Tag: UCLA
Seven African American Scholars Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Through an analysis of the list of new fellows conducted by JBHE, it appears that 11 of the 188 new American members of the AAAS are African Americans. Thus, African Americans make up only 5.9 percent of the new members of the academy.
UCLA to Establish a Department of African American Studies
Under the proposal, the interdepartmental program in Afro-American studies will be disbanded and the bachelor's and master's degree programs in the field will be transferred to the new department.
UCLA May Departmentalize African American Studies
If the program became a department, Black studies could recruit its own faculty, expand partnerships with other academic entities, and possibly develop a doctoral program in the field.
UCLA Research Finds Blacks Have More Advanced Cases of Thyroid Cancer at Time of Diagnosis
A team of researchers at UCLA examined more than 26,000 cases of patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer between the years 1999 and 2008. Minorities had far more advanced cancers than Whites at the time of diagnosis.
Herbie Hancock Named the 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University
As the Norton Professor, Hancock will give a series of six lectures entitled "The Ethics of Jazz" during the spring semester. Among the previous holders of the post are T.S. Eliot, Igor Stravinsky, and Leonard Bernstein.
UCLA Receives Donation of African Art Valued at More Than $14 Million
The Fowler Museum at the University of California at Los Angeles has received a donation of 92 pieces of African art from the collection of Jay T. and Deborah R. Last of Beverly Hills.
Factors That Foster Educational Success Among Youth From Low-Income Families
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles, has identified five factors that have a major impact on whether or not students from low-income families succeed in higher education.
Yasmin Delahoussaye Is the New Leader of Los Angeles Southwest College
Since 2010, Dr. Delahoussaye has been serving as vice chancellor of educational programs and institutional effectiveness for the Los Angeles Community College District. She has been an administrator for the district since 1988 and previously taught at the School of Education of UCLA.
University-Developed Intervention Reduces Unprotected Sex Among Bisexual Black Men
The Men of African American Legacy Empowering Self (MAALES) program engaged Black men in small discussion groups on safe sex practices for men who had sex with both women and men. The discussions also included culturally relevant discussions that were centered upon Black men.
New Book Explores the Causes of the 1992 Race Riot in Los Angeles
A new book by Brenda Stevenson, a professor of history at UCLA, makes the argument that the causes of the 1992 Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King case can be traced back to the March 1991 murder of a Black teenager by a Korean shopkeeper.
UCLA Scientists Develop Promising New Treatment for Sickle-Cell Disease
This potential treatment for sickle-cell disease is of particular interest to the African American community. While people of any race can have the sickle-cell trait, the disease is far more common among African Americans than it is among Whites.
New Study Documents Huge Racial Disparity in School Suspensions
The study by researchers at the Civil Rights Project at the University of California at Los Angeles found that up to 40 percent of all Black students in schools in Chicago, Dallas, Memphis, and St. Louis were suspended at least once during the school year.
Petition Calls on UCLA to Establish the Jackie Robinson Institute of Sports Business
An online petition calls on the University of California to establish an institute of sports business to honor the legacy of Jackie Robinson. The petition also seeks to rename a portion of a street adjacent to the UCLA campus, Jackie Robinson Way.
A Statistical Portrait of First-Year Students at Black Colleges and Universities
Each year the characteristics and attitudes of first-year college students are surveyed by researchers at UCLA. We then make comparisons between all first-year students and just those at HBCUs.
UCLA Adds Two Jazz Greats to Its Faculty
The Herb Alpert School of Music at the University of California at Los Angeles has announced that jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter have joined the faculty of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans on the Graduate School Enrollments of Minorities
A study published by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, finds that in states that have banned the consideration of race in graduate school admissions, enrollments of minority students are down 12 percent overall.
Black Students at Less Diverse Campuses Are More Likely to Be Victims of Discrimination
A survey of more that 4,000 minority students on 31 campuses found that race-related incidents are more likely to occur on campuses where minorities make up a small percentage of the student body.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Students Protest Low Number of Black Enrollments at UCLA
This spring, 9,263 students from California were admitted to UCLA. Of this group, 3.8 percent are African Americans.
UCLA Surgery Professor Files a Race Discrimination Lawsuit
According to his lawsuit, Dr. Christian Head was depicted as a gorilla being sodomized by his White superior in a slide shown at a presentation to the medical center staff.
Large Differences Among the States in the Racial Gap in Life Expectancy
An analysis of life expectancy data led by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles found the largest racial gap in Washington, D.C. The racial gap was the smallest in New Mexico.
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.
In Memoriam: Winston C. Doby (1941-2011)
He was vice chancellor of student affairs at UCLA from 1981 to 2001.
UCLA Publishes Livingstone’s Lost Account of an African Massacre
Livingstone has used ink he made from berries to write on the pages of an old newspaper.
Grants and Gifts
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.
Eight African Americans in New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here is news of African Americans who are assuming new posts at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Study Finds Social Stigmatization Impacts Academic Performance of Young Minority Students
Survey finds that many minority children in the United States feel socially stigmatized in grade school and the resulting anxiety effects their academic performance.
