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James Holloway, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at The University of New Mexico has named Leo Lo as dean of the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences (CULLS). “After an extensive national search, I’m pleased to...

View Comments If local fundraising efforts are successful, the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport would be further adorned with a permanent bronze statue of its namesake. The first monument to Douglass, which was also the first monument in the country dedicated to the accomplishments of a Black man, was installed in 1899 at a train station near the present-day intersection of St. Paul and Central Ave. “The Mayor at that time, Mayor Warner, wanted to send a strong messa...

A. Sue Weisler President David Munson delivers remarks during a ceremony unveiling a sculpture of Frederick Douglass in RIT’s Student Alumni Union in 2020. Olivia Kim is hoping to create a permanent bronze sculpture of Douglass at Rochester’s airport by the end of this year. Efforts are in motion to commission a permanent bronze statue of Frederick Douglass sculpted by Olivia Kim, an adjunct professor in RIT’s College of Art and Design, for the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester Inte...

The magnitude of Saturday’s Commencement continues to grow on Elsie Woodward 21.  After all, it is the day her granddaughter Anna graduates from the University of Virginia.  It’ll be the first of two shining moments that day for the Woodward family.  In the evening, Elsie, 75, will graduate from William & Mary with a degree in kinesiology. Anna plans to be there throughout, from the traditional walk across campus before Commencement to the moment Elsie’s name is called and she walks ac...

Lehigh University chemistry professor, Xiaoji Xu, has been selected as a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar for 2021. Xu is one of only sixteen individuals chosen this year to receive this highly-competitive award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. The award is granted to faculty who are within the first five years of their academic careers who have created an outstanding independent body of scholarship, and are deeply committed to education.

LGBTQ students harassed in horrific incident at Bucknell University, school says Kalhan Rosenblatt © Provided by NBC News Officials at Bucknell University, located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, condemned a "horrific" incident in which LGBTQ students were harassed at an affinity house last week, according to a statement released by the school on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday at Tower House: Fran’s House, an affinity house that provides LGBTQ-friendly, gender-neutr...

The adaptation of the Black Lives Matter slogan in countries around the world has underscored the common theme of racial inequality, but also raised questions about the intersectionality of Black identities around the world and how this influences demands for racial justice. This complexity was highlighted in the vibrant discussion held on April 14 to launch the MIT Africa Distinguished Visitors program.

Last year protests erupted in the U.S. and parts of South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, with the central message - Black Lives Matter. Ignited by...

Dobbs Ferry, NY (PRWEB) May 12, 2021 -- Mercy College announces the appointment of Linda Bastone, Ph.D., as Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, effective

(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file) Cultural Marxism in all of its ugliness is going through Academia and public education in general like a hot knife through butter these days. The latest travesty is a proposed new rule from the Department of Education that was posted for public review on 19 April in the Federal Register entitled, “ Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education.” It includes this “priority”: Proposed Priority 1—Projects That Incorporate Racially, Ethnically...