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Students

Emory Law School Gets Gift to Honor John Lewis

Emory University’s law school has received $1.5 million to fund a professorship named after civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

April 22, 2015

LGBTQ+

Diverse Docket: Judge Tosses Title IX Suit Against Pitt

Public universities that receive federal funds can legally prohibit transgender students from using sex-segregated facilities of the gender they identify with, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled.

April 16, 2015

Sports

In Case You Missed It…

Thousands March in Selma in Honor of 50th Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ Transgender Issues Put Women’s Colleges to the Test Forgoing Two-Year Institutions Better for At-Risk Students League of Innovations: Lack of Funding Age-Old Story

March 12, 2015

LGBTQ+

University of California to Add ‘Gender-Neutral’ Restrooms

Responding to concerns raised by gay and transgender students and employees, University of California President Janet Napolitano directed the system’s 10 campuses on Monday to create more gender-neutral restrooms and to allow students to update their records with a preferred name that does not necessarily match their legal name.

September 30, 2014

African-American

Sierra Club Award Named for Environmental Justice Pioneer Robert Bullard

The renowned environmental organization has announced that it will present the first Robert Bullard Environmental Justice Award to a Mississippi-based activist on November 21.

September 10, 2014

LGBTQ+

Longtime Tennessee Civil Rights Lawyer Dies at 86

George Barrett, a longtime Tennessee civil rights lawyer known for handling a case that ultimately desegregated the state’s public colleges and universities, has died.

August 27, 2014

Students

Free Speech Suit Targets Student Code at Ohio University

A lawsuit challenging Ohio University’s student conduct code alleges administrators violated constitutional free speech rights by telling students not to wear T-shirts bearing a sexually suggestive double entendre, though the school denies that officials made such comments.

July 2, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Three HBCU Presidents Announce Retirements U.S. Presidents Gather to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act Florida A&M Fears Lawmaker Trying to Turn Back Clock Researchers Discuss Role of HBCUs in Supporting School-age Black Males

April 11, 2014

Students

University of Michigan Student Government Rejects Israel Boycott Proposal

The University of Michigan student government early Wednesday rejected a proposal calling for an anti-Israel boycott following hours of debate and a weeklong sit-in by students.

March 26, 2014

African-American

A Woman Of Courage

March is Women’s History Month, which this year will carry the theme “Celebrating Women of Character, Courage and Commitment,.” Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, was the embodiment of those attributes.

February 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Special Focus: Black History Month

In this Black History Month-focused edition, Diverse takes a look at MIT professor Craig Steven Wilder’s new book, Ebony and Ivy, exploring the long history of slavery and Ivy League institutions.

February 17, 2014

Faculty & Staff

John Lewis Takes Readers on a ‘March’ through Civil Rights

John Lewis’ best-selling graphic novel depicting the civil rights movement is the first in a trilogy, designed to tell the civil right story in an easy-to-read medium.

February 13, 2014