StaffHomeProfessional AppointmentsDr. Adena Williams Loston has been appointed president of St. Philips College (Texas). She had most recently been director of education for the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Virginia facility. Loston earned a bachelor’s from Alcorn State University and a master’s and doctorate from Bowling Green State University. Dr. Miriam Feldblum has been appointed vice president […]March 21, 2007HomeRemembering a GeniusDr. Percy Julian was an award-winning chemist who broke racial barriers throughout the 20th century and became…March 7, 2007Native AmericansScholars Gather for State of the Black UnionA group of scholars, including Drs. Eddie Glaude, Farah Jasmine Griffin and Cornel West gathered on the campus of the…March 7, 2007HBCUsGrants & GiftsNorth Carolina Central University has received a $100,000 donation from the Meldrum Family Foundation to launch the Christopher S. Meldrum Chemistry Scholarship Fund. The scholarship will be awarded to college juniors majoring in chemistry. Prairie View A&M University (Texas) has received a $32,000 donation from Shell Oil Co. to support the university’s engineering program. The […]March 7, 2007SportsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Donald J. Reaves has been appointed chancellor of Winston-Salem State University (N.C.). He was most recently vice president for administration and chief financial officer at the University of Chicago. Reaves holds a bachelor’s from Cleveland State University and a master’s and doctorate from Kent State University. Rod Broadway has been named head football coach […]March 7, 2007Leadership & PolicyWomen in Science? Some Fare Better Than OthersFormer Harvard University President Larry Summers created a brouhaha in 2005 over comments he made…February 21, 2007StudentsGrants & GiftsBenedictine University (Ill.) and the College of DuPage (Ill.) will use a three-year, $199,952 grant from the National Science Foundation to help introduce biocalculus to more two- and four-year students at the two institutions. The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $500,000 grant to the North Alabama/Southern Tennessee region for the Second Generation of […]February 21, 2007Faculty & StaffProfessional AppointmentsDr. James Earl Lyons has been named secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission. He is currently president of California State University-Dominguez Hills. Lyons holds a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Angela Lintz has been appointed director of higher education programs at the Level Playing Field Institute, a nonprofit organization […]February 21, 2007DisabiltiesTranslating Disabilities in Foreign CountriesStudents with disabilities have long felt that studying abroad was an impossible dream…February 7, 2007African-AmericanBook of Note: A History of Black Women in the Ivory TowerIn 1850, Lucy Stanton graduated from Oberlin College and made history as the first Black woman to earn a college degree…February 7, 2007Previous PagePage 2 of 46Next Page