Appointments & Awards

Honors & Awards

Professor Anita Hill to Be Honored With the $10,000 Spendlove Prize

African-American History

Old Dominion University Honors Its First African American Rector

Honors & Awards

Choreographer Bill T. Jones to Receive the International Humanities Medal

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New Assignments for Three African American Faculty Members

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Prestigious Honors for Black Scholars at Major Universities

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Two African Americans Named to Administrative Posts at State Universities

African-American History

University of Colorado Honors Its First Black Faculty Member and First Black Librarian

Appointments & Awards

Four Blacks Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships

African-American History

A Tribute to the First African American Woman Graduate of the Yale School of Music

Appointments & Awards

New Administrative Duties for Four African Americans in Higher Education

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Three Black Scholars Named to Dean Positions

Appointments & Awards

New Roles for Three Black Faculty Members

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Three African American Men in Higher Education Receive Prestigious Awards

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Three African American Women Named to University Administrative Posts

African-American History

The First Portrait of a Person of Color in Harvard’s Faculty Room

Books

Orlando Patterson Honored for Lifetime Achievement by the Cleveland Foundation

Honors & Awards

Two Blacks Scholars in the Twelfth Class of Jefferson Science Fellows

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Three African American Scholars Join the Faculty at Yale Divinity School

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Six African Americans Appointed to Administrative Posts in Higher Education

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Two New African American Deans at Ivy League Universities

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New Teaching Assignments for Two Black Scholars

Appointments & Awards

Six African Americans Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Books

Two African American Academics Win National Book Critic Circle Awards

Honors & Awards

Valerie Montgomery Rice Honored by Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Appointments & Awards

Seven African American Scholars Taking on New Faculty Assignments

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Prestigious Honors Bestowed on Two Black Scholars

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Administrative Appointments for Six African Americans in Higher Education

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Two African Americans Are Among the 11 New Members of the National Academy of Education

Appointments & Awards

Five Black Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments

Honors & Awards

A Trio of Black Scholars Selected for Prestigious Awards

Appointments & Awards

Three African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Appointments & Awards

The Inaugural Director of the Center on Race, Law, and Justice at Fordham University

Appointments & Awards

New Faculty Posts for Two African American Women Scholars

Honors & Awards

Distinguished Honors for Two African American Scholars

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New University Administrative Posts for Five African Americans

African-American History

Duke University to Further Honor the Black Man Who Designed Much of Its Campus

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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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