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African-American

To Atone For Slavery Ties, Brown University Commits $10 Million to Local Public Schools

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University has announced a series of new commitments to atone for the institution’s ties to slavery, including continuing academic partnerships with several historically Black colleges and universities that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. The new programs follow a report of the school’s Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, released last October, that found much of Brown’s endowment came from slave owners’ wealth.

February 26, 2007

HBCUs

Alumni Giving and Other Donations At HBCUs

When the Council for Aid to Education announced last week that charitable contributions to U.S. institutions of higher education had grown by 9.4 percent in 2006, much of the news focused on schools like Stanford and Harvard universities, not historically Black colleges and universities.

February 26, 2007

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Fisk Seeks Court’s Permission to Sell Prized Paintings

Lawyers for Fisk University and the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum early this month were working to hammer out an agreement…

February 21, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded $25 million each to Butler University (Ind.) and Purdue University (Ind.) to improve pharmacy education, outreach and research at the two institutions. Butler plans to use the grant to expand its public health initiatives and create more opportunities for students and faculty to work with minority populations. Purdue plans to […]

February 7, 2007

Students

‘Stomp the Yard’ A Success in the Box Office, But Drawing Criticism on Campus

“Stomp the Yard,” the No. 1 box office film for two weekends running, may be popular among the general public, but raises concerns among active Black Greeks.

January 25, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

Bethune-Cookman College (Fla.) has received a $4.6 million gift from an anonymous business associate of BCC alum Larry R. Handfield. The donation is the largest single gift by an individual in the college’s history. Handfield, a former drum major for BCC’s Marching Wildcats Band, is a criminal defense attorney in Miami. Ohio’s Third Frontier Program […]

January 24, 2007

Students

Yale to Create Position to Oversee

With the help of private donations, Yale University is creating an endowment for a new assistant dean position…

December 27, 2006

Students

Colin Powell Center Gets $10 Million To Develop More Black Policy Makers

The New York Life Foundation is providing $10 million to fund the Endowment for Emerging African American Issues…

December 27, 2006

Students

Colin Powell Center Gets $10 Million To Develop More Black Policy Makers

The New York Life Foundation is providing $10 million to fund the Endowment for Emerging African American Issues at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at the City College of New York.

December 5, 2006

Leadership & Policy

LeMoyne-Owen College Claws Back From the Brink

LeMoyne-Owen College can do little in the next month or so but await its fate…

November 1, 2006

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Beating the Diversity Drum

Corporate executive and former Princeton University trustee Mellody Hobson is an example of someone having their…

October 25, 2006

STEM

Savannah State President Stepping Down

Dr. Carlton E. Brown, who has overseen the growth of Savannah State University’s endowment, enrollment and academic offerings over the last nine years, announced this week he is stepping down as president to run a special initiative of the University System of Georgia.

October 23, 2006