Monica Levitan (EDU)News RoundupRecipients of 2019 AERA Awards for Excellence in Education Research AnnouncedMore than 15 scholars have been announced as recipients of the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) awards for excellence in education research. The association recognized the winners for their scholarship and service during the AERA Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony and Celebration on April 7 in Toronto, Canada. Some of this year’s winners include: Dr. […]April 6, 2019News RoundupDr. Stella Flores Named Recipient of Harvard’s 2019 Alumni Council AwardNationally recognized scholar and higher education leader Dr. Stella Flores has been named the recipient of the 2019 Alumni Council Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Flores currently serves as the associate dean for faculty development and diversity and associate professor of higher education at New York University […]April 6, 2019African-AmericanORAU, TMCF Partner to Further STEM Research Opportunities at HBCUsThe Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has recently partnered with Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) to further student and faculty opportunities in STEM research at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This partnership, which officially began with the signing of a memorandum of understand on March 29, will strive to provide resources to those schools to […]April 6, 2019STEMGrambling State, Logan University Partner to Encourage Biology Students to Pursue Doctor of ChiropracticGrambling State University and Logan University have partnered to create a new program that empowers undergraduate students majoring in biology to become a Doctor of Chiropractic in six years. Deemed a “3+3 Articulation Agreement” by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the partnership provides Grambling State undergrad biology majors an […]April 4, 2019News RoundupCUNY Citizenship Now!, School of Law Partner to Help NY Green Card Holders Toward U.S. CitizenshipCity University of New York (CUNY) Citizenship Now! and the CUNY School of Law have announced a new partnership that will support immigrants in New York and will kick off the partnership with a free clinic for green card holders on April 13. The event, to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at […]April 4, 2019News RoundupElms College, STCC to Provide Students With Computer-Related Bachelor’s DegreesThe College of Our Lady of the Elms and Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) have signed an agreement to provide students interested in majors such as computer science, information technology and security with several new computer-related bachelor’s degrees. “Ensuring high quality, flexible, affordable undergraduate options remains as important as ever especially in key areas of […]April 4, 2019News RoundupNewhouse School Dean Lorraine Branham Has Died After Battle With CancerLorraine Branham, dean of the Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, has died at the age of 66 after a battle with cancer. Branham began her role as dean of one of the most prestigious communications schools in the country in 2008. Before joining the Syracuse faculty, Branham served as dean of the […]April 3, 2019News RoundupLori Lightfoot Elected First African-American Woman, Openly Gay Mayor of ChicagoFormer assistant U.S. attorney Lori Lightfoot has been elected the first African-American woman and openly gay mayor of Chicago. “We may be strangers but in this room, in this city we are all neighbors,” Lightfoot said to a cheering crowd after the results came in on Tuesday. Lightfoot was a part of a historic runoff […]April 3, 2019MSIsMiddlebury Institute Announces Benjamin Jealous as Spring Commencement SpeakerThe Middlebury Institute of International Studies has announced that former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Benjamin Jealous will be the commencement speaker for the 2019 Spring Commencement Ceremony. In 2008, Jealous became the youngest person to hold the title as president of the organization. Before his time at […]April 3, 2019News RoundupUNC-Chapel Hill Unsung Founders Memorial Vandalized With Urine, Racist LanguageA memorial at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that is dedicated to African-American workers and slaves, was recently vandalized with urine and racist language written in permanent marker, university officials said. Unsung Founders Memorial was defaced on Sunday, March 31 at around 1:30 a.m. by two individuals, one of whom has ties to […]April 2, 2019Previous PagePage 5 of 58Next Page