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African-American

Parents Suing Consultant for Failing to Get Sons into Ivy League School

A couple from Hong Kong has sued a U.S.-based college admissions consultant for failing to get their two sons into an Ivy League university as he had allegedly promised.

October 9, 2012

Students

UNCF Empower Me Tour Rolls On

UNFC’s Empower Me Tour begins its 10-city journey to help students navigate through college.

October 7, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Baruch College Reinforces Humanities Curriculum with Hispanic Heritage Month Events

Administrators at Baruch College at the City University of New York are working hard to ensure students are receiving an education in humanities with a robust calendar of events for Hispanic Heritage Month.

October 1, 2012

African-American

New Models in Research, Publishing Among Topics Explored During African Studies Meeting

At annual meeting, experts discussed the challenges and promises related to creating useful archives of work and models of research and publishing in African studies.

November 20, 2011

African-American

Emory University African-American Studies Expert Rudolph Byrd Dies

Dr. Rudolph Byrd was known among academic colleagues as an excellent scholar who believed that the key to change was education.

October 23, 2011

African-American

Historic Black Meeting House in Boston Restored

The nation’s oldest existing Black church building is nearing completion of a restoration project done with the help of $4 million in federal stimulus funds.

September 21, 2011

African-American

Global Forum: Collaboration Yields Dialogue, Hope and Shelter in a Broken World

Educational exchanges afford others the opportunity to learn about the United States, while American academic research can have broad impact across international borders, an international educator writes.

September 5, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Talking ‘Microaggressions’ With Dr. Derald Wing Sue

Columbia University psychology professor Derald Wing Sue recently spoke to Diverse about his latest book, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. The book insightfully describes the existence of subtle, often unintentional biases and their considerable impact on members of traditionally disadvantaged groups.

September 3, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Notable African-Americans Urge Commemoration of Black History

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA; Alex Haley, award-winning author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots; Henry Hampton, creator/producer, “Eyes on the Prize” documentary series; and other distinguished individuals discussed the importance of discovering the past, analyzing the present and anticipating the future of African-Americans during a live broadcast to campus audiences across the U.S.

September 1, 2011

Students

Harvard Training College Teachers on Black History

Two dozen college teachers from around the country are participating this month in a Harvard program aimed at training professors to integrate more Black history into their classrooms and research projects.

July 17, 2011

African-American

Black Seaman’s 1861 Heroics Recalled in New Film

Among highlights in the documentary “Search for the Jefferson Davis: Trader, Slaver, Raider” is the story of William Tillman, a Black seaman whose heroics thwarted the sale of a schooner that had been captured by the Jefferson Davis, a Southern privateer that seized several Union ships during the Civil War.

July 12, 2011

African-American

Puerto Rican Scholar Ricardo Alegria Dies at 90

Dr. Ricardo Alegria, a Puerto Rican scholar known for his pioneering studies of the island’s native Taino culture and who is credited with preserving the capital’s colonial district, died Thursday.

July 12, 2011