Tag: Discrimination: Page 63

A 22-year Transformation

Dr. Modesto Maidique reflects on the evolution he has shepherded Florida International University through as he prepares to leave his post as president after 22 years.

January 21, 2009

Voting Rights Law Under High Court Review

Days before the first Black president takes office, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider overturning a key feature of the main federal law that ensures access to the polls by minorities.

January 11, 2009

Faculty & Staff

OCU law professor alleges discrimination

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A law professor at Oklahoma City University has filed a federal lawsuit against the university and its law school dean, claiming sexual discrimination and violation of the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Danne L. Johnson, as associated professor of law since 2003, contends male law professors at the school make as […]

December 22, 2008

Inspired by Obama, European Minorities Take Action

An Obama effect is rippling across Europe.

November 20, 2008

Gettting to Know You: Diversity in Friendships Reduces Stress, UCB Study Finds

Making friends outside your own ethnic group or race in academic settings can reduce stress, researchers at University of California at Berkeley have found.

November 4, 2008

Former UI employee sues for age discrimination

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) – A former University of Idaho employee says she was forced into early retirement due to a “hostile” environment toward older workers. Lillian Hatheway, 66, was an administrative assistant in the Department of English before she retired in September. She filed a lawsuit against the school Wednesday in Latah County District Court. […]

October 26, 2008

University of Wisconsin Sorry for ‘Blazing Saddles’ Clip

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has apologized to a black student who during a class last year was shown a clip of the movie “Blazing Saddles” that features racial epithets.

October 14, 2008

Employees sue UW police for discrimination

SEATTLE (AP) _ Six current and former employees of the University of Washington’s police department say they faced a hostile work environment, including racial and sexual discrimination. The group, which includes four police officers, filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court last week. They say there was a black voodoo doll with a noose […]

October 13, 2008

Group Says Nebraska College Biased Against Whites

A group supporting a Nov. 4 ballot measure to end affirmative action says the University of Nebraska College of Law discriminates against White students, but school officials say they never released data that could produce that finding.

October 9, 2008

Children Blame Discrimination for Lack of Minority, Female U.S. President

A new study refutes the idea that children live in a color- and gender-blind world.

October 7, 2008

Perspectives: Race Not Far From the Surface as Obama Articulates a Message of Transformation.

The recent victory by Barack Obama in the Democratic primary and securing the nomination of his party was supposedly a signal to that party and the nation as a whole that race was a less significant factor in America. That assessment may be premature.

September 29, 2008

Poll: Views Still Differ Sharply by Race

Since the nation’s birth, Americans have discussed race and avoided it, organized neighborhoods and political movements around it, and used it to divide and hurt people even as relations have improved dramatically since the days of slavery, Reconstruction and legal segregation.

September 22, 2008

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