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Cornell University Outlines a New Agenda on Diversity

President David Skorton is mounting a concerted effort to increase diversity among students, staff, and faculty and to create better opportunities for veterans and the disabled.

Babatunde Ogunnaike Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

It appears that the University of Delaware professor is the only Black scholar among the 66 newly elected members.

Myrlie Evers-Williams Named Scholar-in-Residence at Alcorn State University

The civil rights icon will teach, prepared her papers for the university's archives, and develop a research center on social justice and civic engagement.

The New Dean of the Florida A&M University and Florida State University College of Engineering

Yaw D. Yeboah is currently a professor of engineering at Penn State. From 1975 to 1979, he earned four degrees in four years at MIT.

Robert Franklin Stepping Down as President of Morehouse College

He will take a sabbatical leave from Morehouse and return as a Distinguished Professor and President Emeritus.

Naomi Long Madgett Named the 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist

The noted poet is professor emerita at Eastern Michigan University.

Tidewater Community College Names Two African American Provosts

Michelle Woodhouse and Marvin Bright will lead the Portsmouth and Norfolk campuses of the 46,000-student community college.

Bethune-Cookman President Announces Her Retirement

Trudie Kibbe Reed has served as president of the historically Black university since 2004.

Millersville University President Announces Intention to Step Down

Francine C. McNairy, who has held the post since 2003, will leave her post a year from now.

Shenandoah University Selects a New Dean of Its Business School

Miles K. Davis is an associate professor of management at the university and the founding director of the business school's Institute for Entrepreneurship.

Two Black Women Are Among the Five Finalists for Dean of the Law School at the University of Missouri

Marcella David and Beverly Moran will visit the Columbia, Missouri, campus next month for interviews and public forums.

Wynetta Lee Is the New Dean of the School of Education at North Carolina Central University

She was the dean of the College of Education at Grambling State University in Louisiana.

Cambridge College Appoints a New Provost

Elwood L. Robinson has served as a professor of psychology and dean at North Carolina Central University.

A Surge of Black Applicants at the University of California

The 5,692 Black applicants represent a 17.5 percent increase from a year ago.

Deneese Jones Named Provost at Drake University

Since 2005 she has been dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Longwood University in Virginia.

Georgia Professor to Lead the American Meteorological Society

Marshall Shepherd, professor of geography at the University of Georgia, will be the second African American to hold the position.

Langston University Names Four Finalists for President

Either Phillip Birdine, Myron Pope, Kent Smith, or Charles Williams will be Langston's next president.

New Pan African University Launched

The effort is being coordinated by the African Union.

Gwendolyn Joseph to Lead Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology

Since 2006, she has been vice president for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

Linda Darling-Hammond Wins Grawemeyer Award in Education

The Stanford University professor is honored for her book on equity in education.

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