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Michelle Obama Pushes Education Through Initiative

by Associated Press | June 15, 2018
WASHINGTON — Former first lady Michelle Obama told first-generation college freshmen to surr [...] Read more

Tuskegee Names Lily D. McNair as President

by Tiffany Pennamon | May 9, 2018
The selection of Dr. Lily D. McNair as Tuskegee University’s eighth president is being hailed [...] Read more

Simmons’ Presidency Ushers in New Era for Prairie View

by Sammy G. Allen | April 22, 2018
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons took the mantle this weekend as the first woman and eighth president of Pra [...] Read more

Black Intellectuals Tasked With Forging Connections

by Lois Elfman | April 19, 2018
At a time when many see a reinforcement of racism and oppression, a panel of Black intellectua [...] Read more

Gathering Addresses Sexual Misconduct, Title IX Solutions

by Tiffany Pennamon | March 22, 2018
Higher education leaders and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights recent [...] Read more

The N-Word and Language as Property

by Christina Berchini | February 22, 2018
Debates about whether Whites in academia — professors or students — are entitled to sling a [...] Read more

Legacy Preferences Challenged at Elite Schools

by Associated Press | February 14, 2018
BOSTON — Students and alumni at some of the nation’s top universities are urging their [...] Read more

First-Generation Students Celebrated in Nationwide Festivities

by Tiffany Pennamon | November 5, 2017
In an effort to showcase and empower first-generation students, the Council for Opportunity in [...] Read more

Scholar Defends Chinese-American Researcher Jailed in Iran

by Adam Schreck, Associated Press | July 17, 2017
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Chinese-American graduate student sentenced to 10 years in pr [...] Read more

Tracy Smith Named New Poet Laureate

by Tiffany Pennamon | June 15, 2017
Tracy K. Smith, the director of Creative Writing and the Roger S. Berlind Professor of the Huma [...] Read more

Princeton Professor Cancels Lectures After Speech Leads to Threats

by Associated Press | June 1, 2017
TRENTON, N.J. — A Princeton University professor says she canceled lectures this week after r [...] Read more

Princeton Renaming Building in Honor of Toni Morrison

by Jamal Eric Watson | April 19, 2017
West College — a central building on the campus of Princeton University — will be renamed i [...] Read more

Glaude’s Book Examines Devaluing of Black Lives

by Jamal Eric Watson | March 30, 2016
Text examines how Black lives continue to be rendered insignificant in an era when many thought [...] Read more

Princeton Takes Major Step Forward in African-American Studies

by Jamal Eric Watson | May 26, 2015
Princeton University is one step closer to offering an undergraduate major in African-American [...] Read more

Live Panel Discussion Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Recorded on October 22, 2020

The Fight for Tenure: An Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Recorded on July 1, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America— What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

Recorded on June 19, 2020

Live Panel Discussion
Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America—
What Role Does Higher Education have to play?