Appointments & Awards

Appointments & Awards

New Positions or Duties for Four African American Scholars

Honors & Awards

Beverly Daniel Tatum Selected to Receive the Prestigious Gittler Prize

Appointments & Awards

Six African Americans Appointed to High-Level Administrative Posts at Universities

Honors & Awards

University of Iowa Names Building to Honor Alumna Elizabeth Catlett

Appointments & Awards

Four African Americans Appointed to Faculty Positions

Appointments & Awards

Indiana University Names New Leaders for Two Performing Ensembles

African-American History

Honors for the First Black Woman to Receive a Bachelor’s Degree at Vanderbilt University

Appointments & Awards

A Large Group of African Americans Who Are Taking on New University Administrative Roles

Appointments & Awards

Ivory V. Nelson Serving as Interim Provost at Jackson State University

Appointments & Awards

Ernest Morrell Appointed to an Endowed Chair at the University of Notre Dame

Appointments & Awards

Two African American Scholars to Serve in Dean Positions

Appointments & Awards

Five African American Scholars in New Faculty Roles

Honors & Awards

A Trio of Black Scholars Honored With Distinguished Awards

Appointments & Awards

New Higher Education Administrative Appointments for Seven African American Women

Appointments & Awards

The New Provost at South Carolina State University

Appointments & Awards

New Assignments for Six African American Faculty Members

Appointments & Awards

The New Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Appointments & Awards

Six African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

African-American History

Tuskegee University Honors Its First Chaplain, John W. Whittaker, 1860-1936

Appointments & Awards

Frederick Harris Named Dean of Social Science at Columbia University

Books

Alabama State University Professor Wins the 2017 Balcones Poetry Prize

Appointments & Awards

The New Dean of Arts and Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Honors & Awards

Only One Black Scholar Among This Year’s 22 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences

Appointments & Awards

Six Black Women Scholars Taking on New Assignments

Books

Michigan State University Historian Wins Prestigious Book Award

Appointments & Awards

Five African Americans in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

African-American History

Ohio University Chillicothe Honors Joseph Carter Corbin

Books

Sabrina Strings Wins a Hellman Fellowship to Complete a Book on Fat Stigma

Appointments & Awards

Four African American Men Assuming New Faculty Roles

Appointments & Awards

Two African American Women Named to Dean Posts at Southern University at New Orleans

Appointments & Awards

Seven African Americans Appointed to Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Appointments & Awards

Three Black Scholars Named to Dean Positions

Appointments & Awards

Virginia State University Announces a Series of Executive Appointments

Appointments & Awards

Black Scholar to Lead the Women in Engineering ProActive Network

Appointments & Awards

Two African American Faculty Members in New Roles

Honors & Awards

Notable Honors Awarded to Two African American Women in Higher Education

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Breaking News

American-Born Layli Maparyan Appointed President of the University of Liberia

Breaking News
Dr. Maparyan, a distinguished academic and prolific scholar, had been serving as the executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and a professor of African Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

Kyle Farmbry Has Resigned as President of Guilford College in North Carolina

Breaking News
Before being named the first African American president of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2022, Dr. Farmbry served as a professor of public administration in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University in Newark.

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