Tag: Williams College

STEM

Meet the New Dean of Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Around the age of eight, Dr. Kaye Husbands Fealing immigrated to the United States from Barbados with her family. She subsequently became intrigued with understanding and solving problems in the context of developing countries. After studying various trade and industrial policies of countries such as Japan and the United States in graduate school, Husbands Fealing’s […]

April 14, 2020

COVID-19

During the Pandemic, Some Universities Are Aiding Small Businesses Around Campus

Some wealthy universities are helping small businesses around their campuses keep afloat as the coronavirus pandemic hits these enterprises’ bottom line, said a Bloomberg report on Crain’s New York Business. For instance, Colgate University, Williams College and Yale University have waived rent on commercial spaces they own. Columbia University in New York has done the […]

April 3, 2020

Community Colleges

Brian Murphy Set National Standard for Inclusion

Only the third president in the history of De Anza College, Dr. Brian Murphy has set a national standard not only for educational excellence, but also for a comprehensive commitment to social justice.

July 9, 2018

African-American

Academics Remember Renowned Literary Scholar Marcellus Blount

Former students and professional colleagues are mourning the death of Dr. Marcellus Blount, a well-known scholar of African-American literary and cultural studies who taught at Columbia University since 1985.

May 7, 2018

Leadership & Policy

Williams College President to Step Down at End of Year

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The president of Williams College says he is stepping down to lead a philanthropic nonprofit group in New York. Adam Falk said he will leave his post Dec. 31 to become president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He has been president of the prestigious liberal-arts college since 2010. Falk said he’s […]

June 29, 2017

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Diverse Conversations: What We Should Tell Our College Students, Instead of ‘Toughen Up’

What we should tell our college students.

April 19, 2016