Tag: Research: Page 22

African-American

NASHID MADYUN

NASHID MADYUN has been appointed director of the Southeastern Regional Black Archives and Research Center at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). He was director of the Hampton University Museum. Madyun received a bachelor’s from Mississippi Valley State University, a master’s from Delta State University and a doctorate from the University of Phoenix.

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CINDY D. KAM

CINDY D. KAM was named William R. Kenan Jr. Chair in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. She also serves as senior associate dean for faculty in the College of Arts and Science and is the director of the Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Laboratory at Vanderbilt. Kam holds a bachelor’s from Princeton University, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

November 4, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

YAO WU

YAO WU is the inaugural Jane Chace Carroll Curator of Asian Art at the Smith College Museum of Art. She was a curatorial research assistant in Asian art at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. Wu earned a bachelor’s from Fudan University in China and a master’s from Williams College.

November 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

UNC Faculty Group Says Secrecy to Hurt New University Head

Faculty representatives for North Carolina’s public university system said Thursday the next president of the 17-campus University of North Carolina will take the job with extra baggage by failing to meet with teachers and researchers first.

October 22, 2015

Faculty & Staff

RHONDA M. RABBITT

RHONDA M. RABBITT has been appointed dean of the School of Education at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She was assistant dean and director of graduate programs in education at Viterbo University in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Rabbitt earned a bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She earned a master’s from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a doctorate from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California.

October 22, 2015

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MIT to Fight Climate Change, but Won’t Divest Fossil Fuels

BOSTON ― The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced a five-year plan Wednesday to combat climate change but said it won’t divest its $12.4 billion endowment from fossil fuels, despite pressure from students and a campus committee.

October 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

SONIA NAJJAR

SONIA NAJJAR has been named associate dean for research and innovation in the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Ohio University. She was director of the Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research and a professor at the University of Toledo. Najjar earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from San Francisco State University, and a doctorate from Stanford University.

October 20, 2015

Students

Scholars of Color Making Academic Research More Culturally Relevant

A basic approach of conducting research, publishing work and focusing on information dissemination is key to making academic work relevant for the higher ed community and the people they serve.

October 19, 2015

Students

Report: U.S. Math Performance Gap Starts with Unequal Access

When it comes to educating U.S. teens in math, schools play a significant factor in reinforcing, and even worsening, the inequalities between students from upper-income families and their low-income peers.

October 14, 2015

Students

Old Gift to Dartmouth College Leads to New Investigation

In 1807, the state gave the college 42 square miles of land with the provision that the income it produced go toward educating students from poor New Hampshire families.

October 12, 2015

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Foundation, Universities Announce $100M for Brain Research

The Kavli Foundation and three universities are committing $100 million for neuroscience research and plan to launch three institutes to bring together researchers from different disciplines to investigate the workings of the brain.

October 1, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Novelist Quits Teaching at Phoenix College Over Loyalty Oath

PHOENIX — A crime novelist and poet quit his job teaching creative writing at Phoenix College because of a longstanding state requirement for public employees to sign a loyalty oath. Former adjunct faculty member James Sallis said the oath is a violation of his privacy and civil rights, and asks him to violate the constitution, […]

September 29, 2015