Black IssuesHomeSchomburg Center Creates Black Migration Project, Web SiteSchomburg Center Creates Black Migration Project, Web Site NEW YORK The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is creating an education project focusing on Black migration over the past 400 years. The project, which includes a new Web site, will give the public access to articles, photographs, maps and historic documents — including a […]February 23, 2005StudentsNorth Carolina Central University Only Black College In State to Recruit National Achievement ScholarsNorth Carolina Central University Only Black College In State to Recruit National Achievement Scholars DURHAM, N.C. Information released by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. ranks North Carolina Central University No. 1 among North Carolina historically Black colleges and universities and third in the state in recruiting National Achievement Scholars (NAS).“The National Achievement Program is very […]February 23, 2005Leadership & PolicyEdward Waters College President Jimmy Jenkins Resigns Following Plagiarism ScandalEdward Waters College President Jimmy Jenkins Resigns Following Plagiarism Scandal JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dr. Jimmy Jenkins, who was credited with turning around Edward Waters College, increasing its enrollment and its standards, resigned earlier this month after a plagiarism scandal cost the school its accreditation (see Black Issues, Dec. 30, 2004). The executive committee of the board […]February 23, 2005HealthHampton University CenterHampton University Center to Focus On Breast and Prostate Cancer ResearchHAMPTON, Va. Hampton University is planning the construction of a 64,000-square-foot Biomedical Research Center on the university campus. Funded by HU and a federal government agency, the state-of-the-art facility will be an interdisciplinary center for biomedical researchers from both HU and the local region.HU’s Biomedical […]February 23, 2005HealthNew Joint Center Partnership FocusesNew Joint Center Partnership Focuses On Diversifying Health Care Work Force WASHINGTONThe Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has partnered with former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, to increase racial and ethnic diversity within the nation’s health care work force. This alliance will spearhead the […]February 23, 2005HomeJudge Awards Plaintiffs $672,000Judge Awards Plaintiffs $672,000 In Legal Fees in Michigan Admissions CaseDETROIT A federal judge recently ordered the University of Michigan to pay $672,000 in legal fees and costs to attorneys for students who sued the school over its use of affirmative action in undergraduate admissions policies. The university had maintained it wasn’t responsible for the […]February 23, 2005HomeIn Memoriam: Ossie Davis (1917-2005)In Memoriam: Ossie Davis (1917-2005) The Broadway theaters dimmed their lights in honor of Ossie Davis on Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, at 8:00 p.m., prior to their evening curtains. All across America, the national and local media sought theatre and film specialists to comment on Mr. Davis’ extraordinary career. Black theaters, community film workshops, libraries, […]February 23, 2005Home‘Still Black, At Yale’‘Still Black, At Yale’ Film documents how race, racism, play a role in the Black student experience at an Ivy League institutionA Review By Crystal L. KeelsIn 1974, Black students at Yale University took it upon themselves to chronicle the tenor of the times on their Ivy League campus with a documentary film. Among those […]February 23, 2005African-AmericanDocumenting Violence in the ‘Hood’Documenting Violence in the ‘Hood’ Claflin University student receives coveted Sundance award for short filmBy Lelita CannonORANGEBURG, S.C.Eighteen-year-old Daniel Howard received the phone call of a lifetime in December. It was a delegate from the Sundance Film Festival. The representative told him that his film, “Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-Stuy Story,” which he directed […]February 23, 2005HomeFighting for CredibilityFighting for CredibilityHaving enjoyed an illustrious reputation without accreditation, FAMU’s School of Business and Industry has finally decided to go for itBy Marlon A. WalkerTALLAHASSEE, Fla.When Florida A&M University’s School of Business and Industry (SBI) was established in 1974, founding dean Dr. Sybil Mobley believed the business world needed employees who received training different than […]February 23, 2005Previous PagePage 11 of 431Next Page
