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N.C. College System’s Federal Funds in Crosshairs of LGBT Law

RALEIGH, N.C. ― North Carolina’s prized public universities could be the biggest losers as state leaders defend a new law limiting the rights of LGBT people. The 17-university system, which includes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University as well several historically Black colleges, risks losing more than $1.4 […]

May 5, 2016

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Why It’s Time for Colleges to Take Diversity to the Next Level

College and university campuses are more important than ever as the starting place for diversity programs that close achievement gaps and feed a varied workforce population.

May 4, 2016

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Police Probe Beating of Black University of Iowa Student

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― A Black University of Iowa freshman told police that he was severely beaten by three White men who shouted racial slurs, investigators said Wednesday. The Iowa City Police Department said that it was investigating the assault of Marcus Owens as a hate crime. Owens, 19, walked in to the department late […]

May 4, 2016

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Southern Illinois University Leader Condemns Racist Video

CARBONDALE, Ill. ― Racial tension on the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale campus is high after a series of recent incidents that include an anonymous video posted on YouTube that called for the lynching and beating of Black students. The video drew condemnation from the university’s leader, and YouTube removed it Monday for violating the […]

April 25, 2016

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U. of Michigan’s New Multicultural Center Gets $3M Boost

ANN ARBOR, Mich. ― A $3 million gift will help fund a new building at the University of Michigan’s main campus that will house the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center. The funding from Mark Bernstein, a member of the Board of Regents, and his wife, Rachel Bendit, was announced at a board meeting Thursday. […]

April 21, 2016

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ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON

ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON has been appointed director of the UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. She is the R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic Discovery and Development in the School of Pharmacy and a professor of biomedical engineering in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. Brinton earned a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.

April 20, 2016

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John Kerry Urges Miami College Students to Embrace Diversity

Secretary of State John Kerry exhorted Miami Dade Honors College students to pursue an inclusive American dream that includes “what our country stands for internationally.” To encourage freedom, he said, the United States wants to help “the Cuban people to begin a new chapter in their history.” He acknowledged that there are critics who believe […]

April 14, 2016

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UNC President: Campuses Must Follow Transgender Law

RALEIGH, N.C. — The 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system will follow the state’s new law about transgender people by requiring all bathrooms to be designated for use by people based on their biological sex, the system president wrote in a memo to chancellors. President Margaret Spellings said in the memo that […]

April 7, 2016

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RAJ ACHARYA

RAJ ACHARYA has been appointed dean of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Bloomington, effective July 1. He is director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science atPennsylvania State University. Acharya earned a bachelor’s from Bangalore University in India, a master’s from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate from the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota.

April 4, 2016

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Duke University Protesters Want 3 Administrators Fired

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University’s president met Sunday with protesters in their second day occupying his office’s waiting room to demand the firing of three administrators and a $15 minimum wage for all campus workers. Duke President Richard Brodhead talked with demonstrators inside the building that houses his office and those of other top administrators. […]

April 4, 2016

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Pitt Settles Locker Room Case with Transgender Student

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. ― The University of Pittsburgh has settled a lawsuit brought by a transgender student who said he was wrongfully expelled from its Johnstown campus after a dispute over his use of a men’s locker room. Television station WJAC first reported the settlement Wednesday between the university and Seamus Johnston. Settlement terms haven’t been […]

March 30, 2016

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University of California OKs Statement Against Anti-Semitism

SAN FRANCISCO ― The University of California’s governing board adopted a statement condemning anti-Semitic behavior on Thursday, becoming the first public university system to do so since campaigns for academic and economic boycotts of Israel have taken root on many U.S. college campuses. The board also unanimously and without discussion adopted a companion report urging […]

March 24, 2016