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Faculty & Staff

Teaming Up for Success

Teaming Up for SuccessPartnerships, collaborations help Tennessee State meet the challenges of securing research fundingBy Phaedra Brotherton For researchers, getting a single grant or award of at least $1 million takes skill and dedication, not to mention commitment to the university, students and to scholarship, says JoVita Wells, associate director of the Office of Sponsored […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

When the Name of the Game Is Research

When the Name of the Game Is ResearchAs they say in the academy, “publish or perish.” That’s music to some scholars’ ears. Nothing is more interesting and causes such intellectual stimulation, yet at the same time causes such extreme frustration and stress than their own research — and finding funding. Others would rather spend their […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Driven By Service

Driven By ServiceOprah Winfrey Scholars Program aims to give African women a ‘greater voice in their own lives’ and skills to strengthen their native countriesBy Clarence A. Haynes NEW YORKStella Chidinma Iwuagwa, of Nigeria, had long admired Oprah Winfrey’s energy and power, but never would have imagined she would be a recipient of the media […]

March 26, 2003

Faculty & Staff

North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center

North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center DURHAM, N.C.The Departments of Nursing at North Carolina Central University and Winston-Salem State University and the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently launched the Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research (CIHDR). The new center is one of eight university-partnered […]

March 26, 2003

Faculty & Staff

The Art of High Performance In Technology, Science, Life

The Art of High Performance In Technology, Science, Life In “Mastering the Challenge of High-Performance Computing,” senior writer Ronald Roach examines the nexus between information technology and scientific discovery. For the nation’s colleges and universities to have truly competitive information technology infrastructures, campus leaders will have to adopt innovative technologies in their campus networks that […]

March 12, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Venturing Into Computational Humanities

Venturing Into Computational HumanitiesNew field seeks to bring advanced computing to humanities, social science researchBy Ronald Roach It’s natural to expect that a significant degree of contemporary scientific discoveries stem from the application of high-performance computing and supercomputers to complex problems. Given that high-performance computing has exclusively been serving science for some time, a California-based […]

February 26, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Keeping a Legacy from Crumbling

Keeping a Legacy from Crumbling WASHINGTONIn 2001, the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed the former home of the late Dr. Carter G. Woodson on its annual list of the most endangered historic places in the United States — an ironic fate for a place connected to the man who ranks as perhaps the greatest […]

February 12, 2003

Faculty & Staff

IBM Expands Higher Education Research Program

IBM Expands Higher Education Research ProgramBy Ronald Roach ARMONK, N.Y.IBM announced in December that it is working to speed cancer research and explore advanced technical applications in “e-education,” medicine, bioinformatics and human behavior through partnerships with more than 130 of the world’s leading universities — all part of its expanded, $36 million global university award […]

January 29, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Spelman College To Address HIV/AIDS In African Diaspora

Spelman College To Address HIV/AIDS In African Diaspora With a series of international conferences and new health courses planned, one of the nation’s leading historically Black colleges is poised to tackle one of the most urgent issues facing women in the African Diaspora — the spread of HIV/AIDS. Spelman College will kick off the first […]

January 29, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Race and its Continuing Significance on our Campuses

Race and its Continuing Significance on our Campusesan interview with Dr. Joe R. Feagin In the fall of 2002, every college president who was a member of the American Council on Education received a copy of The Continuing Significance of Racism: U.S. Colleges and Universities. This was the first in a series of occasional papers […]

January 15, 2003

Faculty & Staff

A Scientific Approach

A Scientific Approach Kenneth RobertsTitle: Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C.Education: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina; M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina; B.S., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAge: 34As a child growing up in Atlanta, Kenneth Roberts showed an aptitude for math and science. His observant […]

January 1, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Staying in the Game

Staying in the Game UCLA’s African American Leadership Institute works to better prepare Black executives for corporate culture.By Phaedra Brotherton Related Charts Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, please [ click here ] to download it. How race and […]

December 4, 2002