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African-American

International Colloquium Creates Space for Women Scholars and Undergrads

The International Colloquium on Black Males in Education kicked off this week with pre-colloquium events, including a Graduate School Academy and a Black Female Forum.

October 23, 2018

African-American

Professor Broadens Research Beyond the Academy

Seven years after Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson began teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an assistant professor, he earned tenure in 2007, was promoted to full professor in 2011, and then was named a Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher Education in 2012. Created by the Vilas Estate Trustees, the professorships are university-wide distinctions with approximately 30 recipients. Jackson was the first African-American to be selected for this high honor.

September 21, 2018

HBCUs

Haywood Strickland Leaving Wiley College in Good Hands

Shortly after Dr. Haywood L. Strickland announced his retirement from Wiley College — after 18 years at the helm — trustee Patsy Ponder and her husband, Gene, gave the small, historically Black college in Marshall, Texas an unrestricted gift of $2 million.

July 6, 2018

African-American

OSU Names Scholar Moore Vice Provost for Diversity, Inclusion

The Ohio State University has named Dr. James L. Moore III, a prominent researcher and scholar, as its next vice provost for diversity and inclusion. Moore has served as interim vice provost and chief diversity officer since May 2017.

May 6, 2018

News Roundup

Longtime Costume Designer Leaves University, But Not Theater

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Costume designer Marianne Custer has wrapped actors in plastic wrap, cracked open a VCR for costume parts and sewn fake hair into bonnets. Over four decades, Custer has done wonders with fabric, feathers and quick changes that required extremely long zippers. She’s designed from Knoxville to Istanbul in shows from Shakespeare to […]

April 30, 2018

Latest News

Research Course at AERA Proves Successful 11 Years Later

At the American Educational Research Association annual conference that ended in New York this week, early career scholars and advanced graduate students spent an entire day working with established researchers on questions and methods that inform studies on African-Americans in education.

April 19, 2018

News Roundup

Virgil Abloh Named Louis Vuitton’s Menswear Designer

NEW YORK — Paris-based fashion house Louis Vuitton has named Kanye West collaborator Virgil Abloh as its new menswear designer. The 37-year-old is founder of the Off-White label and will become, alongside Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing, one of only two people of color in charge of a major fashion house. Abloh, the first African-American to lead […]

March 26, 2018

African-American

Prominent Educator Recognized by Alma Mater

Dr. Jerlando F.L. Jackson—an expert on workforce diversity and workplace discrimination in higher education—and a prolific researcher on issues relating to Black males, was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award from the College of Human Sciences at Iowa State University.

October 29, 2017

Students

Lawmaker Condemns Student Video Depicting Police Beheading

MILWAUKEE — A university student’s video depicting the beheading of a police officer drew a strongly worded rebuke from a Wisconsin state lawmaker who denounced the imagery as “vile” and an attempt to incite violence. The video shows University of Wisconsin-Madison students dressed as officers wearing pig masks, including one leading a black student to […]

September 21, 2017

Students

University of Wisconsin Sees More International Student Interest

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison is receiving more applications from international students as nearly 40 percent of colleges across the country report receiving fewer such applications. Campus officials told the Wisconsin State Journal the university received about 900 more applications to join its fall 2017 freshman class from overseas, an increase of 14 percent […]

June 4, 2017

Students

University of Wisconsin-Madison to Test Diversity Program

MADISON, Wis. ― The University of Wisconsin-Madison is creating a diversity program for its incoming freshmen students after a series of race-related incidents have occurred on campus. The campus will test the program, called Our Wisconsin, on up to 1,000 freshmen to allow students to learn about themselves and others, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. […]

August 1, 2016

Women

Doctor Determined to Win Age-old Battle Against Hypertension

Heather Johnson, a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar, has found that 1 in 10 young adults suffer from hypertension and at rates close to those of people as old as their parents and grandparents.

February 4, 2016