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Tag: Deans & Directors
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Southern Cal Addresses Drug Allegations Against Ex-dean
LOS ANGELES — The president of the University of Southern California says officials will “examine and address” a newspaper report that the recently resigned dean of the medical school abused drugs and associated with criminals. In a letter Tuesday, USC President C.L. Max Nikias acknowledged concern on campus following the Los Angeles Times report that […]
July 19, 2017
Students
Ambar Sees Her Achievements as Paths to Empowering Others
Dr. Carmen Ambar, named last week as the first African American president in Oberlin College’s 184 years of existence, said that making history is affirming to African American children that they can do anything.
June 6, 2017
Women
Krebs Named Executive Director of Modern Language Association
Paula Krebs, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, has been named the new executive director of the Modern Language Association. Krebs, who starts on Aug. 1, was on the MLA Executive Council from January 2013 to January 2017. She was also a member of the association’s […]
June 6, 2017
Women
Muslim Activist Critical of Israel is Cheered at Graduation
NEW YORK — A Muslim-American activist whose role as a commencement speaker had come under protest from critics opposing her stance on Israel was given a standing ovation by graduating students Thursday after she told them they must commit to demanding change. “We in this room together must commit to never being bystanders to poverty, […]
June 1, 2017
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Yale’s Snowflake Justice and Public Shaming of Yelping Dean Jean Chu
Since the Yale Daily News broke the story of the Yelping dean, she’s been subject to ridicule for her candid reviews of local restaurants.
May 21, 2017
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Yale Dean Placed on Leave Over Offensive Yelp Reviews
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Yale University dean has been placed on leave over offensive reviews she made on Yelp, including one in which she refers to customers of a local restaurant as “white trash.” Pierson College Dean June Chu issued a public apology Saturday after reviews from her personal Yelp account began circulating at […]
May 18, 2017
Faculty & Staff
University Law school Dean Settles with School, Drops Suit
CINCINNATI — The dean of the University of Cincinnati’s law school has resigned as dean in a settlement with the university worth $600,000 and agreed to drop her lawsuit that alleged UC violated her contract and her constitutional rights. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Jennifer Bard was granted two years of academic leave at her full […]
May 8, 2017
Women
Duquesne Names Ex-judge Lally-Green First Female Law Dean
PITTSBURGH — Duquesne University in Pittsburgh has made former Superior Court Judge Maureen Lally-Green its first female law school dean. Lally-Green has been interim dean of Duquesne’s School of Law since July. The school says Monday that she’ll become the permanent dean effective July 1. Lally-Green was appointed a Superior Court judge in 1998 by […]
May 1, 2017
Women
Utah University Health Care Picks News CEO in Wake of Uproar
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah Health Care announced Saturday the appointment of an interim leader after the previous chief executive left in the wake of an uproar over a personnel decision. Lorris Betz has been named senior vice president for the University’s Health Sciences, CEO of University of Utah Health Care and […]
April 30, 2017
Women
Law School Dean Placed on Leave Sues University
CINCINNATI — The dean of the University of Cincinnati’s law school is suing the university, saying she was illegally placed on administrative leave. Jennifer Bard’s recently filed lawsuit alleges she was put on leave in retaliation after she responded to media reports about budget shortfalls at the law school and faculty responses to her efforts […]
April 26, 2017
Women
UC Berkeley Settles Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.7M
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California’s governing board has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement that will be paid out over the next decade to an employee who accused the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school of sexual harassment. Under terms of the settlement, the UC regents will pay the employee, Tyann Sorrell, […]
April 19, 2017
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Strayhorn Out as Research Program’s Director at Ohio State
The Ohio State University Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE) quietly updated its website last week, removing Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn from its “who we are” section. Strayhorn, a well-known academic, was the director of CHEE up until mid-March.
March 28, 2017
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