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Students

Faculty of Color Urged to Heed Call of Activism

Numerous NCORE attendees agreed that it’s imperative for faculty and staff of color to find ways to stand in solidarity with today’s underrepresented and disadvantaged students amid racial tensions, escalating tuition and national political rhetoric that is often anti-minority, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim.

June 6, 2016

Sports

Muhammad Ali Moved People Out of Their Comfort Zones

Muhammad Ali, known in his early life as Cassius Clay, was one of the most controversial figures in American history. He engendered feelings of delirious admiration among his supporters and frequently vile emotions from his detractors.

June 5, 2016

Students

Brown University Making Bold Bid to Assure Diversity and Inclusion

Brown University introduces a comprehensive new program to address issues with diversity and inclusion on the campus.

June 5, 2016

Sports

Muhammad Ali, Undisputedly ‘The Greatest’

Muhammad Ali. Who among us today can suppress a smile of appreciation at the mere mention of the name? I can unabashedly confess that the man was my hero, the single most impactful athlete of my generation.

June 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Regents Want Pay Gap Suit from Former SDSU Professor Tossed

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ― The South Dakota Board of Regents is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former South Dakota State University professor who claims she was paid less than colleagues who were not Black and female. The Argus Leader reports the board’s lawyers in the response to the lawsuit from […]

May 23, 2016

Students

Wisconsin SAE Chapter Suspended Over Racist, Bigoted Slurs

MADISON, Wis. ― The University of Wisconsin has suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at its flagship campus after finding that members of the fraternity repeatedly used racist and bigoted slurs and ostracized a Black member who tried to stop it. The suspension handed down Tuesday by the school’s Committee on Student Organizations comes a […]

May 18, 2016

African-American

Troubled Howard University Hospital Cutting Staff

By June 30, the financially troubled Howard University Hospital (HUH) will lose 10 percent of its workforce; not even management will be spared, said its CEO James Edwards.

May 12, 2016

Students

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

Faculty & Staff

JAYATI GHOSH

JAYATI GHOSH has been appointed dean of the School of Business Administration and a professor of international business at Widener University. She was associate dean of the Barowsky School of Business at Dominican University of California. Ghosh earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Calcutta in India, a master’s from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, and a doctorate from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

May 4, 2016

African-American

Watanabe Dedicates Career to the Advancement of Asian Americans

University of Massachusetts professor Dr. Paul Watanabe leads research designed to strengthen and further Asian American involvement in political, economic, social and cultural life.

May 1, 2016

African-American

Prince Pushed the Envelope and Delivered

Prince, at one point The Artist formerly known as Prince before reclaiming his name in 1998, was a complex human being on many levels.

April 25, 2016

Students

Purdue Faculty Say Cuts Will Hurt Areas with Most Diversity

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Some Purdue University faculty say a plan to overhaul graduate education negatively affects disciplines with the most minority and female graduate students. A five-year initiative laid out last semester by College of Liberal Arts Dean David Reingold would raise graduate teaching assistants’ pay and trim their teaching loads by reducing incoming […]

April 24, 2016