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Nathan Howard Cook, longtime professor and administrator at historically Black Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, passed away on November 1. He was 85 years old. Dr. Cook began his career in education with teaching appointments at Oklaho...
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The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University has named Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the tenth recipient of the O’Connor Justice Prize. Established in honor of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OR...
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In partnership with the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has recently awarded a total of $7.2 million in grant funding to six minority-se...
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The Southern Education Foundation has recently released a new report, Miles To Go: The State of Education for Black Students in America, which outlines the key challenges and opportunities facing Black students in early childhood, K-12, and postsecon...
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Robert Jones, the first African American chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has announced he will step down at the end of the current academic year. Since assuming his role nine years ago, Dr. Jones has overseen a 26 percent i...
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A study led by the University of California, Riverside and Georgetown University has found a link between financial instability in midlife and lower cognitive function among older Black Americans. The study leveraged over two decades of data on over...
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Debra L. Haggins has been named the inaugural dean of the School of Religion at Hampton University, a historically Black institution in Virginia. Dr. Haggins was appointed as university chaplain and pastor of the Memorial Church at Hampton University...
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A new study published in the Journal of Consumer Research has examined how consumers respond to advertisements featuring interracial couples compared to same-race couples. The authors asked a sample of 4,956 participants to review several ads on Face...
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The Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement is the premier recognition of excellence in scholarship by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. This prestigious annual prize, open to scholars across diverse fields and disciplines,...
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Benedict College, a historically Black educational institution in Columbia, South Carolina, has recently launched new bachelor’s degree programs to prepare students for careers in three high-demand fields: neuroscience, digital marketing, and s...
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Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha has been promoted to the rank of full professor in the departments of public health and community medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and medicine in the School of Medicine at Tufts University in Boston. She is the founder...
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The School of Communication at Texas Southern University, a historically Black institution in Houston, has recently launched the Texas Southern Journal of Media Innovation & Creative Communication. The new academic journal was founded to provide...
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‘Dimeji Togunde, vice provost for global education and professor of international studies at Spelman College in Atlanta, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute for the International Education of Students. Dr. Togunde joi...
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Meharry Medical College in Nashville, one of four historically Black medical schools in the country, has announced a new partnership with Oracle Health to advance healthcare in communities across Tennessee and beyond. As part of their recently signed...
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Jonathan R. Whitfield has been appointed chaplain at Berea College in Kentucky. In this position, he will oversee all chapel services and events at Danforth Chapel. He is the third African American to hold this position since the school’s found...
