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African-American

105 Bodies Found During Construction Project to be Reburied

ATLANTA — University of Georgia officials say they will rebury the remains of 105 bodies discovered when expanding a building on the campus. Construction to expand Baldwin Hall was temporarily halted after workers found grave sites in December 2015, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The grave sites were part of Old Athens Cemetery near Baldwin Hall. […]

March 5, 2017

Students

UMB Students Enjoy Day of Discovery

Four University of Maryland, Baltimore students spent the last day of Black History Month adding important pieces to the puzzles of their ancestry.

March 1, 2017

Students

Tennessee Finds Remedial Education Reform Success

A new report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University sheds light on why developmental education may not be working at the community college level and offers some solutions.

February 27, 2017

Students

Graduate Students Vote to Unionize at Yale University

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Graduate students from a half-dozen departments at Yale University have voted to form unions, setting up negotiations for contracts with the Ivy League school. The National Labor Relations Board administered elections Thursday for graduate students in nine departments. Students from the departments of English, geology and geophysics, history, history of art, […]

February 26, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Raheem Beyah Wants to Open More Doors to Cybersecurity

For Dr. Raheem A. Beyah, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, the journey toward a career in teaching cybersecurity began with a simple desire to make sure his mother wouldn’t have to struggle.

February 23, 2017

Students

Aztecas del Norte: We Cannot be Illegal on Our Own Continent

Scholars in Chicano studies and related disciplines, since the 1960s, have long debated the idea of when Mexican Americans as a people(s) came to be.

February 19, 2017

African-American

Study: Big Data Helps Struggling College Students Graduate

WASHINGTON — Getting through college isn’t easy, and it can be even harder for low-income and first generation students with few support resources. A new tool involving big data can help those at risk. Researchers at Georgia State University spent four years analyzing students’ grades, test scores and other information in order to identify those […]

February 19, 2017

African-American

Economist: Education Alone Won’t Close Racial Wage Gap

Though Black college graduates generally fare better than Black high school graduates, higher education has not proven sufficient to remedy America’s racial wage gap, a leading labor economist said recently during a Black History Month lecture.

February 16, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Mangum to Join Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions

Dr. Elmira Mangum, former president of Florida A&M University (FAMU), will join the University of Pennsylvania this April, where she will research leadership pathways at HBCUs.

February 14, 2017

Students

College Students Finding Their Roots

Colleges and universities are using AfricanAncestry.com to connect students with their background and heritage.

February 13, 2017

News Roundup

Fake News 101: The New Civics Course in U.S. Schools?

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — Teachers from elementary school through college are telling students how to distinguish between factual and fictional news – and why they should care that there’s a difference. As Facebook works with The Associated Press, FactCheck.org and other organizations to curb the spread of fake and misleading news on its influential network, teachers […]

February 13, 2017

African-American

Digital Archives Gives Access to African American History

MINNEAPOLIS — A University of Minnesota-led digital archive of African American historical materials is now free and accessible online to the public. The university’s Umbra search includes handwritten 17th-century letters, underground hip hop albums from the 1970s and a whole of other artifacts, the Minnesota Daily reported. Cecily Marcus, curator of the Archie Givens, Sr., […]

February 12, 2017