Tag: University of Iowa
The Next Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Franklin D. Gilliam Jr. has been serving as professor of public policy and political science and dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. He joined the UCLA faculty in 1986. Dr. Gilliam will become chancellor of UNCG on September 8.
University of Iowa’s Charles Green Is Stepping Down
Charles Green, director of public safety at the University of Iowa, has announced that he will retire on January 9, 2015. Green has been on the staff at the university for 29 years and has served in his current post for two decades.
The New Provost at Florida A&M University
Marcella David has been serving as professor of law and international studies and associate dean in the College of Law at the University of Iowa. She is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Michigan School of Law.
In Memoriam: Jewel Limar Prestage, 1931-2014
At the age of 22, she earned a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Iowa. She was the first African American women to receive a Ph.D. in political science from an American university. She then taught for 33 years at Southern University in Baton Rouge.
New Program Provides Significant Aid for Minority Ph.D. Students in STEM Fields
Using a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 24 minority students at the University of Iowa will receive $40,000 scholarships over the next three years. The university will provide an additional $10,000 to the 24 students.
The University of Iowa Mounts an Oral History Project Relating to Freedom Summer
The University of Iowa has identified 11 individuals from the university community who were involved in Freedom Summer in Mississippi in 1964 and there may be more.
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.
Two Scholars Take on the Mismatch Theory
A new study refutes the theory that affirmative action is responsible for lowering graduation rates and post-graduation success for Black students admitted to universities with race-sensitive admissions policies.
New Digital Archive of a Scrapbook of a 1927 Black Alumnus of the University of Iowa
The scrapbook was the work of Patrobas Cassius Robinson, who enrolled at the university in 1923 when he was 17 years old. Four years later, he earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry.
University of Iowa Survey Finds Widespread Racial Disparities in Children’s Health
The survey found that African American and Latino children experience lower health status, lower quality of care, higher unmet need for care, and more food insecurity than White or Asian children in the state.
University of Iowa Study Shows Lenders Favor Black Women
Researchers at the University of Iowa gave financial professionals fictional loan applications in which education, gender, and race were different but financial profiles were relatively the same. Results show that lenders view Black women as favorably as they do White men.
Two Black Scholars in New Faculty Roles
Barbara Washington was named interim chair of the department of adolescent, career, and special education at Murray State University in Kentucky and E. Dale Abel was named to an endowed chair in diabetes research at the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.
University of Iowa Study Shows Large Racial Disparities in Drug Treatment Success Rates
The data showed that nationwide 46.3 percent of White patients successfully completed the substance abuse treatment programs compared to 37.5 percent of Blacks. But there were wide discrepancies between the states.
Posthumous Honor for the University of Iowa’s First Black Faculty Member
The late Philip G. Hubbard, who served as vice president and professor of engineering at the University of Iowa, was inducted into the Iowa African American Hall of Fame.
University of Iowa Is a Powerhouse In Producing Minority Ph.D.s in Mathematics
Over the past decade, the mathematics department at the university of Iowa has awarded doctorates to 25 minority students. This is about 8 percent of all doctorates in mathematics awarded to minorities nationwide during the period.
Study Finds Students’ Attitudes on Race Change for the Worse During Their College Years
A survey finds that students are less concerned about promoting racial understanding when they are seniors than when they were freshmen.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)
The granddaughter of slaves, she taught at Dillard University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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.
University of Iowa Examines Its Black History
In 1879 Alexander G. Clark Jr. became the university's first Black graduate.
Tonya Peeples Rewarded for Service to the University of Iowa Community
The professor of chemical and biochemical engineering wins award for faculty excellence in service.
Honors and Awards
A summary of this week's significant awards bestowed on blacks in higher education.
Honors and Awards
• Alexander G. Clark Sr. was inducted posthumously into the Iowa African-American Hall of Fame. In 1867, more than 85 years before Brown v. Board...
