Diverse StaffHomeRacism’s Hidden ThreatDiscrimination is hurtful and nasty, but researchers are now discovering that it can lead to drug abuse as well.May 16, 2007HomeBlack Women Navigate Ladder To the TopThere has never been a better time in American history for Black women with a college education, says Chaz Kyser, author of Embracing the Real World: The Black Woman’s Guide to Life After College and a journalism instructor and newspaper advisor at Langston University.May 16, 2007StudentsGrants & GiftsBall State University (Ind.) has received $200,000 from the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation to create the Telecommunications Merit Endowment Scholarship. The scholarship aims to benefit incoming freshmen and transfer students who are looking to major in telecommunications. Cheyney University (Pa.) has received a $350,000 donation from Ephren W. Taylor II, the youngest Black […]May 16, 2007Community CollegesProfessional AppoinmentsDaniel O. Bernstein has been named president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council. He has spent the past 10 years as president of Portland State University. Bernstein holds a bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley, a law degree from Northwestern University and a graduate law degree from the University of Wisconsin. Niurka […]May 16, 2007HBCUsLiberian President Johnson Sirleaf Is Among Commencement Speaker Class of 2007Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will give the keynote address at commencement ceremonies at Langston University and Spelman College this month.May 9, 2007HomeSmarties Turn To Idiots For GuidanceHow do you know a trend has become a phenomenon? When an Idiot’s Guide is written about it.April 18, 2007HomeIraq Is Bad … But What About Urban America?The war in Iraq has destabilized the Middle East and is putting an untold cost on the backs of American soldiers. But it is not the only war being waged.April 18, 2007Leadership & PolicyReal-Life HerosTuskegee Airman Robert Lawrence, of Santa Fe, N.M., waits for a group photo with fellow Tuskegee Airmen in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington prior to the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the airmen late last month.April 18, 2007HomeProfessional AppointmentsDr. Julianne Malveaux has been named president of Bennett College (N.C.). She is a nationally known activist and columnist, appearing in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, USA Today and Ms. Magazine, among others. Malveaux earned a bachelor’s and master’s from Boston College and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Willie J. Gilchrist […]April 18, 2007StudentsGrants & GiftsAustin College (Texas) has received a $2.5 million gift from alum John Q. Adams Sr. and his wife, Vicki. A lecture hall in the college’s planned science facility will be named the Cindy Adams Black Lecture Hall in honor of John Adams’ late sister. Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Calif.) has received more than $6 […]April 18, 2007Previous PagePage 110 of 115Next Page
