Lydia LumLatinxMaking Diversity a Priority at PurdueUnder the leadership of Dr. France Córdova, Purdue University has nearly doubled the ranks of tenured and tenure-track minority women faculty in STEM disciplines over the past five years.April 29, 2012Asian American Pacific IslanderDartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim Named President of the World BankThe move marks a return to global development issues for Kim, a public health expert, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient and Harvard University-trained physician and anthropologist.April 17, 2012African-AmericanRenowned Trial Attorney Donates Law Library to Texas Southern UniversityJoe Jamail, one of the nation’s most storied trial lawyers and educational philanthropists, has donated a major gift to Texas Southern University—his law library.April 11, 2012African-AmericanAn Appreciation: Architect John Chase Desegregated University of TexasThe first African-American to enroll as a student at the University of Texas-Austin, the late John Chase, went on to become an accomplished architect who designed, among hundreds of structures, buildings at UT-Austin and Texas Southern University.April 9, 2012HomeMills College President Alecia DeCoudreaux Committed to Women’s EducationAs the first Black woman president of Mills College, Alecia DeCoudreaux leads an undergraduate program dedicated solely to women, one of fewer than 60 such U.S. institutions left in this country.February 20, 2012HomeEmerging Scholars: Visionary Thinker – Osagie ObasogieThe tenth profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Osagie Obasogie, who is an associate professor of law at the University of California, Hastings.February 2, 2012HomePepperdine Students Petition for Campus Recognition of LGBT GroupPepperdine University gay and lesbian students are petitioning the administration to reconsider its refusal to recognize their group as an official campus organization.January 30, 2012HomeConcordia University-St. Paul: A Resource of Hmong CultureWhen Lee Pao Xiong helped launch the Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia University-St. Paul, he hoped it would become a destination for not only scholars worldwide, but also for non-academicians.January 2, 2012StudentsOsher Scholars Get Much-Needed Assist From Community College Scholarship ProgramKnown as Osher Scholars, the neediest students at the 112 community colleges in the nation’s most populous state are receiving scholarships worth up to $1,000 for textbooks, lab fees and other instructional supplies.November 22, 2011StudentsAPLU Panel Addresses Challenges of Minorities Enrolled in STEM FieldsDespite growing public awareness and collective efforts to increase the ranks of U.S. minority college students seeking degrees in STEM fields, their supporters and advocates still struggle with many of the same issues today as they did several decades ago, a panel of educators says.November 14, 2011Previous PagePage 14 of 30Next Page
