Diverse StaffSTEMToyota, Alabama A&M Partner on Mobility InitiativeAlabama A&M University students will be teaming up with Toyota Motor North America on an initiative to help solve mobility issues. David Fernandes, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, announced at a Friday event on the university’s campus an initial grant of $300,000 to fund the initiative, which includes scholarships for students accepted into the […]April 16, 2018News RoundupShaw University Hosts Memorial Service, Luncheon for President EmeritusShaw University will host a memorial service and luncheon April 14 to celebrate Dr. Talbert O. Shaw, the university’s 12th president. Shaw, who later became president emeritus and died in January, is credited with leading the university through difficult financial times and restoring its reputation. He became president in 1987, when the university’s finances were […]April 8, 2018News RoundupCultural Diversity Highlights 2018 List of Guggenheim FellowsThe John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced Thursday its 2018 recipients of annual Guggenheim Fellowships, with a total of 173 being awarded in the United States and Canada across the fields of science, scholarship, writing and the arts. Among recipients is Dr. Carol C. Anderson, an African-American historian and Charles Howard Candler Professor and Chair […]April 5, 2018StudentsHoward Faculty ‘No Confidence’ Voting Ends FridayDuring a three-day balloting period that began Wednesday and ends Friday, Howard University’s full-time faculty will decide whether or not embattled university President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick and other top leaders at the school get a “no confidence’ vote. This comes in the midst of a student takeover of the administration building that is entering […]April 5, 2018LatinxVSU Joins Verizon STEM Initiative For Boys of ColorPETERSBURG, VA. – Virginia State University will be among 24 schools in a program that offers minority males from middle schools in Petersburg, Hopewell and Dinwiddie summer intensive courses in science, technology, engineering and math. The Verizon Innovative Learning program, the education initiative of the Verizon Foundation, works with historically Black colleges and universities and […]April 1, 2018News RoundupBrown Receives Record Applications, Admits 2,566PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University’s Office of College Admission last week offered admission to 2,566 students, just 7 percent of 35,438 applicants, the largest applicant pool in the school’s history. The Class of 2022 includes 1,829 offers under regular decision and 737 in the early decision program. That’s 8 percent higher than the Class of […]April 1, 2018News RoundupVinson Named Provost at Case Western ReserveCase Western Reserve’s next provost and executive vice president will be Dr. Ben Vinson III, an accomplished historian of Latin America now serving as dean of George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. “Ben Vinson III will bring an exemplary record of leadership, scholarship and far-sighted vision to his role as our next chief […]March 28, 2018News RoundupNorthwestern Teams Up With Apple, Chicago Public Schools On Teacher LearningNorthwestern University, Apple and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) have joined forces to provide professional learning opportunities in coding to Chicago teachers. As part of the collaboration, a Center for Excellence will be established at Lane Tech College Prep High School to introduce high school teachers to Apple’s Everyone Can Code and App Development with Swift curriculum. […]March 28, 2018News RoundupFormer TMCF Leader to Chair HBCU Advisory BoardThe former president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has been tapped to chair President Trump’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Johnny C. Taylor, who stepped down from the post to lead the Society for Human Resource Management last June, was succeeded by Dr. Harry L. Williams, who served as […]February 27, 2018Latest NewsAcademicians Celebrated in ‘Black Scholars Matter’ Series, part 3This is the final in a three-part Black History Month series celebrating Black academicians and their work.February 15, 2018Previous PagePage 3 of 113Next Page