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“This collaboration connects classroom learning with hands-on technology evaluation in the Cornell Agriculture System Testbed and Demonstration Site's farm environments,” said Dr. Shahidul Islam, a professor at historically Black University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. “Together, UAPB and Cornell are building pathways for students and producers to engage with cutting-edge agricultural research.”

After the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, there was a major increase in investment for Black-owned businesses, particularly from investors who had never previously invested in a single Black entrepreneur, according to a study led by researchers at Cornell University. However, investment in Black-founded startups was short-lived, returning to prior levels within two years.

For the past four years, Dr. Ed Baptist at Cornell University has led a project dedicated to collecting and digitizing tens of thousands of advertisements listed before 1865 by slaveowners seeking to locate runaway slaves. Now, the National Endowment for the Humanities has issued a stop-work order on the project, preventing Dr. Baptist and his team from preserving an important piece of U.S. history.

According to a new study led by Cornell University, Black Americans and other Americans of color are the more willing than White Americans to engage in efforts to mitigate COVID-19 health disparities, even though they are underrepresented in scientific efforts to do so.

Tamara Taggart and Oumar Ba have been selected for endowed faculty appointments at Rutgers University and Cornell University, respectively. Columbia University has named Farah Jasmine Griffin a University Professor, the institution's highest faculty designation.

“Having the opportunity to serve Emory as interim president is a full circle moment for me,” said Sears. “In 1977, I was fortunate to receive a scholarship to the Emory School of Law, and it changed my life. I think my life’s work has been a payback for that gift, and I welcome the chance to serve Emory as it continues to change lives the way it did for me and my family.”

"Increasing trust among Black communities requires the medical profession to become more trustworthy," the study authors write. "Part of building trust is increasing the opportunity for members of underrepresented groups to be in positions of authority, including as principal investigators and physicians."

The Black-White infant mortality gap has significantly increased since the 1950s. As of the 2010s, Black infants are more than twice as likely to die as White infants in the United States.

For the past five and a half years, Walsh has served as president of Bennett College, an HBCU in North Carolina. She has an extensive background in higher education and philanthropy.

Dr. Poussiant was a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School for 50 years. He was a dedicated advocate of mental health who worked to advance Black representation in medicine and reduce racial disparities in healthcare.

"I am so grateful for the opportunity to have led Bennett College through a period of significant transformation," said President Walsh. "Bennett College is well-situated for its next chapter of growth and impact."

Scholars from Cornell University have found removing race data from AI applicant-ranking algorithms results in a less diverse applicant pool without meaningfully increasing the group's academic merit.

Dr. 'Dimeji Togunde is the vice provost for global education at Spelman College. Since joining the college's faculty in 2011, he has more than doubled the number of study abroad destinations for Spelman students.

Presented by Harvard University, the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal is considered the university's highest honor in the field of African and African American studies.

Here is this week’s roundup of Black scholars who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

A new study from scholars at Harvard, Cornell, and the U.S. Census Bureau has found a significantly smaller economic gap between Black and White millennials from low-income families that has not seen in prior generations.

The NAACP's Springarn Medal is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious prizes recognizing outstanding achievements by Black Americans. Dr. Gates, professor at Harvard University, is the 109th recipient of the prize since its inception in 1915.

The Black scholars appointed to new faculty positions are Ishion Hutchinson at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Martha Hurley at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, Sandy Alexendre at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Marcia Chatelain at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dwight A. McBride at Washington University in St. Louis.

The new faculty appointments are Judith Byfield at Cornell University, Nikki Hoskins at Harvard University, Edda Fields-Black at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Shawn Utsey at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Jefferson comes to his new role with more than three decades of professional experience. He has been serving  as chief academic officer and provost at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.