Category : Education

Howard University and Johns Hopkins to Collaborate on Cancer Research and Address Racial Health Disparities

The Howard University Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have recently received a $13.5 million federal grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish the Howard-Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Alliance in Cancer Research, Ed...

Three Black Professors Appointed to New Positions at Universities

Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela has been appointed associate chancellor and vice provost for global affairs and strategies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She will also hold a faculty appointment as a professor of comparative and internat...

Lincoln University Launches New Program to Prepare Missourians for High-Demand Employment

Lincoln University of Missouri, a historically Black educational institution in Jefferson City, has recently launched the Lincoln University Employment Academy, an initiative aimed at preparing Missouri residents for full-time employment in high-dema...

Tuskegee University’s Olga Bolden-Tiller Honored for Commitment to Agricultural Education

The World Food Prize Foundation has recently presented the 2024 Inspiring Next Generation Award to Olga Bolden-Tiller, dean and research director of the College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Sciences at Tuskegee University in Alabama. A...

Coppin State University Launches Homeownership Assistance Program for Employees

Coppin State University, a historically Black educational institution, and the City of Baltimore have recently launched the “Live Near Your Work” program, an initiative that will promote homeownership among Coppin State employees and the...

Five Black Leaders Appointed to Administrative Roles in Academia

Alicia Wilson has been named vice president for civic engagement and opportunity at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Her appointment marks a return to Johns Hopkins, where she previously served as the university’s inaugural vice...

In Memoriam: Adrienne Gaines, 1976-2025

Adrienne Lynnette Gaines, a student services staff member at the University of Arkansas, passed away on January 5 after a long battle with cancer. She was 48 years old. Gaines began her career with the University of Arkansas as an academic advisor in...

The University of New Mexico Partners With the University of the West Indies

The University of New Mexico and the University of the West Indies Five Island Campus, Antigua and Barbuda, recently created a new partnership designed to expand immersion opportunities for students at both institutions. The program aims to deepen st...

The Huge Racial Gap in College Completion Rates

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has found that College completion rates have reached an all-time high during the 12 years the center has tracked trends in degree attainments. The percentage of students who began c...

American-Born Layli Maparyan Appointed President of the University of Liberia

American-born Layli Maparyan has been appointed the sixteenth president of the University of Liberia in Africa. Dr. Maparyan is married to a Liberian man and served as Fulbright scholar at the University of Liberia in 2010. Dr. Maparyan, a distinguis...

Black Medical School Students Continue to Have to Cope With Racial Discrimination

A study led by researchers at the medical schools of New York University and Yale University has found “an association between racial and ethnic discrimination and the effectiveness of medical schools in nurturing students’ personal and profess...

Kyle Farmbry Has Resigned as President of Guilford College in North Carolina

Kyle Farmbry has stepped down as president of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, after three years in the position. He was the first African American to serve as the college’s president. “The board of trustees wishes to thank Kyle for th...

LaNiece Tyree Is the New Leader of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services

LaNiece R. Tyree, assistant vice president for auxiliary enterprises at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was recently elected president of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services. She is the first woman of color and the first lea...

Dillard University to Expand Opportunities for Film Studies Students

Historically Black Dillard University in New Orleans has entered into a partnership with the E. Ross Studios School of Film & Television to offer a series of certificate and master class courses. The DU/SFTV partnership will be an academic enterp...

The Next Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida

Levi Thompson was appointed dean of the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Professor Thompson will assume his new post at the beginning of the 2025-26 academic year. Professor Thompson has been serving dean of the Col...