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Regaining a Lost Heritage

This year’s Black History Month program at my friend’s Washington, D.C. church won’t just feature kids reading about famous firsts and courageous equality fighters…

February 7, 2007

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Just the Stats: Minorities Show Slow Progress in Science and Engineering Degree Attainment

African Americans, Hispanics and American Indians continue to be under-represented in science and engineering degree attainment, collectively earning 16 percent of bachelor’s degrees, 11 percent of master’s and barely 6 percent of doctorates for the same period, according to a report released Wednesday.

January 2, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Just The Stats: A Closer Look At STEM Majors

What role does mentorship play in the number of international students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the United States? A reader from the Southeast posed that question to me, specifically asking about the correlation between the number of international professors and international students in the STEM fields.

December 14, 2006

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Rutgers Leads Effort to Link Math and Biology High School Curriculums

Rutgers University and Colorado State University have teamed up to improve high school biology…

November 1, 2006

Latinx

ACE Report On Minorities Cites Enrollment Gains, Retention Problems

College enrollment of Hispanic students jumped nearly 70 percent between 1994-2004 while the number of Blacks earning bachelor’s degrees in computer science and other science fields increased dramatically, according to a report released today on the status of minorities in higher education.

October 29, 2006

Students

Science Revolution in Minority Communities

Students and science educators will gather later this month for the annual Society for Advancement of Chicanos…

October 18, 2006

HBCUs

Grants & Awards

Baltimore City Community College has received a $14,235 grant from the Verizon Foundation to integrate computer technology into the institution’s English as a Second Language program. The National Science Foundation has awarded Hampton University (Va.) a five-year, $5 million grant to fund the Center for Laser Science and Spectroscopy, known as C.L.A.S.S. The center, based […]

September 20, 2006

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Carolane Williams has been named president of Baltimore City Community College, becoming the first Black woman to hold that position. She earned an associate degree from Olive-Harvey College, a bachelor’s from Chicago State University, a master’s from Troy State University and a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Charles Abasa-Nyarko has […]

September 6, 2006

HBCUs

The Secrets of St. Agnes

Sometimes the best questions, the ones that reveal new truths, are posed outside of the classroom. In the 1990s…

July 26, 2006

HBCUs

The Secrets of St. Agnes

Sometimes the best questions, the ones that reveal new truths, are posed outside of the classroom…

July 25, 2006

Health

Perspectives: Personalized and Racialized Medicine Are Not The Same

On May 31, 2006, Diverse Online published a story titled “Racial Pill Maker’s Sales Drop in Wider-than-expected Loss” about lackluster sales of the drug BiDil. The article claimed that BiDil, the heart-failure drug approved only for Black patients, is expected to usher in the era of personalized medicine.

June 13, 2006

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Chasing a Degree — Dash or Marathon?

It’s that time of year again, when we present the colleges and universities that confer the most undergraduate degrees…

May 31, 2006