Diverse StaffFaculty & StaffUCSC Professor to Unveil Research on Migration and PovertyPatricia Zavella, a professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, will present the results of more than a decade of research during a talk, “Migration and Poverty in Santa Cruz County,” on Tuesday. February 10.February 3, 2009HomeFayetteville State University’s Nursing Scores Worst in N.C.Fayetteville State nursing graduates had the worst pass rates in the state on the 2008 licensure exam, The Fayetteville Observer reported.February 1, 2009HomeHouse Quickly OKs $819B Economic Stimulus BillIn a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill Wednesday night, filled with new spending and tax cuts at the core of the young administration’s revival plan for the desperately ailing economy. The vote was 244-188.January 28, 2009LatinxHispanic Media Group Plans Hate Speech PetitionThe National Hispanic Media Coalition, a media advocacy and civil rights organization, plans to unveil its preliminary findings on hate speech in commercial radio today and to follow up with a petition to the Federal Communications Commission.January 27, 2009LatinxParent Complain That Pep Talks Singled Out Latinos, BlacksParents of black and Latino students at Camden County’s Eastern Regional High School complained to the school board last week that the school may have been discriminating by scheduling pep talks just for minority students.January 27, 2009HomeNot Your Parents’ DormStudents at the University of Chicago now have the option of living in coed dorm rooms without permission from their parents, a policy that marks a sharp departure from the institution’s more traditional campus culture.January 21, 2009HomeDiversity Report Card: A+ for UC San FranciscoNearly one-third of students in last fall’s entering medical school class at the University of California, San Francisco are from an underrepresented minority group, a figure that won the school the title “most improved” in a Greenling Institute report.January 21, 2009HomeProfessional AppointmentsDR. DARYLL J. PINES is dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering and the Nariman Farvardin Professor of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. Pines previously served as chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the college. He holds a bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s and […]January 21, 2009InternationalGrants & GiftsThe UNIVERSITY OF DENVER’s Morgridge College of Education has received a $10 MILLION gift from James (Jim) Cox Kennedy to establish the James C. Kennedy Institute for Educational Success. The funds will endow three faculty chairs and program/research endowment in the college. The Kremen School of Education and Human Development at the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, […]January 21, 2009HBCUsDiverse CalendarMarch 2-6 Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education 20th International Conference Embassy Suites Hotel Airport & Convention Center Charleston, S.C. Web: site.aace.org March 5-7 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education 4th Annual National Conference “Achieving Hispanic Success” Hyatt Regency Riverwalk San Antonio Web: www.aahhe.org March 11-15 The National Black Graduate Student Association 21st […]January 21, 2009Previous PagePage 64 of 115Next Page
