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Chairing up: black alumni students endow Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Chair at U of P’s Wharton School of Business – University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia To ensure a permanent African-American presence and establish themselves as major forces in institutional policy-making, African-American students and alumni of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business have raised a $1.25 million endowment for a new Whitney. M. Young Jr. Memorial Chair. It will support the teaching and research activities of scholars of African descent at Wharton.

June 16, 2007

HBCUs

Fisk Turns to Seasoned Fund-raiser to Reverse its Fortunes

University no longer pinning its financial future on sale of priceless art.

May 30, 2007

Students

Grants & Gifts

Ball State University (Ind.) has received $200,000 from the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation to create the Telecommunications Merit Endowment Scholarship. The scholarship aims to benefit incoming freshmen and transfer students who are looking to major in telecommunications. Cheyney University (Pa.) has received a $350,000 donation from Ephren W. Taylor II, the youngest Black […]

May 16, 2007

Faculty & Staff

New Harvard President Faces Balancing Act with Professors, Board Members

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Harvard University has unrivaled wealth and prestige, but the downside of its storied history is a patchwork of schools that make running the place one of the hardest jobs in 21st century higher education.

May 13, 2007

Students

HBCUs and Black Investment Banks: A Natural, Transformative Partnership

As the leadership of historically black colleges and universities positions their institutions to meet the growing challenges of the 21st century, I am excited by the potential of a partnership that has the possibilities of transformational empowerment for these institutions.

May 2, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Fisk’s Fire Sale of O’Keeffe Painting Blocked by Tennessee Attorney General

Fisk University’s proposed sale of a priceless Georgia O’Keeffe painting was blocked Thursday by the Tennessee Attorney General, who said the sale would be “an artistic and financial loss for Fisk and would detract from the rich cultural environment of this community.”

April 5, 2007

HBCUs

Fisk’s Sale of Priceless O’Keeffe Painting at Bargain Price Blocked by Tennessee Attorney General

Fisk University’s proposed sale of a priceless Georgia O’Keeffe painting at a fire-sale price, was blocked today by the Tennessee Attorney General, who said the sale would be “an artistic and financial loss for Fisk and would detract from the rich cultural environment of this community.”

April 4, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $4.5 million in grants to 15 community service projects, including programs at Duke University, the New York University School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Each grant will be available for three years, at up to $100,000 per year. Kansas State University has […]

April 4, 2007

Students

Howard University First HBCU to Divest From Sudan

Calling the human rights abuses in Sudan “intolerable,” Howard University’s Board of Trustees voted recently to cut off all ties with companies doing business in the war-torn African nation.

March 31, 2007

Students

Indiana University Joins 9 Black Colleges For Science Initiative

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana University is joining with nine historically Black colleges and universities to boost the number of minorities seeking careers in science, starting with a summer program for promising students who will work at IU’s research laboratories.

March 31, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Fisk University Ready to Sell Prized O’Keeffe Painting

Officials at financially troubled Fisk University have signaled to state officials this week that the Nashville, Tenn., school is ready to sell its prized Georgia O’Keeffe painting to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum for $7 million, although other potential buyers have offered more than three times that amount in the past month.

March 28, 2007

Students

Grants & Gifts

The American Indian College Fund has received a five-year, $17.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to fund the Woksape Oyate initiative. The initiative,  plans to help improve the quality of faculty and students attending tribal colleges while allowing the colleges to tailor their programs to meet their specific needs. Calhoun Community College (Ala.) has […]

March 21, 2007