Newmarket man Denis Barry was one of two fatalities of the October 1923 hunger strikes, instigating in response to jailings for opposing the Anglo-Irish Treaty, writes Robert Hume
Precollege programs can help boost access for students from underrepresented communities. The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling could force colleges to rethink them. Rice College president Reginald DesRoches launched his career as a civil engineer–turned–higher ed administrator back in the early 1980s, when he joined a summer bridge program for students from underrepresented backgrounds before his freshman year at the University of California, Berkeley.