Tag: Social Sciences: Page 25

African-American

What if the ‘Perpetually Horny Middle-Aged Man’ in the News Was a Person of Color?

We live in a sex-crazed culture.

July 29, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Alabama State University Awarded $800,000 for Voting Rights Center

Alabama State University receives funding to build the third Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights Interpretive Center, which is slated to open in March 2015.

July 2, 2013

Health

Grambling Wins $1.7 Million STEM Grant

Grambling State University has been awarded a $1.7 million, five-year grant by the National Institutes of Health to provide graduate degree opportunities to under-represented honors students.

June 24, 2013

Community Colleges

Community College of Baltimore County Opens New Extension Center

The Community College of Baltimore County is opening a new extension center in Owings Mills.

June 18, 2013

Leadership & Policy

The Passing of a Cherished Mentor

One of my closest friends and mentors, Dr. Barbara Eleanor Adams, transitioned early last week at the age of 74.

May 30, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Mississippi Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Woolworth Sit-In

Education and Tourism Officials Unveil a Marker to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-In.

May 27, 2013

Faculty & Staff

USC Announces $70 Million Gift by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine

University of Southern California says Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and Jimmy Iovine are donating $70 million to establish the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation.

May 15, 2013

Students

City College of New York Honors Colin Powell

General Colin Powell returned to his alma mater, City College of New York, to commemorate the school’s decision to rename its division of social sciences after him.

May 5, 2013

Faculty & Staff

American Indian Activist Horse Capture Dies

American Indian activist, curator and professor George Horse Capture has died in Great Falls. He was 75.

May 2, 2013

Students

Last of 4 Charged With Hazing Virginia State University Students

Chesterfield County police said Tuesday that the last of four men charged with hazing after two Virginia State University students drowned is in custody.

April 30, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Students Sought for Lollapalooza Tech Side Event

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office is looking for 100 technology and computer science college students from across the nation to travel to Chicago during Lollapalooza 2013 weekend.

April 29, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Rutgers President to be Asked About Scandal Severances

TRENTON, N.J. — Rutgers President Robert Barchi is scheduled to appear Thursday before an Assembly budget panel, where he’ll be asked about six- and seven-figure payouts given to three university officials ousted during a basketball coaching scandal.

April 17, 2013