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Faculty & Staff

Blogging Rights

For a year and a half, Meg Spohn served as an adjunct faculty member at DeVry University’s Westminster, Colo., campus. A well-liked instructor, her engaging teaching…

March 7, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Emerging Scholars: The Thrill of Discovery

Dr. Shona Morgan says it gets lonesome being the only Black woman at most of the national conferences she attends…

January 11, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Grants & Awards

Bowie State University (Md.) has been awarded a $65,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The grant will be administered by the university’s Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Prevention Center to fund “Spread the Word Not the Virus,” an HIV/AIDS awareness program. BSU hopes to reach 1,000 […]

December 28, 2005

Students

Hopkins to Launch New Graduate Program in Nanotechnology

Johns Hopkins University is launching a new graduate program in nanotechnology aimed…

December 14, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Is an Action Verb

It appears that a recurring goal of colleges and universities is the embracement of cultural diversity…

November 30, 2005

Faculty & Staff

UNC-Chapel Hill Opens Up Records About Ties to Slavery

In the early decades of the nation’s oldest public university, students at the University of North Carolina…

November 16, 2005

Students

Getting Off The BurnOUT Track?

For those bright, young scholars who seek an idyllic life of secure full-time employment while engaging…

November 16, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Why Are 90 Percent of College Faculty Still White?

Harvard University announced a $50-million initiative in May to make faculty more diverse…

November 16, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Emotional IQ Contributes to Computing Coursework

Emotional IQ Contributes to Computing CourseworkSuccess, Virginia Tech Researchers Say BLACKSBURG, Va.The emotional intelligence of students indirectly contributes to academic success in information technology studies, according to preliminary results from research conducted by researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The research team, led by faculty members of the university’s Pamplin College of Business, […]

November 2, 2005

Faculty & Staff

University of North Carolina Opens Up Records About Ties to Slavery

In the early decades of the nation’s oldest public university, students at the University of North Carolina had servants that kindled fires in their rooms and cut wood to fuel their stoves…

October 30, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Changing the Face of American Medicine

If the mission of the Association of American Medical Colleges is clear — “to change the face of medicine to reflect the face of America

October 19, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Grants & Awards

The Art Center College of Design (Calif.) has been awarded a $75,000 Architectural Conservation Grant from the Getty Foundation, the philanthropic division of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, to support conservation planning for the Craig Ellwood building, located at the Art Center’s Hillside Campus. The California State University, Northridge Cinema and Television […]

October 19, 2005