Foreign Studies

Dartmouth College Study Finds Cosmetic Surgery to Look Whiter Fails to Boost Women’s Self-Esteem

In a study of 63 women in Venezuelan, 24 who had undergone a rhinoplasty and 39 who wanted to have one, Dr. Lauren Gulbas, assistant professor of anthropology at Dartmouth College, found that all the women of African descent believed that having a nose job would improve their self-esteem.

University of California at Davis to Hold a New Plant Breeding Academy in Kenya

Since 2006 the University of California at Davis Plant Breeding Academy has trained 114 crop breeders from 26 countries. Now the university has announced plans for a new African Plant Breeding Academy to be held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Indiana University Law School Advising Liberia on Constitutional Changes

The Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, has been selected as an adviser to the Constitutional Review Committee of the Government of Liberia.

Scholar to Examine Links Between the 1970s Black Power Movement and Australian Aborigine Activists

Alex Carter, a Ph.D student at the University of Massachusetts, will spend a full year in Australia, beginning in August, working with the Performance Research Unit and the Indigenous Centre at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria, near Melbourne. His research will also take him to Sydney, Brisbane, and Canberra.

Howard University Engineering Students Spending the Summer Conducting Research in Africa

In Cameroon, Howard students will use wireless networks to collect seismic data. In Senegal, the research will focus on HIV resistance to antiretroviral drugs. In South Africa, Howard University students will conduct experiments with silicon detectors in nuclear physics laboratories.

Colorado State University Mounting a Book Drive to Help the Library at an Ethiopian University

President Tony Frank is asking students, faculty, and staff at the university to donate books that will be shipped to the library at Hawassa University in Ethiopia.

University of Pennsylvania Study Examines the Health of Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

The study found that a 45-year-old women in rural Malawi could be expected to spend 58 percent of their remaining life with functional limitations. For 45-year-old men, 41 percent of their remaining years would include functional limitations.

Stanford University Creates Fellowships for African MBA Students

Fellows will receive full tuition scholarships and must agree to return to Africa within two years of graduating from the Stanford business school and work for a business, government agency, or nonprofit organization for a least two consecutive years.

African Union Looks to Establish Continental Accrediting Agency for Higher Education

In a communique issued at the conclusion of a recent conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, participants stated that "National and regional regulatory bodies are essential to successful continental quality assurance harmonization in Africa."

Texas Tech To Host Up to 250 Nigerian Students Each Year

Under the agreement students from Nigeria will be able to study at home for two years and then complete their degree at a campus of the Texas Tech system. The plan is for 250 Nigerian students to study on Texas Tech campuses each academic year.

Two American Universities Partner With Ghana Technology University College

Ghana Technology University College has announced partnership agreements with historically Black Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, and Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia.

University of Pittsburgh Receives Donation of African Artifacts

Among the items donated to the university are a bronze casting of the head of a queen mother from Benin, a helmet mask made of wood and human hair from Tanzania, and a Kente cloth used by members of the royal court of the Ashanti people of Ghana.

Married Couple Awarded Ph.D.s on Same Day at the University of Lagos

Olusegun Samuel earned his Ph.D. in marine ecology with a concentration in ecotoxicology. Temitope Samuel's research focuses on dermatophyte, a group of fungi that causes skin diseases.

Most of Timbuktu’s Vast Collection of African History Was Not Lost

The institute's library collection included approximately 30,000 volumes, many of which are one-of-kind manuscripts some dating back 700 years. Although the library was set on fire by a radical Islamist faction, many of the documents had been removed and others were found safe in a locked basement room.

Southern University of New Orleans Gains an Academic Partner in Africa

Under the agreement with Central University College in Ghana, SUNO will engage in exchanges of students and faculty, cooperate on research projects, and participate in joint lecture and seminar projects.

Alabama State University Signs New Agreement With a University in India

Alabama State University, the historically Black educational institution in Montgomery, has signed a collaborative agreement with the Gujarat Forensic Science University in Ahmedabad, India. It is Alabama State's third agreement with universities in India.

Columbia University Opens Its First Global Center in Africa

Projects at the center include the Millennium Villages Project, which helps rural villages lift themselves out of poverty, the Drylands Initiative that works to help drought-stricken areas, and the Africa Soil Information Services.

MIT Doctoral Student Looks to Help Victims of His Country’s Civil War

David Moinina Sengeh escaped with his family from Sierra Leone during the country's brutal civil war. At MIT he is working to develop higher quality, inexpensive prosthetic limbs to be used by the victims of the war.

Michigan Renews Support for Its Africa Studies Center

The university will provide $1.8 million to the center over the next three years. The money supports research, course development, fellowships, and other initiatives.

SUNY Extends Financial Aid Program for Haitian Students

The board of trustees of the State University of New York has renewed authorization of a program that offers state resident tuition for students from Haiti through the spring semester of 2014.
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