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Stephen Newby is the inaugural holder of the Lev H. Prichard III Chair in the Study of Black Worship in the School of Music at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. A member of the Seattle Pacific University faculty since 2004, his most recent positions...
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The Archives and Special Collections unit at the library of historically Black Xavier University in New Orleans has announced that it has been selected to house the archival collection of one of the university’s distinguished graduates, Bishop...
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Shay Malone was named assistant vice president of diversity and inclusion at Northwest Missouri State University. She was the director of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and a diversity officer for the student affairs and academic support...
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Milfred C. Fierce, a long-time educator and founder of the Black studies program at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, died on July 20 in Georgia. He was 86 years old. Fierce graduated from Wagner College in Staten Island, New York, in 1960 wi...
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Dartmouth College, the Ivy League educational institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, has announced the creation of the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life. The institute will host visiting scholars, artists, writers, activists, and po...
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Andre Watts, a professor of piano who held the Jack I. and Dora B. Hamlin Endowed Chair in Music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, died on July 12. He was 77 years old and had suffered from prostate cancer. Born in Nuremberg, Germa...
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The board of trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved a resolution on July 27 prohibiting the university from considering race, sex, or ethnicity in admissions decisions. The resolution followed the recent Supreme Court de...
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A new report from The Education Trust shows that vast disparities in attainment by race, ethnicity, and gender persist in STEM education and employment, thereby limiting access and opportunities for social and economic mobility for some — particularl...
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A new study by researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago finds that Black residents living in highly segregated neighborhoods have significantly shortened life expectancies. Compared to residents living in l...
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Derrick V. Warren was appointed dean of the College of Business at Grambling State University. Dr. Warren previously served as associate dean and director of graduate programs for the College of Business at Southern University and A&M College in...
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A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that the median weekly earnings of the nation’s 121.5 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,100 in the second quarter of 2023. But there is a persisting racial gap in earnings....
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André Green is the new dean of the College of Education at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He was a professor of leadership and teacher education and associate vice president for academic affairs at the University of South A...
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The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting at Morehouse College in Atlanta announced the appointment of Robbie Morganfield as its new executive director. Dr. Morganfield joins the Society after spending the last three years as a professor a...
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Reginald Perry, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, was given the added duties of interim associate provost for academic and faculty affairs at Florida...
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Grambling State University is receiving a major commitment from the state of Louisiana for programs to upgrade campus facilities. The state’s construction budget sets aside $5.6 million in high-priority funding and another $64 million in the future f...
