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Carl Goodman was appointed provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Texas Southern University in Houston. He will take office on July 1. “I am truly delighted to become a part of Texas Southern University with its outstanding faculty...
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A new study led by Kierra S. Barnett, a research scientist at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, finds that African American mothers with graduates degrees had higher rates of preterm birth or had more low...
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Kimberly Ballard-Washington has resigned as president of Savannah State University in Georgia. In an email to the campus community. President Ballard-Washington stated “that it has been my goal to ensure we are preparing well-rounded citizens t...
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A new study from the Association of American Medical Colleges finds that African Americans in counties with a significant number of Black physicians have better health outcomes than African Americans in counties where Black physicians are scarce.Rese...
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Eric M. Turner has been named the tenth president of Lasell University in Newton, Massachusetts. When he takes office on July 1, Dr. Turner will become the first African American president in the university’s 172-year history. Lasell University enrol...
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Jeanette Davidson was appointed director of the Center for Societal Impact and a professor of instruction at the University of Texas, effective for the 2023-24 academic year. She has been serving as a professor of African and African American studies...
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Historically Black Bowie State University in Maryland has announced the establishment of two new master’s degree programs. The new programs are in applied biotechnology and molecular biology and the internet of things and internet technologies....
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Wanda A. Wright, former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services and a 21-year veteran of the Arizona National Guard, has been named director of Arizona State University’s Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement. She will...
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A team of students from historically Black Spelman College in Atlanta won the $1 million grand prize during the third annual Goldman Sachs Market Madness. The program offers a comprehensive curriculum for students that spans an entire semester, featu...
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Yale University is awarding degrees to two Black men who studied at Yale in the nineteenth century and are thought to be among the first Black students on campus.Rev. PenningtonJames W. C. Pennington (1808-1870) and Alexander Crummell (1819-1898) stu...
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The Alumni Coalition for Change at Tougaloo College in Mississippi has authored an online petition calling for the resignation of all top executives at the college. The petition also wants an audit of all spending of the college since 2019 and an...
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Russell Morrow is the inaugural assistant dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the College of Business at Ohio University. He previously taught at Ohio State University and Denison University in Ohio. Dr. Morrow earned a bachelor’s degre...
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A Black student at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was accosted when he was walking back to his dormitory. Authorities allege that the student was harassed with a racial slur from a group of individuals in a passing car. The car then st...
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Tamia Potter is the first Black woman to earn a place in Vanderbilt University’s neurosurgery residency program in its 91-year history. Dr. Potter starts her residency on July 1, as part of a group of 21 physicians in the 7-year residency progr...
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After a controversy surrounding the handling of an incident where an art history instructor showed depictions of the Prophet Muhammad during an Islamic art class, Fayneese Miller, president of the university, announced she will retire on June 30, 202...
