Tag: University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Study Examines the Health of Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa
The study found that a 45-year-old women in rural Malawi could be expected to spend 58 percent of their remaining life with functional limitations. For 45-year-old men, 41 percent of their remaining years would include functional limitations.
University of Pennsylvania Researchers Issue New Report on HBCUs
The report is a good compilation of data taken mostly from statistics available on the websites of the Department of Education. There is not really a lot new here but the data pulled together in one place gives us a valuable overview of the current state of HBCUs.
Penn Professor Wins Two Awards for His Documentary Film on Africa
Tukufu Zuberi won the best director award and the award for the best documentary at the recent San Diego Black Film Fest for his documentary on the history of the African continent.
Elijah Anderson Honored by the American Sociological Association
Dr. Anderson, the William K. Lanman Professor of Sociology at Yale University, is one of the nation's leading urban ethnographers. Before coming to Yale in 2007, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 30 years.
Study Finds Low Graduation Rates for Black Male Student Athletes in Six Major Conferences
Nationwide the college graduation rate for Black male students is 38 percent. For students on athletic scholarships, the graduation rates for Black men is 49 percent. But a University of Pennsylvania study finds that Black male athletes at schools in the nation's six major athletic conferences don't fare as well.
In Memoriam: Vernice Doris Ferguson, 1928-2012
After a long and distinguished career in government service, she was named a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and held the Fagin Family Chair in Diversity.
Penn Looks to Hire Its First Independent Africana Studies Faculty
Since the creation of the Center for Africana Studies in 2002, faculty teaching in the field have all had appointments in other departments at the university.
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.
Hampton University Enters a Partnership With the Dental School at Penn
The new HU-UPenn Biodental Program will allow students to earn a bachelor's degree in biology at Hampton University and a doctorate in dental surgery from Penn.
Chyke Doubeni Is Named the Second Presidential Term Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
Doubeni was an associate professor of family medicine and community health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Scholarly Study Finds Signifcant Racial Bias in Criminal Sentencing
The authors found a mean incarceration rate of 51 percent for Blacks and 38 percent for Whites. But they found a significant racial gap in incarceration rates between judges that increases the racial gap by as much as 18 percentage points.
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.
Penn Creates Africana Studies Department
The new department will have 11 standing faculty members and will be chaired by Camille Z. Charles, a professor of sociology at Penn.
A Shake-Up in Diversity Efforts at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School
The Office of Diversity and Community Outreach, established in 1968, has been shut down.
Vivian Gadsden Named Co-Editor of Educational Researcher
She is the William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education and director of the National Center on Fathers and Families at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education.
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.
Penn Study Finds Racial Disparities in Assistance for Heart Attack Victims
African Americans who have heart attacks are less likely to receive CPR from bystanders than Whites who have heart attacks.
Dorothy Roberts Is the Newest PIK Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
For the past 14 years, Professor Roberts has been on the faculty at Northwestern University School of Law.
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.
Research on HBCUs Wins Outstanding Dissertation Award
Tryan L. McMickens, who teaches at Suffolk University in Boston, was honored by the PDK International Foundation.
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.
How Do Black Men Succeed in College?
Black men who were successful in college tended to have families who were committed to higher education and had a mentor during their K-12 years.
A New Fundraising Guide for HBCUs
The book is authored by Marybeth Gasman of the University of Pennsylvania and Nelson Bowman III of Prairie View A&M University.
Barbara Savage Wins Grawemeyer Award in Religion
Penn professor is honored for her book on the politics of Black religion.
University Research Finds Black Teens Are Less Likely Than Their White Peers to Use Drugs or Alcohol
The study examined data from more than 72,000 youth, ages 12 to 17.
