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Marsha McGriff has been appointed vice chancellor of equity and inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She most recently served as chief diversity officer and senior advisor to the president at the University of Florida. She previously...
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Caitlin Clark is an undeniably talented basketball player. She is a prolific shooter, reminiscent of Steph Curry as they both like to shoot from various logos. Her ability to suddenly change the trajectory of a game is fascinating. And her passion a...
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Joanne Berger-Sweeny, president of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, has announced her plans to retire in June 2025 at the conclusion of the next academic year. Dr. Berger-Sweeney became the twenty-second president of Trinity College in 2014,...
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A team of researchers led by the University of Georgia, in partnership with University of Iowa and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have found a link between middle-aged Black American’s exposure to racism and their risk...
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The University of Hartford in Connecticut has appointed Josie Brown to serve as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as Hillyer College, which offers associate’s degrees and pathways to four-year degree programs. For the past 20 ye...
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A new study from University of California, Los Angeles Health has found middle-aged Black Americans are more likely to die from “deaths of despair” than White Americans of a similar age. The study defines “deaths of despair” a...
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Kamau Siwatu has been selected to serve as interim dean of the College of Education at Texas Tech University. He will assume his responsibilities on June 1. Dr. Siwatu joined the Texas Tech University faculty in 2005 as an assistant professor of educ...
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A new study has found racial disparities in the treatment of postpartum anxiety and depression disorders. The research was led by Sarah Haight, doctoral candidate in epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Jamie Daw, assi...
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Austin Agho, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, will transition to a new role as senior advisor to the president and chief integration officer beginning July 1. In this role, Dr. Agho will...
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June Jackson Christmas, a longtime clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, died from heart failure on New Year’s Eve. She was 99 years old. A native of Boston, Dr. Christman earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology at Vassar...
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United States Senator Katie Britt has announced a $6.7 million investment to launch an aviation program at historically Black Tuskegee University in Alabama. Currently undergoing accreditation approval from the Southern Association of College and Sch...
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Dexter L. Blackman has been named director of African American and African diaspora studies at historically Black Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been with the university for the past six years, serving as an associate professo...
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Virginia State University, the historically Black university in Petersburg, Virginia, has been approved to establish its 14th master’s degree program: a master of science degree in data analytics. The new program will be housed in the universit...
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Samuel Frimpong, professor and vice provost for graduate education at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, has received the 2024 Mineral Industry Education Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. He was recognize...
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Historically Black North Carolina A&T State University has partnered with the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy to create a pathway program for NCAT students to pursue a doctoral degree in pharmacy. The Early Assurance Prog...
