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UC System President Plans to Step Down Next Year

After seven years leading the University of California system, President Janet Napolitano announced that she plans to step down in August 2020. Napolitano was the system’s first female president. “My time at UC has been deeply gratifying and rewarding,” Napolitano said. “I have been honored and inspired every day to serve this institution alongside incredibly […]

September 19, 2019

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HBCU Conference Focuses on Building Federal and Local Ties

The first day of the 2019 HBCU Conference focused on building federal and local strategic alliances.

September 9, 2019

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Scholars, Health Care Professionals Call for End to Family Separations at Border

As images emerge of child immigrants being separated from their families at the border, scholars and human rights advocates who study these issues refer to President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy as heartbreaking, immoral and, at the extreme, a “systematic use of violence.”

June 19, 2018

Opinion

Standing Rock Standoff Just Latest in Pipeline Crises

The struggle at Standing Rock is about the water, the air, the Earth and, in the end, it is about our bodies and their dehumanization by the state and private capital.

October 30, 2016