Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities: Page 50

HBCUs

University of Minnesota Honors Dr. Robert J. Jones

The University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) has been renamed The Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center in honor of the State University of New York at Albany president.

May 21, 2015

HBCUs

Proving the Possible

The University of New Hampshire’s Dr. Yitang Zhang becomes an overnight sensation after solving a centuries-old mathematical riddle.

May 21, 2015

Students

Coppin State University Names First Female President

Dr. Evelyn Maria Thompson, who has served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at SUNY at Oneonta since 2011, will be Coppin State University’s first female president.

May 20, 2015

HBCUs

Black Caucus Announces Tech Diversity Push

The Congressional Black Caucus became the latest and the most visible group of advocates to call on Silicon Valley technology companies to boost minority employment in their firms.

May 20, 2015

HBCUs

Thomas Sanchez Commencement Speech at Northwest Missouri State University

Thomas Sanchez, CEO of Social Driver, talks about the challenges he faced as a Hispanic growing up in rural America, rising in positions in corporate America, and then becoming an entrepreneur.

May 15, 2015

Students

U.Va. Dean Sues Rolling Stone Over Debunked Gang Rape Story

A University of Virginia associate dean sued Rolling Stone magazine on Tuesday for more than $7.5 million, saying a debunked account of an alleged gang rape on campus cast her as the “chief villain.”

May 12, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

Diverse on the Go

Executive Director of Advertising Donald Washington will be among the Diverse staffers attending the The White House Summit on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders today at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

May 11, 2015

African-American

Lifelong Learner, Activist Earns Her Degree

Alabama State University cites Jean Graetz and her husband, Robert, as “famous and nationally acclaimed civil rights pioneers, who were among the few White residents of Montgomery who openly and actively supported the civil rights movement.”

May 10, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Governor Signs Bill Firing Remainder of S.C. State’s Trustees

The bill, passed by a Republican-dominated legislature, allows seven Republicans one week to appoint new trustees to the HBCU’s governing board.

May 8, 2015

African-American

Drastic Fix Offered for Maryland Higher Ed

HBCU backers call for the merger of the University of Baltimore and Morgan State University as one step to end program duplication and the maintenance of unequal segregated systems.

May 8, 2015

Students

Feminist Group Accuses University of Ignoring Cyberthreats

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. ― A feminist group on the campus of the University of Mary Washington accuses the school of failing to act on sexual and violent cyberthreats made against its members, according to a complaint filed Thursday.

May 7, 2015

Students

Star Turn

University of Cincinnati President Santa Ono’s hyper-engagement with students, focus on expanding faculty corps, wins rave reviews.

May 7, 2015