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STEM

Shengmin Sang Guiding North Carolina A&T to Front of Fight Against Cancer

Dr. Shengmin Sang is helping to position historically Black North Carolina A&T State University into a center of cutting-edge cancer research.

August 1, 2016

Students

University of Michigan Pays $165,000 to Ex-student who was Dismissed

DETROIT ― The University of Michigan agreed to pay $165,000 to settle what was left of a lawsuit over a graduate student’s dismissal from an engineering program in 2011. The school struck a deal with Jennifer Dibbern shortly before a June trial and after a federal judge dismissed most claims. She had accused the university […]

July 27, 2016

Students

Management Leadership Program Aims to Boost Workforce Diversity

Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) provides minority students with one-on-one leadership coaching, role-playing exercises and networking opportunities to groom them for future management positions.

July 24, 2016

Health

Health Researchers Hone In on Sexual and Gender Minority Issues

The National Institutes of Health, motivated by a shift in research literature looking at health issues faced by people not then represented in LGBT language, created an office dedicated specifically to SGM health issues.

July 18, 2016

Faculty & Staff

University of Washington Virus Researcher Faces Discipline

SEATTLE ― The University of Washington says a microbiology professor faces possible discipline for violating sexual harassment policies. As detailed in a report on BuzzFeed this week, university investigations found Dr. Michael Katze demanded and received sexual favors from an employee in his lab. Investigators found that the woman, who had little prior job experience […]

June 30, 2016

News Roundup

State High Court Orders New Hearing in UConn Animal Research Case

HARTFORD, Conn. ― The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a lower court judge to hold another hearing to determine whether the names of some University of Connecticut animal researchers can be kept secret to protect their safety. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the names and grant numbers of UConn researchers […]

June 22, 2016

Students

U of Missouri Dismissive of Grad Student Unionization Effort

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri asserts in a court filing that graduate students have no rights to collective bargaining. And if they do have that right, they are doing it wrong, attorney Michael Kaemmerer wrote in a brief filed last week in Boone County Circuit Court, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported. The filing […]

June 21, 2016

Students

Warren: Let Harvard Grad Assistants Form Bargaining Units

BOSTON ― U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has urged Harvard University to let graduate students who work as research and teaching assistants form collective bargaining units. Warren and fellow Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Markey sent a letter Monday to Harvard President Drew Faust, saying the students have helped make Harvard an academic world leader. They said […]

May 24, 2016

News Roundup

Billionaire Gives $200M to USC for Cancer Research

LOS ANGELES ― Oracle founder Larry Ellison has donated $200 million to the University of Southern California to fund a cancer research center, matching the largest single donation ever received by the school. The Los Angeles Times reports the university announced Ellison’s gift Wednesday. The money will fund the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative […]

May 12, 2016

Students

Coalition for Graduate Students Sues University of Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― A coalition elected to represent graduate students in collective bargaining at the University of Missouri filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking university officials to recognize it as a bargaining unit. In a lawsuit filed in Boone County Circuit Court, the Coalition of Graduate Workers, which is affiliated with the Missouri National Education Association, […]

May 12, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Lacking Among Professoriate’s Elite Positions

A new study examines the importance of diversifying chairs and professorships in academia.

May 10, 2016

Faculty & Staff

LATANYA BUCK

LATANYA BUCK has been named dean for diversity and inclusion at Princeton University, effective in August. She was founding director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Washington University in St. Louis. She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Central Missouri, and a doctorate from Saint Louis University.

May 4, 2016