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Sports

Craig Littlepage Retiring as University of Virginia’s Athletic Director

Craig Littlepage is retiring after 16 years as Virginia’s athletic director. Littlepage made the announcement Tuesday and added that he will remain in the job until a replacement is hired, then transition into a role in the university president’s office. He became the first Black athletic director in Atlantic Coast Conference history when he was […]

September 5, 2017

Sports

Florida State Answers Report Alleging Academic Favoritism

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State University once again finds itself answering allegations of academic fraud involving its football program. The New York Times on Friday reported that six players on the 2013 National Championship team received special treatment in online courses. The university said in an email to The Associated Press that an independent investigation […]

September 4, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Ohio State Ex-director Strayhorn Resigns Over Speaking Fees Questions

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A tenured Ohio State professor has resigned after a review alleged he improperly accepted up to $200,000 for speaking engagements across the country. The Columbus Dispatch reports Dr. Terrell Strayhorn left the College of Education and Human Ecology in May after being fired two months earlier as director of the university’s Center […]

September 4, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Court Rules Against Professor in Race Discrimination Case

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — An appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of racial discrimination claims by a former Indiana University South Bend professor. The South Bend Tribune reports that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago published its opinion this week and determined that Otis Grant was not able to prove a lower court […]

September 4, 2017

Students

Michigan State Sued After Rejecting White Nationalist Group

DETROIT — A lawsuit has been filed against Michigan State University after it denied a request to rent space on campus for White nationalist Richard Spencer to speak in September. Georgia State University student Cameron Padgett, who tried to rent the room, sued Sunday alleging the university is violating Spencer’s free speech. The East Lansing […]

September 4, 2017

Students

Trump Leaks Darken DACA Future

President Trump’s intention to end DACA, but give Congress six months to fix the policy, amounts to a failure in Trump’s ability to lead.

September 4, 2017

Students

As DACA Decision Looms, Trump’s Direction Becomes Clear

After months of suspense, Politico reported Sunday evening that President Trump will be terminating the consideration of deferred action against childhood arrivals, otherwise known as DACA, a policy that safeguards minors from deportation.

September 4, 2017

Students

Helping the College Applicants Who Need It the Most

Where does a high school senior whose parents didn’t go to college turn to understand the application process? What resources are available to a student from a remote rural area if she wants to apply to college?

August 31, 2017

Home

Rusert’s Book Looks Back at Fight Against Racist Sciences

Dr. Britt Rusert’s new book, Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture, sheds a contemporary light on the Black artists, scientists, clergy and activists working to critique and challenge the “racist sciences” of the 19th century.

August 31, 2017

Students

Scholar: Graduate Research Internships a Resource to Fill STEM Workforce Gap

Expanding opportunities for more students to take advantage of graduate research internships might address future workforce needs in the U.S. and alleviate some of the pressure that faculty face to supplement their rigorous research training with the teaching of, and exposure to, technical and professional career skills and opportunities.

August 30, 2017

Students

Undocumented Serrano Puts His Fear Out Front

Moises Serrano’s Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America depicts portions of his life, as he navigates society as a queer and undocumented man.

August 30, 2017

Latinx

Guillermo: Trump Must Not Shut Off Dream of DACA

We are coming up to a major game of chicken over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

August 28, 2017