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Faculty & Staff

Special Focus: Black History Month

In this Black History Month-focused edition, Diverse takes a look at MIT professor Craig Steven Wilder’s new book, Ebony and Ivy, exploring the long history of slavery and Ivy League institutions.

February 17, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Psychiatrist to Lead New Texas Medical School

Dr. Francisco Fernandez, a professor and chairman of psychiatry and neurosciences at the University of South Florida College of Medicine will be the founding director.

February 16, 2014

Students

Hearings Begin to Consider if College Players are Employees

A federal agency kicked off the first in a series of hearings on whether to approve a bid by Northwestern University football players to unionize.

February 12, 2014

Students

Lawyer: Hazing Charges at University of Georgia Unfounded

An attorney representing at least one of 11 University of Georgia students accused of hazing says allegations that pledges were beaten are false.

February 9, 2014

Students

Feds Reviewing Pa. Student’s Bomb Arrest

The FBI and federal prosecutors were reviewing allegations against a college student from Russia who has been charged with possessing bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials, though police acknowledge the suspect told them he wasn’t planning on “blowing anything up.”

January 27, 2014

Students

Feds reviewing Pa. student’s bomb arrest

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The FBI and federal prosecutors were reviewing allegations against a college student from Russia who has been charged with possessing bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials, though police acknowledge the suspect told them he wasn’t planning on “blowing anything up.”

January 27, 2014

Leadership & Policy

University of Michigan Names Mark Schlissel New President

Brown University Provost Mark Schlissel was named Friday as the new president of the University of Michigan, vowing to strengthen what he called a “jewel” of higher education in the U.S.

January 26, 2014

Students

Some Schools Working Through MLK Holiday

While most public colleges and universities will be closed today to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a number will be open for business.

January 19, 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

Opinion

An Open Letter to an Anti-Affirmative Action Scholar

If you decide to put your energy into strengthening your mismatch theory, how about broadening your theory to all students, of all races?

December 26, 2013

Sports

Akron Assistant Football Coach Killed in Car Accident

Mississippi native, nicknamed “Tank,” killed in home state at age 44.

December 24, 2013

Students

University of North Florida Won’t Appeal Court Ruling on Guns

President John Delaney states that students will be allowed to store guns in their cars.

December 23, 2013