Category : Education

Center for Urban and Coastal Climate Science Research Established at Morgan State University

Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland, has established the new Center for Urban and Coastal Climate Science Research. The center is funded by the state of Maryland, which has allocated $3 million of annual fu...

Four Black Scholars Selected for Endowed Professor Positions

Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin has been named the Agnes Scollins Carey Memorial Early Career Professor in the Arts for the Pennsylvania State University College of Arts and Architecture. Her new role will fund her travel and research in Ghana for her projec...

Four Atlanta University Center HBCUs Receive $14 Million Grant from National Science Foundation

The Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity initiative of the National Science Foundation has awarded a $14 million grant to Spelman College in collaboration with Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and...

National Institutes of Health Honors Cecelia Valrie with Award for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Cecelia Valrie has received the Award for Interdisciplinary Collaboration from the National Institute of Health’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative. The initiative presented Dr. Valrie with the award in recognition of her pro...

Statue of President Emeritus Norman Francis Established at Xavier University of Louisiana

Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black university in New Orleans, has unveiled a statue of alumnus and president emeritus Norman Francis in the the university’s Convocation Center. Francis began his career with Xavier University a...

In Memoriam: Robert L. Palmer, 1943-2024

Robert L. Palmer, former vice president for student affairs at California State University Fullerton, passed away on January 29. He was 80 years old. Dr. Palmer spent over three decades in student affairs leadership positions. He joined the State Uni...

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Miller Rawlins, 1927-2024

Elizabeth Miller Rawlins, a longtime professor of education at Simmons College, passed away on February 3 at the age of 96. Dr. Rawlins began her career in education as an elementary school teacher at various public and private schools in Massachuset...

Atlanta University Library CEO Loretta Parham Announces Retirement

Loretta Parham, chief executive officer and director of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, has announced her retirement at the end of this academic year after 19 years of service. The Atlanta University Center is the lar...

Interactive Map at Indiana University-Purdue University Charts Frederick Douglass’ Travels in the United States

An ongoing project at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is documenting the travels and public speeches of Frederick Douglass in a new interactive digital map. The mapping project stems from the Frederick Douglass Papers research unit...

White People More Likely to Stand Up to Racism on Social Media When Setting Social Norms

A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Santa Barbara has examined how White people respond when encountering racists posts on social media and how likely they are to challenge hat...

Camille Davidson Appointed President of Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Camille Davidson has been named president and dean of Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She will be the school’s third president, and the first Black woman to hold the position. In 2015, William Mitchell College of Law an...

Research Finds Black Entrepreneurs More Likely to Share Ideas with Expert Strangers Than Friends and Family

New research from scholars at Duke University in North Carolina and the University of Utah has found Black entrepreneurs are less likely to share their ideas within their personal network and are more likely to seek advice from a stranger who is a bu...

Delaware State University Leader Jarso Maley Jallah Appointed Minister of Education for Liberia

Jarso Maley Jallah, associate vice president of student success at historically Black Delaware State University, has been appointed Minister of Education for Liberia, her native country. Prior to her tenure with Delaware State University, Dr. Jallah...

Report Reveals Half of American Health Care Workers Have Observed Racism Towards Patients

A new report from the Commonwealth Fund and the African American Research Collaborative has found that nearly half of health care workers in the United States have witnessed racism against patients, and the majority believe that racism is a major pro...

Albany State University President Marion Ross Fedrick Transitioning to New Position with Georgia State University

Marion Ross Fedrick, president of historically Black Albany State University in Georgia, announced she is stepping down from her role as president. Effective July 1, Dr. Fedrick is taking on a new role with Georgia State University as executive vice...