Tag: Harvard University
Harvard Study Finds Lower Education, Not Genetics, Explains Higher Rates of Hypertension Among Blacks
The study showed that blood pressure was significantly lower for Black Americans who had four years of additional education.
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.
The New Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard University
Jonathan Walton is filling the position previously held by the late Peter J. Gomes, who was pastor of Memorial Church at Harvard for more than 40 years before his death last year.
Large Numbers of Black Applicants Accepted at Top-Rated Schools
More than 10 percent of accepted students at Harvard University and nearly 14 percent at Williams College, are African Americans.
Three African American Men Win Higher Education Honors
Ira T. Wiggins, C. Garnett Henning, and Geoffrey Canada are honored.
An Historic Find in a Chicago Attic: The Papers of Harvard’s First Black Graduate
The papers of Richard T. Greener, including his Harvard University diploma, were discovered in an old trunk in a house that was about to be razed.
After More Than a Century, W.E.B. Du Bois Is Named to a Faculty Post at Penn
Despite a Ph.D. from Harvard and groundbreaking research on sociology and race in the final years of the nineteenth century, W.E.B. Du Bois was not offered a faculty position at the University of Pennsylvania.
Study Examines the Mental Health of Black Women Community College Students Who Lived Through Hurricane Katrina
Nearly five years after the hurricane, a third of the women still showed signs of post-traumatic stress.
The Higher Education of the New Mayor of Gary, Indiana
Karen Freeman-Wilson is Indiana's first African American woman mayor.
Harvard Graduate From South Africa Wins Rhodes Scholarship
Matthews Mmopi is one of 10 students selected for Rhodes Scholarships from southern Africa.
Harvard Examines Its Ties to Slavery
The Slavery and Research Project has published a 34-page booklet.
A Surge in Black Applicants in New Non-Binding Early Action Admissions Programs
Both the University of Virginia and Harvard University report large increases in black early applicants from four years ago.
Honors and Awards
A summary of this week’s significant awards bestowed on Blacks in higher education.
Harvard Has the Highest Black Student Graduation Rate in the Ivy League
All eight Ivy League colleges have an African-American student graduation rate of 85 percent or better.
Bridget Terry Long Named Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Education Sciences
She leads the board that oversees the research arm of the Department of Education.
Two African-American Academics Win Genius Awards
Tiya Miles and Roland Fryer are among the 22 winners of MacArthur Foundation Fellowships.
Harvard School of Public Health Fights AIDS in Tanzania
The Harvard School of Public Health in conjunction with the Tanzanian government has opened a new clinic in Dar es Salaam for AIDS patients.
Appointments, Promotions, and Resignations
• Vicky Coleman was appointed dean of library services at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, effective September 1. She has been serving as...
