Jamal EricFaculty & StaffPoet Alleges Discrimination at Cleveland State UniversityAn outspoken tenured professor of English at Cleveland State University whose discrimination lawsuit against the Ohio school is scheduled for a November trial has been served a termination letter only weeks before classes start.August 14, 2011Faculty & StaffTalented Young Black Scholars Find an Open Path to Ivy LeagueWith the influx of a new generation of highly trained Black Ph.D.s, Ivy League institutions are aggressively courting these young scholars fresh out of graduate school.July 20, 2011Faculty & StaffFirst African-American Named to Lead Lexington Theological SeminaryThe flagship seminary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) made history last week when trustees voted to name Dr. Charisse Gillett, the 17th president of the Lexington Theological Seminary.July 10, 2011HomeSyracuse University Helps Nurture Urban Gardening OrganizationAmong supporters of Syracuse Grows, an urban gardening coalition in the New York state city, is Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, which has directed resources to the group, including a community geographer who has assisted communities in examining land-use data and food-access statistics.July 5, 2011StudentsNational Urban League, Brady Center Team Up with Plaxico Burress to Prevent Gun ViolenceThe former wide receiver for the New York Giants will help educate and send an anti-violence message particularly among young people.June 21, 2011HBCUsUNAIDS Summit Launches ‘Countdown to Zero’ Plan; Nations With High Numbers of Pregnant Women With HIV TargetedIn a new report released by UNAIDS, advocates call for HIV and AIDS education as early as elementary school.June 12, 2011African-AmericanScholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad to Take Reins at Schomburg CenterDr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, an assistant professor of history at Indiana University, is poised to take the helm of the world’s leading repository of the global Black experience when he becomes director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.May 22, 2011African-AmericanActivists, Educators Converge for Princeton Prison ConferencePanelists, including Ohio State University Associate Professor of Law Michelle Alexander, denounce mandatory minimum sentences, disenfranchisement and the term “felon.”April 25, 2011Faculty & StaffPolitical Strategist Brazile Says Scholar’s Obama Criticism is Valuable for DemocratsDonna Brazile, one of the nation’s most visible Democratic strategists, recently journeyed to Princeton University to engage in a public discussion with Dr. Cornel West about the current state of American politics.April 24, 2011Faculty & StaffTheology Professor’s Discrimination Lawsuit Raises Thorny First Amendment IssuesDr. Jimmy Kirby, a former tenured professor at the Lexington Theological Seminary, is appealing a lower court’s ruling that dismissed his lawsuit against the seminary last year for breach of contract and racial discrimination.April 6, 2011Previous PagePage 28 of 30Next Page
