Diverse StaffFaculty & StaffGilbert Named Chairman of UF Computer Science & EngineeringOne of the first hires under the University of Florida’s Preeminence Initiative less than a year ago, Dr. Juan Gilbert has been named chairman of the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering.May 21, 2015HBCUsUniversity of Minnesota Honors Dr. Robert J. JonesThe University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) has been renamed The Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center in honor of the State University of New York at Albany president.May 21, 2015HomeCummings Named Chancellor of UNC at PembrokeDr. Robin G. Cummings, a 59-year-old native of Pembroke and a member of the Lumbee Tribe, has been named chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.May 21, 2015SportsWillie Lanier Funding Endowed Lectureship at Morgan StatePro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is giving $500,000 to Morgan State University, his alma mater, to establish the Willie E. Lanier, Sr. Endowed Lectureship in Business Ethics.May 13, 2015HomeWinston-Salem State Lands $2.3M Grant from NIHThe grant will help better prepare undergraduate students to compete for graduate programs leading to Ph.D., medical degrees or a combination of both.May 6, 2015HomeVirginia Police: UVA Honor Student Falsely ChargedAccording to the Richmond Free Press, Virginia State ABC officials falsely charged a Black University of Virginia student, Martese Johnson, with public intoxication knowing he was not intoxicated, says a state police report on the March 18 arrest of the student.May 5, 2015African-AmericanStudent Voices Focus on Frustration in BaltimoreStudents on Baltimore campuses shared their thoughts on the protests in the city—and the events that inspired them.April 30, 2015StudentsN.C. Central Law School Awarded $250K ProfessorshipThe North Carolina Central University School of Law has received a $250,000 gift from John D. Fassett, attorney and former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk at the time of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. The gift will assist the School of Law in creating an endowed professorship for a faculty member who […]April 27, 2015African-AmericanSimmons College Added to Official HBCU RegistrySimmons College has officially received federal designation as a historically Black college, the Kentucky institution announced Monday.April 21, 2015African-AmericanNCA Honors Former President TaylorThe National Communication Association has established an award in honor of Dr. Orlando L. Taylor, its 85th president and first African-American to serve in that capacity.April 14, 2015Previous PagePage 20 of 115Next Page
