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Study: 1 in 25 Death Cases Likely Innocent

Science and law have led to the exoneration of hundreds of criminal defendants in recent decades, but big questions remain: How many other innocent defendants are locked up? How many are wrongly executed?

April 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Deborah Tannen – University Professor, Georgetown University

Author of more than 20 books, Tannen is a university professor and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. She has been a McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, following a term in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. […]

April 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Beverly Tatum – President, Spelman College

Recognized as a scholar, teacher, race-relations expert and leader in higher education, Tatum became the ninth president of Spelman College in 2002. She is also known as a promoter of racial identity development theory and as the author of the best-selling Can We Talk About Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation. […]

April 28, 2014

Students

Dr. Ana Gil-Garcia – University Professor, Northeastern Illinois University

Gil-Garcia is a three-time Fulbright U.S. Scholar, author and tenured professor at Northeastern Illinois University. An advocate for Latino educational leaders, she was named as one of the “Top Ten Chicago Latinos” in 2009. At the beginning of 2014, Chicago Public Schools appointed Gil-Garcia one of the 13 Latino Advisory Committee members, the District’s first-ever […]

April 25, 2014

Students

Author Janet Mock Propels Transgender Conversations in Academia

Janet Mock’s memoir inspires academic exploration of transgender issues and helps shape the evolution of women’s, gender and sexuality studies.

April 24, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Three HBCU Presidents Announce Retirements U.S. Presidents Gather to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act Florida A&M Fears Lawmaker Trying to Turn Back Clock Researchers Discuss Role of HBCUs in Supporting School-age Black Males

April 11, 2014

Students

Study: College Bound Scholarship Program Sending Low-Income Kids to College

Low-income kids who participate in Washington’s College Bound scholarship program are going to college at nearly the same rate as their richer classmates and well ahead of other poor children who did not sign up, according to a new report released Monday.

March 10, 2014

African-American

Michael Dunn Verdict: Another Day, Another Step Backward

Admittedly, I was caught off-guard by the failure of a jury in Jacksonville, Fla., to convict Michael Dunn of a murder charge of any sort in the death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis.

February 16, 2014

Sports

N.C. Attorney General to Pursue Police Shooting Case

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer is charged with last September’s shooting death of Jonathon Ferrell, a former Florida A&M football player.

January 13, 2014

Disabilties

Princeton Starts Mass Meningitis B Vaccinations

The bold move comes after eight cases of on-campus infections have been reported since March.

December 9, 2013

Students

University of North Carolina Fraternity Suspended in Wake of Death

A fraternity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been suspended during an investigation into suspected hazing.

November 27, 2013

Students

Tenn. Students Petition to Keep Preacher off Campus

CHATTANOOGA Tenn.—Students at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, are asking the administration to take action against a street preacher after a fellow student was arrested while trying to talk to her.

November 19, 2013