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SANDIP PATEL

SANDIP PATEL has been promoted to associate vice president for budget and financial planning at Quinnipiac University. He was director of business analytics and financial planning at Quinnipiac. Patel holds a bachelor’s and an MBA from Quinnipiac.

November 4, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Diverse on the Go

Ralph Newell, Vice President for Business Development & Technology, is representing Diverse at the HERC Annual Fall Meeting in Portland, Oregon, through Thursday.

October 25, 2015

Students

Scholars of Color Making Academic Research More Culturally Relevant

A basic approach of conducting research, publishing work and focusing on information dissemination is key to making academic work relevant for the higher ed community and the people they serve.

October 19, 2015

Students

Report: U.S. Math Performance Gap Starts with Unequal Access

When it comes to educating U.S. teens in math, schools play a significant factor in reinforcing, and even worsening, the inequalities between students from upper-income families and their low-income peers.

October 14, 2015

Community Colleges

ALICIA JACKSON

ALICIA JACKSON was named dean of the College of Business at Albany State University in Georgia. She is the former dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. Jackson earned a bachelor’s from Knox College in Illinois, an MBA from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin.

October 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Kingston Provides Backdrop for Scholars to Convene

Leaders from all over gather in Kingston, Jamaica, for the International Colloquium of Black Males in Education.

October 7, 2015

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Foundation, Universities Announce $100M for Brain Research

The Kavli Foundation and three universities are committing $100 million for neuroscience research and plan to launch three institutes to bring together researchers from different disciplines to investigate the workings of the brain.

October 1, 2015

Opinion

Religion Sees Millennials Moving Further Away

Religion is facing a potential crisis in regards to millennials as the institution moves further into the 21st century.

September 30, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ALBERT LEWIS JR.

ALBERT LEWIS JR. has been appointed vice president of economic and workforce development at Bellevue College. Lewis was dean of corporate, community and continuing education at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. He holds a bachelor’s from Marshall University and a master’s from the University of Akron.

September 24, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ELIZABETH G. LOBOA

ELIZABETH G. LOBOA has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri, effective October 15. She is a professor of material science and engineering and a director of the Cell Mechanics Laboratory at North Carolina State University. Loboa also is associate chair and a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the joint program operated by North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Davis, and a master’s and a doctorate from Stanford University.

September 24, 2015

African-American

Researchers at Brown Awarded $4.7M for Mindfulness Study

Researchers at Brown University have been awarded a $4.7 million grant to study whether mindfulness can help patients stick with lifestyle changes.

September 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Weeks Before Hiring, New University of Iowa President Met Search Leaders

Faculty critics said Harreld’s visit, confirmed by the university Tuesday, gives more credence to their claims that he may have been the inside candidate for the presidency all along.

September 15, 2015