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Chicana Educator Honored at UC San Diego

Gracia Molina Enriquez de Pick, an activist in the international feminist movement and lifelong proponent of educational reform was the honoree for the University of California at San Diego’s Cesar Chavez celebration kickoff on Tuesday (April 1).

April 1, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Chicano/Latino History Scholar Named Dean at UC Irvine

Dr. Vicki L. Ruiz, a University of California/Irvine historian specializing in Chicano/Latino studies, has been named dean of the UCI School of Humanities.

April 1, 2008

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New Research: Academic Engagement Depends on Discipline

College students studying the natural science, business and engineering are less likely to actively participate in class and display a deep interest in the subject matter as their colleagues in the arts, humanities and social sciences, says a new working paper by Dr. Steven Brint, Dr. Robert Hanneman and Allison M. Cantwell.

March 31, 2008

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New Research: Academic Engagement Depends on Discipline

College students studying the natural science, business and engineering are less likely to actively participate in class and display a deep interest in the subject matter as their colleagues in the arts, humanities and social sciences, says a new working paper by Dr. Steven Brint, Dr. Robert Hanneman and Allison M. Cantwell.

March 30, 2008

Health

Grants & Gifts

The College of Engineering and Computer Science at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE, has received a $10,000 donation from alumnus Peter M. Leonhardt to be used for scholarships for working students. CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY’S NANCE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION has been awarded $150,000 from the Key Foundation to create the KeyBank Student Managed Investment Fund. The […]

February 19, 2008

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Fayetteville State Dean Becomes African Chief

After a year-long process of comprehensive evaluations and interviews, Dr. Valentine U. James, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Fayetteville State University (N.C.), has become first chief of wisdom for the city of Ikot Ekpene in his native Nigeria.

February 6, 2008

Students

Lincoln U.: Tolson Gave to Wiley Students What He Received Here

Arguing that Melvin Tolson’s passion, eloquently portrayed by Denzel Washington in “The Great Debaters,” was harvested during his time as an undergraduate at Lincoln University, the Pennsylvania HBCU is on a crusade to claim Tolson as one of its own. Officials hope to reinvigorate debating competition among HBCUs and boost student participation in the Melvin B. Tolson Literary Society, founded at Lincoln in 1966.

January 14, 2008

International

Report: Minority Doctoral Recipients Gaining Momentum

Twenty percent of the U.S. citizens awarded research doctorates from American universities in 2006 were ethnic minorities, according to a recent report released by the National Science Foundation in conjunction with the National Opinion Research Center and an assortment of government agencies.

December 26, 2007

International

Report: Minority Doctoral Recipients Gaining Momentum

Twenty percent of the U.S. citizens awarded research doctorates from American universities in 2006 were ethnic minorities, according to a recent report released by the National Science Foundation in conjunction with the National Opinion Research Center and an assortment of government agencies.

November 25, 2007

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Blanco Names University of Louisiana-Lafayette Professor Emeritus State Poet Laureate

BATON ROUGE La. Gov. Kathleen Blanco has named a professor emeritus at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette as the state’s next poet laureate.

November 15, 2007

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Liberal Arts Schools Create Less Macho Niche for Engineering

SWARTHMORE Pa. When Kara Peterman was a high school student interested in engineering, she toured a high-powered engineering university in the Northeast that proudly displayed photos of its graduates.

November 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Taking Flight Internationally

As the new director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a specialist in Latin American history, Dr. Ben Vinson strengthens the center’s internationalist orientation.

October 31, 2007