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Tennessee Schools Expand Minority STEM Ph.D. Effort

The Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program has provided a model for the establishment of the new Tennessee Bridge-to-the–Doctorate initiative.

August 12, 2015

Students

Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification

The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.

July 8, 2015

Students

Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification

The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.

July 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MARGARET MCKENNA

MARGARET MCKENNA has been appointed president of Suffolk University, effective this summer. She is a visiting professor and acting director of the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy at Brandeis University, and president emerita of Lesley University. McKenna earned a bachelor’s from Emmanuel College and a juris doctor from Southern Methodist University.

June 17, 2015

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FELICIA BLOW

FELICIA BLOW has been named vice president for institutional advancement and executive director of the TCC Educational Foundation at Tidewater Community College. She was vice president for institutional advancement at Paul D. Camp Community College. Blow holds a bachelor’s from Hampton University and an MBA from Strayer University.

June 10, 2015

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Retired Professor Seeks Diversity in Green Movement

Dr. James Francisco Bonilla, who recently retired as a professor at Hamline University’s School of Business, has sought to bring more people of color into the environmental movement.

June 5, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy Takes Over at Shaw

Representatives from Shaw University are expected to announce Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy as its 17th president today.

May 31, 2015

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Ole Miss Aims to Raise $1.5M to Honor Outgoing Leader

University of Mississippi supporters are seeking to raise $1.5 million to honor outgoing Chancellor Dan Jones.

May 20, 2015

Leadership & Policy

LINDA LANDMAN GONZALEZ

LINDA LANDMAN GONZALEZ has been appointed to the Board of Trustees at Valencia College. She is president of the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation and vice president of philanthropy and multicultural insights for the Orlando Magic. Landman Gonzalez earned a bachelor’s from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City.

May 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MIT Professor Bhatia Among Heinz Awards Winners

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher who has developed artificial human “microlivers” that can safely test the toxicity of drugs without endangering lives is one of six people chosen to receive Heinz Awards.

April 23, 2015

Health

Harvard’s Julio Frenk Named University of Miami President

Julio Frenk, a former health minister in Mexico and a dean who helped quadruple fundraising at Harvard during his recent tenure there, was tapped Monday as the next president of the University of Miami.

April 13, 2015

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RISE to Focus on Strategies to Boost Achievement for Males of Color

In the wake of President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, a new effort has sprung up to devote research and resources to better serving boys and young men of color.

February 25, 2015