Tag: Social Sciences: Page 16

Leadership & Policy

University of Illinois Trustees Vote Against Hiring Controversial Professor

University of Illinois trustees on Thursday voted not to hire a professor whose anti-Israel Twitter messages were deemed anti-Semitic by some, raising the likelihood of a lawsuit and further campus protests.

September 11, 2014

African-American

Ferguson Crisis Exposes Larger Injustices

Today, more than 50 years later, James Baldwin’s prophetic narrative rings chillingly true.

September 11, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Alumnus Continues to Build On Dream at Southern Cal

Dauterive Hall, thanks to one of the largest gifts ever bestowed by an African-American to a U.S. university, will have its grand opening Wednesday.

September 1, 2014

African-American

Black Culture Centers Embracing Multiculturalism and Intellectual Conversation

From a proposal in 1987 to create a national network of Black culture centers, the ABCC grown into an international and multicultural organization.

August 27, 2014

Sports

Delayed for Weeks in Liberia, 6 Tuskegee University Students Return to U.S.

Most international flights in an out of the West African nation had been canceled because of the Ebola epidemic.

August 20, 2014

Students

Author Charged With DUI in Fatal Crash in Virginia

An acclaimed journalist and author was in jail without bond Monday on charges of driving under the influence stemming from a crash that killed a 75-year-old Virginia man.

August 18, 2014

Disabilties

Going Forward, New Federal Loan Guidelines for College Seen as Helpful

However, critics say it does nothing to repair catastrophic damage caused as a result of 2011 changes to Parent PLUS loan.

August 10, 2014

Students

Hine Awarded 2013 National Humanities Medal at White House

Dr. Darlene Clark Hine, a pioneering scholar in the field of African American women’s history, was among a group of individuals honored Monday at the White House.

July 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Former Pro Football Player Shifts into Role of Scholar

Dr. Pellom McDaniels describes himself as a conundrum in the world of higher education.

July 8, 2014

African-American

HistoryMakers Collection Finds Home at Library of Congress

Kenneth E. Reeves, facing front, discusses his trailblazing role as a student at Harvard College and later as the first African-American mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo Courtesy of The HistoryMakers Collection at the Library of Congress)

July 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Saginaw Valley State Gives Police Data on City’s Crime Trends

Saginaw Valley State University professors and students have shared with police their recent work to identify crime trends in Saginaw, noting poverty and vacant homes as key factors in the city.

July 2, 2014

Students

Cornell University Alumni Endow First Africana Studies Center Lectureship

Cornell University alumni Reuben A. Munday and Cheryl Casselberry Munday have created an endowment that will allow the university’s Africana Studies and Research Center to bring in a leading scholar of African and African-American studies to the Ithaca campus for an annual lecture.

June 25, 2014