing ways to stem the HIV crisis, particularly in minority communities.

January 12, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Modern Language Convention Focuses on ‘Vulnerable Times’

The 129th Modern Language Association Convention lacked the racial diversity it has seen in the past.

January 12, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Baraka’s Controversial Legacy

Black academicians, activists and artists remember the life of Amiri Baraka, one of the nation’s most prominent Black writers, who died at the age of 79.

January 9, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Scholars Gather in Bid to Preserve History’s Role

Hundreds of historians made their way to the nation’s capital for the American Historical Association’s 128th annual meeting.

January 5, 2014