Tag: African/Afro/Black Studies: Page 11

Students

2015 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars

2015 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars

April 9, 2015

African-American

Study Ranks State-based Job Markets for College Grads

Researchers at Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce analyzed state labor markets and ranked the 50 states by the frequency of job openings per college-educated worker.

April 7, 2015

Faculty & Staff

VALERIE SMITH

VALERIE SMITH has been appointed president of Swarthmore College, effective July 1. She is currently dean of the college and a professor of literature and African-American studies at Princeton University. Smith earned a bachelor’s from Bates College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Virginia.

April 6, 2015

Students

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS has been appointed associate dean of international affairs for the School of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. She was director of the Women in Public Service Project and the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. De Silva de Alwis earned a bachelor’s from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard Law School.

April 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Penn State Professor Arrested in Miami after Rant on Plane

A Penn State University associate sociology professor says she doesn’t know why her onboard speech about U.S.-Venezuela relations got her pulled off a flight in Miami.

March 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Southern University Resumes Search for Top Leadership Position

Southern University has revived its stalled search for a new leader.

March 15, 2015

African-American

ANJELICA L. GONZALEZ

Anjelica L. Gonzalez was appointed the Donna L. Dubinsky Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. She was an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Yale. Gonzalez earned a bachelor’s from Utah State University and a doctorate from the Baylor College of Medicine.

March 10, 2015

Students

Women As Writers

“Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” is the theme this year of Women’s History Month, which is observed in March. This year is also the 35th anniversary of the Women’s History Movement and the National Women’s History Project, which promotes Women’s History Month.

March 1, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CRISTINA M. RODRIGUEZ

Cristina M. Rodriguez was named the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She was a professor of law at Yale. Rodriguez earned a bachelor’s and a juris doctor from Yale. She also earned a master’s from Oxford University.

March 1, 2015

Students

Barbara Walters Donates $15M to Sarah Lawrence College

Journalism giant and Sarah Lawrence College alumna Barbara Walters is donating $15 million to her alma mater to establish The Barbara Walters Campus Center.

February 26, 2015

African-American

The Lunar New Year Starts and the Day of Remembrance Never Ends

Special times as communities celebrate and commemorate.

February 23, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Celebrating Black History in the New Millennium

There are some compelling issues to be examined regarding Black History Month as we know it to be now.

February 19, 2015