Tag: Columbia University
Trevor Dawes Appointed Associate University Librarian at Washington University
From 2004 to 2013 Dawes was circulation services director at the Princeton University Library. From 1988 to to 2004 he held several supervisory positions at Columbia University Libraries.
The New Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans
David J. Johns has been serving as a senior education policy advisor to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. He is a former elementary school teacher in New York City and holds two degrees from Columbia University.
Former New York Governor David Paterson to Teach at Touro College
Paterson, the only African American governor in the history of New York State, will serve as a distinguished professor of health care and public policy at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem.
Xerox CEO Ursula Burns Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
It appears that Burns, who holds degrees from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and Columbia University, is the only African American among the 69 new inductees of the academy.
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.
Leading Liberal Arts Colleges Form New Partnership to Increase Faculty Diversity
The Creating Connections Consortium is a partnership between 26 leading liberal arts colleges and the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University.
The Discovery of a New Novel by Claude McKay
Jamaican-born author Claude McKay died in 1948 but recently a researcher in the Columbia University archives discovered a novel penned by the key figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Study Finds That Minority Elders Are Healthier in Ethnically Dense Communities
A study by scholars in the schools of public health at Yale and Columbia finds that Black and Hispanic seniors have lower rates of heart disease and cancer in neighborhoods with high concentrations of minorities compared to seniors in more racially mixed neighborhoods.
Two African American Scholars Named Fletcher Fellows
Rucker Johnson of the University of California at Berkeley and Trey Ellis of Columbia University are members of the 2012-13 class of Fletcher Fellows.
University Study Finds That Many Black Women Are Uninformed About Heart Disease
Black and Hispanic women were 66 percent less likely than White women to be aware that heart disease is the leading cause of death among women.
Study Finds Women and Minority Doctoral Candidates May Face Faculty Discrimination
Prospective doctoral students with Caucasian sounding male names were 26 percent more likely to be granted an interview than candidates with names that indicated they were minorities or women.
Ten African Americans Named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Through an analysis of the list of new fellows conducted by JBHE, it appears that 10 of the 220 new members are Black. Thus, African Americans make up 4.5 percent of the new members.
Two African American Scholars Win Pulitzer Prizes
Tracy K. Smith of Princeton University won the poetry prize and the late Manning Marable of Columbia University won the prize in history.
Columbia Earmarks $30 Million to Increase the Diversity of Its Faculty
Columbia University has made significant strides in increasing the racial diversity of its undergraduate student body. Now there is a new plan to increase the diversity of Columbia's faculty.
Kara Walker Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The professor of visual arts at Columbia University is the only African American among the 10 new members of the honorary society.
Book on the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta Wins the Bancroft Prize
Tomiko Brown-Nagin of the University of Virginia Law School is one of three winners of the Bancroft Prize, considered one of the highest honors in academic history.
Columbia University Debuts Website With Digitized Images from Vast Scrapbook Collection
L.S. Alexander Gumby compiled 161 large scrapbooks documenting African American life in Harlem.
Five Black Authors Among the Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards
But none of the five Black writers were selected as winners at the March 8 ceremony in New York City.
Tufts University Graduate Named Deputy Public Printer at the Government Printing Office
She is the first woman in the 150-year history of the agency to hold the position.
Notable Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants won by historically black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
University Archaeologists Unearth African-American Village in Central Park
Students and faculty members in the archaeology department at Columbia University, New York University, and the City University of New York have found the remains of Seneca Village, a 19th century African-American settlement in what is now Central Park in New York City.
