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Faculty & Staff

Revamped Big East Hires Val Ackerman as Commissioner

The newly reconstituted Big East Conference hired former WNBA president Val Ackerman, a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, as its commissioner Wednesday.

June 26, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Employment Practices in the Professions

June 24, 2013

African-American

University of Washington Students Must Take Diversity Course

Students at the University of Washington will be required to take a course in some area of social, political or economic diversity before they can graduate.

June 10, 2013

Students

Santa Monica College Reopens After Deadly Rampage

The school reopened under extra security Monday, except for the library, where police shot and killed a gunman after a rampage that left five people dead.

June 10, 2013

Sports

Man Charged in Florida A&M Hazing Case Gets No Jail Time

By Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The roommate of the Florida A&M drum major who died after undergoing a hazing ritual in 2011 won’t spend any time in jail for his role in the hazing death. Rikki Wills was sentenced Friday to one year of house arrest and five years probation. Wills previously pleaded no […]

June 9, 2013

African-American

Report: Asian-American Subgroups Among Nation’s Poorest

Multiple economic indicators show Southeast Asians, for instance, consistently among the so-called have-nots, according to a new study by UCLA researchers.

June 6, 2013

Students

Ohio State President Retires in Wake of Notre Dame Jabs

Gee came under fire for jokingly referring to “those damn Catholics” at Notre Dame and poking fun at the academic quality of other schools.

June 4, 2013

Leadership & Policy

The Passing of a Cherished Mentor

One of my closest friends and mentors, Dr. Barbara Eleanor Adams, transitioned early last week at the age of 74.

May 30, 2013

African-American

Two Males Go to Head of Class at Clark Atlanta U.

Valedictorian Lorin Crawford and his roommate salutatorian Tam Quach earned the highest GPA, as females outnumber males by a 3:1 ratio.

May 19, 2013

African-American

Latino College Enrollment Rate Surpasses That of Whites

The rate at which Latino high school graduates enrolled in college reached a record high in 2012, and it exceeded that of Whites for the first time, a new Pew Research Center analysis shows.

May 14, 2013

Faculty & Staff

First Generation Civil Rights Fellows Head to Washington

This summer, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will introduce its First Generation Civil Rights Fellowship (FirstGEN) program for undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers in social justice.

May 7, 2013

African-American

Sotomayor Makes Herself at Home at NYC Literature Festival

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just “Sonia from the Bronx.”

May 6, 2013