Tag: Social Sciences: Page 36

HBCUs

Israel Releases Ohio University Professor It Had Accused of Spying

Ghazi Falah, a geography professor at the University of Akron, had been jailed since July 8, when he was arrested after taking photos of Israeli installations along the northern border. Falah is known in academic circles for his writings on the borders of Israel and a future Palestinian state.

July 29, 2006

Students

Diversifying the Economists

With a flair for math, Janelle Jones won a NASA scholarship to Spelman College…

July 19, 2006

Students

Diversifying the Economists

With a flair for math, Janelle Jones won a NASA scholarship to Spelman College…

July 12, 2006

Native Americans

Yale Secret Society May Have Stolen Apache Leader Skull, Says Researcher

A Yale University historian has uncovered a 1918 letter that seems to lend validity to the lore that Yale University’s ultra-secret Skull and Bones society swiped the skull of American Indian leader Geronimo.

May 9, 2006

Faculty & Staff

National Geographic Unveils Ancient Manuscript on Relationship Between Jesus and Judas

For 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story…

April 5, 2006

African-American

Making the Past Present

Historian Lonnie G. Bunch III talks often about “the ancestors.” On the job since July, the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture knows that the “eyes of the world” are trained on him now…

February 8, 2006

African-American

Making the Past Present

Historian Lonnie G. Bunch III talks often about “the ancestors.” On the job since July, the founding director of the…

February 8, 2006

African-American

In Pursuit of Civil Discourse in the Academy

I believe in civil discourse. I believe in the value that comes from intellectual engagement with thoughtful people…

January 11, 2006

Tenure

John Hope Franklin Holds a Mirror to America

It’s the rare historian whose life looms as large as the events he or she chronicles…

December 28, 2005

Home

John Hope Franklin Publishes Memoirs of Life

These days, Dr. John Hope Franklin spends more time in the greenhouse with his collection of 300 orchids than in library stacks…

November 16, 2005

Faculty & Staff

The TICKING of the Biological and Tenure Clocks

Colleges and universities are arguably among the most enlightened and progressive institutions in America…

November 16, 2005

Home

John Hope Franklin Writes Memoir of a Life

These days, Dr. John Hope Franklin spends more time in the greenhouse with his collection of 300 orchids behind his home than in library stacks…

October 27, 2005