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A new report from the Center for American Progress shows that significant disparities still exist between African Americans and non-Hispanic Whites in terms of access to homeownership. This, in turn, hinders the ability of African American families t...
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Dora Clayton-Jones has been named president of the International Association of Sickle Cell Nurses and Professional Associates. The organization provides a platform for nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, sickle cell a...
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The Southern Regional Council in conjunction with the University of Georgia, Piedmont College, and the Georgia Center for the Book have announced three winners of the 2019 Lillian Smith Book Awards. The three winners will be honored on September 1 at...
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North Carolina A&T State University, the historically Black educational institution in Greensboro, has announced that it is establishing a new bachelor’s degree program in health services management in the College of Health and Human Scienc...
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Rose Shumba was appointed chair of the computer science department at Bowie State University in Maryland. She was a senior professor in the cyber science department at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Dr. Shumba is a graduate o...
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Norfolk State University, the historically Black educational institution in Virginia, has entered into partnerships with Inha University and Inha Medical School in South Korea. Inha University enrolls about 22,000 students and is a leader in STEM and...
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Colette Pierce Burnette, president of Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas, has been selected to receive the Vision Award from the Austin chapter of the Urban Land Institute. President Pierce Burnett will be honored at a ceremony on August 27...
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The School of Business Administration at historically Black Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, has announced that it will offer a Working Professionals MBA degree program The new degree program is designed to minimize career interruption. The new W...
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Angelique Foster was appointed assistant vice president for strategic initiatives for the University of Colorado System. She was chief of staff for the president of the University of North Dakota. Foster is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State...
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William Benjamin Ray, educator, opera singer, and civil rights activist died from congestive heart failure at a hospice facility in Columbia, Maryland on July 3. He was 94 years old. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Ray began singing at the age of 6...
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Twelve years ago, at the age of 30 Roland G. Fryer Jr. became the youngest African American to ever be awarded tenure at Harvard University. This past week, Dr. Fryer, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics and professor in the Graduate School of Educa...
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Philip Freelon, an educator, architect, and a key figure in the design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., died on July 9 after a three-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as...
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Joy Williamson-Lott has been named dean of the Graduate School at the University of Washington. She currently serves as a professor and associate dean in the university’s College of Education. She is the author of several books including Jim Cr...
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Martin University in Indianapolis is a predominantly Black educational institution. It enrolls about 350 students, 92 percent of whom are Black. Founded in 1977, the university is not eligible under law to be designated a historically Black instituti...
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Cheryl Evans Jones has been named acting president of Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. The college enrolls over 400 students, 85 percent of whom are Black. Dr. Jones first joined the Paine College faculty in 1993 as an assistant professor of psycho...
