Monthly Archives: September, 2011

New Director of the Black Culture Center at Indiana University

Stephanie Power-Carter is an associate professor at the School of Education.

University Study Indicates a Lessening of Residential Racial Segregation

Study finds a decline in residential segregation in all 394 U.S. metro areas.

Two Black Scholars Named Fellows at Stanford’s CCSRE

Cherene Sherrard-Johnson and Barrymoore Bogues will spend the year at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.

In Memoriam: James Edward Bowman (1923-2011)

The father of presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, Dr. Bowman was the first African-American tenured faculty member in the biological sciences at the University of Chicago.

Kwame Dawes Named Editor of the Literary Journal, Prairie Schooner

He will also teach English at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

5,000 Issues of Black Newspaper Made Available Online by Library at IUPUI

Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis provides online access to 5,000 issues of Indianapolis' black newspaper.

The New Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Marie Chisholm-Burns will assume her new role at the beginning of 2012.

Two African-American Academics Win Genius Awards

Tiya Miles and Roland Fryer are among the 22 winners of MacArthur Foundation Fellowships.

Carnegie Mellon Establishing a Campus in Rwanda

About 40 students are expected to enroll next year. By 2017 the university hopes enrollments will reach 150 students.

Princeton’s New Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity

Michele Minter was vice president for development at The College Board.

Study Shows Only 15 Percent of African-American SAT Test Takers Are Well Prepared for College

According to The College Board, whites are more than three times as likely as blacks to be ready for the academic rigors of college.

Study Suggests Umpires Are Biased Against Black Pitchers

Black pitchers compensate by throwing more pitches in the middle of the strike zone, pitches that are easier for batters to hit.

Appointments and Promotions

Here is news of eight appointments of African Americans to positions in higher education.

Black Enrollments in Higher Education Expected to Continue to Grow

By 2020, the official estimate is that there will be 3.6 million African Americans enrolled in higher education.

A Widening of the Black-White Income Gap

The large and stagnant income gap between black and white families remains for African Americans a major barrier to equal access to higher education in this country.

Grants and Gifts

This week's grants to HBCUs or for programs relating to African Americans.

Honors and Awards

Gilbert Rochon and Sylvester Neal are honored for their achievements.

Professor Who Claimed Black Women Are Less Attractive Is Disciplined

Satoshi Kanazawa of the London School of Economics admits his "arguments may have been flawed and not supported by the available evidence."

The New Director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Georgia

Dr. Toni Miles was a professor at the University of Louisville.

Dispelling the Myth That Financial Aid Disproportionately Goes to Blacks

Non-Hispanic whites receive nearly three-fifths of all financial aid grants.
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