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Faculty & Staff

Businessman Donates Nearly $75 Million to University of Oregon

EUGENE Ore. Retired businessman Lorry Lokey has given a $74.5 million gift to the University of Oregon, with most of the money going toward the sciences.

October 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Arkansas State Minority Program Canceled

JONESBORO, Ark. Arkansas State University has shut down a program to help minority students excel academically and go on to graduate school.

October 7, 2007

Students

Haslams donate $10M to UT-Knoxville for academics

KNOXVILLE Tenn. A $10 million gift to the University of Tennessee’s main campus announced Tuesday will be used to support its acclaimed forensic anthropology and Renaissance studies programs, endowed professorships and honors scholarships that include study abroad.

October 2, 2007

Faculty & Staff

University of Chicago tops $2 billion figure in fundraising drive

CHICAGO The University of Chicago says it’s surpassed its $2 billion fundraising goal, making it the nation’s seventh campus to raise at least that amount during a capital fundraising campaign.

September 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

New dean at LSU med: chancellor had been dean since Katrina

BATON ROUGE La. For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, LSU’s medical school has a separate chancellor and dean of medicine.

September 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Leader picked for terrorism research center at Penn State

STATE COLLEGE Pa. An expert in the psychology of terrorism has been picked to direct a terrorism research center headquartered at Penn State University.

September 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

UND surpasses goal for research money

GRAND FORKS N.D. University of North Dakota researchers received more than $100 million in grants, contracts and other funding in fiscal 2007, surpassing the school’s goal.

September 16, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Combating the Model Minority Stereotype

The University of California has established a multi-campus research program to study and develop solutions for problems affecting Asian Americans.

September 5, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Living With a Majority-Minority Mindset

While race relations have improved over the years, a lack of understanding regarding inequalities still exists.

September 5, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Combating the Model Minority Stereotype

LOS ANGELES For more than a decade, a group of educational leaders within the University of California system have been working towards a common goal: the development of a statewide think tank that would address the issues of the growing Asian American and Pacific Islander population.

September 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Tulane gets almost $11 million for kidney, blood pressure work

NEW ORLEANS The National Institutes of Health has given Tulane University $11 million to continue research on kidney function and high blood pressure a major problem in Louisiana, and the principal cause of kidney failure.

August 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

When Presidential and Pastoral Duties Collide

College presidents who also serve as spiritual leaders are criticized for not devoting enough attention to either job.

August 14, 2007