Monthly Archives: June, 2012

A Shake-Up in Diversity Efforts at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School

The Office of Diversity and Community Outreach, established in 1968, has been shut down.

The Milwaukee Scholarship Program Is Sending 10 Black Men to Morehouse College

All 10 Black male students from Milwaukee public high schools will receive full, four-year scholarships to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta.

Florida A&M University Professor Receives a U.S. Patent for Infection-Fighting Drug

Seth Y. Ablordeppey, a professor in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has received a U.S. patent for modifications he made to the drug Cryptolepine.

Board Approves Academic Restructuring Plan at North Carolina Central University

Fourteen academic programs at the historically Black university in Durham are being eliminated or merged into other programs.

HBCU Choir Sets Schedule and Names Conductors

The 105 Voices of History National Choir is made up of one student from each of 105 historically Black colleges and universities.

Students Learn How to Preserve HBCU Photo Collections

Twenty students from 10 historically Black colleges and universities recently took part in a seven-day workshop at the University of Delaware on preserving old photographs.

The Changing Face of Residential Segregation

Three professors of geography have produced a new study showing that while racial diversity in American cities has increased in the past two decades, highly diverse neighborhoods are still very rare.

A College Education Provides Major Economic Benefits for Blacks in California

The report found that lifetime earnings for African Americans with a four-year college degree in California have grown 85 percent, after adjusting for inflation, over the past 30 years.

Kansas State University Study Looks at the Gender Aspect of Racial Profiling

White women stopped by police were the most likely group to be let go with only a warning. Black women were just as likely as White men to be ticketed, arrested, or searched.

In Memoriam: H. Douglas Covington, 1935-2012

He was president of three HBCUs before becoming the first African American to lead a predominantly white, state-operated university in Virginia.

Chad Williams to Lead Black Studies Department at Brandeis University

For the past six years, Dr. Williams has been on the history department faculty at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

Danette Howard Named Secretary of Higher Education for the State of Maryland

She has been serving as interim secretary since last August and previously held research positions at the University of Maryland and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Denise M. Linton Named Nurse Educator of the Year

She is the Dudley Joseph Plaisance Sr. BORSF Professor of Nursing at the University of Louisiana Lafayette's College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions.

Tennessee State University Names Three Interim Deans

The new interim deans are Stephanie Coursey Bailey, James A. Ellzy, and Haraldo V. Richards.

Five African Americans Named to Top Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Keith W. McIntosh, Shakeela J. Hunter, Wanda S. Mitchell, Sharon T. Stoddard, and Deborah F. Dent will be assuming new duties.

The University of Nevada at Las Vegas Names Its New Provost

Since 2007, John Valery White has been dean of the William S. Boyd School of Law at the university.

Major Progress in African American Degree Attainments

African Americans have made substantial progress over the past decade in increasing their share of degrees awarded at every level of higher education.

Linda Edmonds Turner to Lead Roxbury Community College

From 2002 to 2011, Dr. Turner was president of the Urban College of Boston.

Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
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