Category : Education

Three Black Scholars to Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions

Mark Harden is the new dean of the Shaw University Divinity School in Raleigh, North Carolina. He previously served as executive director of the Gospel Initiative in Littleton, Colorado, and as vice president of academic affairs and dean of the colle...

New Assignments for Five Black Women Faculty Members

Shanen M. Sherrer was recently promoted to associate professor of biochemistry with tenure at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Her research is focused on studying the biological outcomes of DNA damage caused by environmental sources. Dr. Sherrer...

Prairie View A&M Debuts New Master’s Degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Historically Black Prairie View A&M University has changed the name of its College of Agriculture and Human Sciences. It is now known as the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. The new name “aligns with the future and trajec...

Seven African Americans Who Are Taking on New Administrative Positions in High Education

T. Simeon Ananou has been named vice president for the Division of Information Technology and chief information officer at Stony Brook University in New York. He most recently served as chief information officer at the University of Vermont. Dr. Anan...

Howard University Completing Work on the Renovation of the Home of Mary Church Terrell

Mary Church Terrell, was born in 1863, the daughter of former slaves. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1884 and went on to become a civil rights and feminist activist. Terrell was a teacher and principal of M Street Colored High School in Washin...

Margie Lee Wins a Prestigious Award From the American Association of Avian Pathologists

Margie Lee, associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Phibro Animal Health Excellence in Poultry Research Award. The Phibro Award is presen...

Fort Valley State Students Get Clear Pathway to Pharmacy Doctorate at the University of Georgia

Historically Black Fort Valley State University and the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy signed an agreement allowing undergraduate chemistry students at Fort Valley State to have a streamlined path for admission into the doctor of pharmacy...

A Trio of African Americans Who Have Been Named to High Education Diversity Posts

Dwight Hamilton has been named the chief diversity officer at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. He most recently served as a diversity officer in the corporate sector. But earlier in his career, Hamilton held diversity posts at Grand Valley S...

In Memoriam: Kimberley Jessica Johnson Evans, 1973-2023

Kimberly Evans, a professor of nephrology at Duke Medical School, died in Durham, North Carolina, on August 23. She was 50 years old. A native of Queens, New York, Dr. Evans earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at New York University and her m...

Ohio State University Is Launching a Hip-Hop Studies Program

Ohio State University’s School of Music is launching a hip-hop studies program this fall. “I think there’s been a shift in higher education in terms of what thinking about music is and what it might be,” said Michael Ibrahim, director of the School o...

Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education. Historically Black Bowie State University in Maryland received a $150,000 gra...

Two African American Women Scholars Announce They Are Stepping Down

Phylicia Rashad will step down from her position as dean of the Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University in Washington, D.C. at the end of the current academic year. She has served as dean since July 2021. Earlier, she was the inau...

Six HBCUS Receive Energy Department Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) Grants

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $37 million in funding for 52 projects at 44 institutions that historically have been unrepresented in grant programs of the department. The program is entitled Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Resear...

How to Create a Search Process to Boost Diversity in STEM Faculty

A team of biomedical researchers from 16 top engineering programs in the nation has developed a set of processes that helps eliminate traditional barriers to historically excluded groups pursuing academic careers in biomedical engineering. The projec...

Marla Frederick Will Be the Next Dean of Harvard Divinity School

Marla Frederick will become dean of Harvard Divinity School on January 1. “I am honored to return to Harvard as the next dean of Harvard Divinity School,” Dr. Frederick said. “It is a place bustling with conscientious faculty, staff, students, alumni...