Tag: Social Sciences: Page 29

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Is Portland Really Where Young People Retire?

Portland may not be “a city where young people go to retire,” but it’s the place they go to be underemployed, a new study found.

September 20, 2012

Students

Harvard Probing Dozens for Possible Cheating

Dozens of Harvard University students are being investigated for cheating after school officials discovered they may have shared answers or plagiarized on a final exam.

September 3, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Talking ‘Microaggressions’ With Dr. Derald Wing Sue

Columbia University psychology professor Derald Wing Sue recently spoke to Diverse about his latest book, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. The book insightfully describes the existence of subtle, often unintentional biases and their considerable impact on members of traditionally disadvantaged groups.

September 3, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Notable African-Americans Urge Commemoration of Black History

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA; Alex Haley, award-winning author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots; Henry Hampton, creator/producer, “Eyes on the Prize” documentary series; and other distinguished individuals discussed the importance of discovering the past, analyzing the present and anticipating the future of African-Americans during a live broadcast to campus audiences across the U.S.

September 1, 2011

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Celebrated Historian Joins Ranks of MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Fellows

Annette Gordon-Reedmy tube [youtube GRtHM3tf0m0]

August 29, 2011

African-American

Puerto Rican Scholar Ricardo Alegria Dies at 90

Dr. Ricardo Alegria, a Puerto Rican scholar known for his pioneering studies of the island’s native Taino culture and who is credited with preserving the capital’s colonial district, died Thursday.

July 12, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Empowering Women for Academic Leadership Roles

This past week, I had the pleasure of attending a session on empowering women for academic leadership roles. The event was held at the University of Pennsylvania and featured female academic leaders — our president, deans, center leaders and department chairs. Together, these impressive women offered advice to all of the women in the audience. […]

May 2, 2011

African-American

Manning Marable Remembered as Public Intellectual and Activist

At the time of his death, Marable held the M. Moran Weston and Black Alumni Council Professorship of African American Studies at Columbia University.

April 4, 2011

African-American

Malcolm X Scholar Manning Marable Dies at 60

Dr. Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming Malcolm X biography could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, died just days before the book described as his life’s work was to be released.

April 3, 2011

Students

Study: Indians Studying in U.S. Wish to Return Home

A survey by Rutgers University, Pennsylvania State University and the India-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences found only 8 percent of the 1,000 Indian graduate students polled say they would strongly prefer to remain in the U.S. after completing their studies.

March 9, 2011

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2011 John Hope Franklin Awards Ceremony

See photo highlights from the 2011 John Hope Franklin Awards ceremony on Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Dr. Edmund Gordon and Marian Wright Edelman were the honorees.

March 8, 2011

Health

Edmund Gordon, Marian Wright Edelman to be Honored With John Hope Franklin Awards

Two of America’s most influential advocates for improving the life outcomes of children from underprivileged backgrounds will be honored this evening at the John Hope Franklin Awards ceremony.

March 6, 2011