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Leadership & Policy

Fisk University, Wal-Mart Heiress Strike Deal on Stieglitz Art Collection

The Fisk University board of trustees approved a deal this week selling the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art a 50 percent interest in the school’s prized Alfred Stieglitz Collection of art and photographs. The price: $30 million.

September 25, 2007

Former House leader says Republican presidential candidates skipping black forum make mistake

WASHINGTON The former leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, said Tuesday that top tier Republican presidential candidates are making a mistake by skipping a forum focused on issues of importance to black voters.

September 24, 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

University of Alaska foundation celebrates banner year

FAIRBANKS Alaska The University of Alaska Foundation had one of the highest amounts of donations in its history in the fiscal year that ended June 30.

September 23, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Western Washington University president announces her retirement

BELLINGHAM Wash. Western Washington University President Karen W. Morse, the longest-serving university president in the state, announced Friday she would retire Sept. 1, 2008.

September 22, 2007

Recruitment & Retention

Cole says he won’t be just a care-taker at UMass-Amherst

AMHERST Mass. The new interim chancellor of the Univesity of Massachusetts-Amherst says he’ll be more than just a caretaker during his year at the helm.

September 20, 2007

SUNY hospital plans half-billion dollar expansion

SYRACUSE N.Y. The State University of New York’s Upstate Medical University wants to embark on a $510 million expansion to create additional classrooms and student housing in downtown Syracuse.

September 19, 2007

St. Louis chancellor joins opposition to University of Missouri name change

ST. LOUIS University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor Thomas George has joined those opposing a proposed name change for the system’s Columbia campus.

September 19, 2007

Fisk University Given Chance to Start Over

Fisk University was given a new chance on Tuesday to keep the priceless art collection it has been trying to sell for nearly two years and to seek new funds another way.

September 12, 2007

Fisk University Given Chance to Start Over

Fisk University was given a new chance on Tuesday to keep the priceless art collection it has been trying to sell for nearly two years and to seek new funds another way. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, N.M., notified a Chancery Court in Nashville, Tenn., it was voluntarily withdrawing its lawsuit seeking to […]

September 12, 2007

Wal-Mart Heiress Makes Bid For Fisk University’s Art

Fisk University’s campaign to raise funds by selling key parts of its prized art collection has attracted a new suitor with a new approach – Alice Walton, the billionaire daughter of the late Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart stores.

September 5, 2007

Tenn. Atty. General Objects to Settlement Over O’Keeffe Work Involving Fisk U.

SANTA FE Tennessee’s attorney general is objecting to a proposed settlement of a lawsuit involving the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe and Fisk University, contending it violates the law.

September 2, 2007

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