Filed in In Memoriam, Uncategorized on December 18, 2020
Leith Mullings, a leading anthropologist who spent much of her career at the City University of New York, died on December 12. She was 75 years old and had suffered from cancer.
A native of Jamaica, Professor Mullings came to the United States at the age of 16 to study at Queens College of the City University of New York. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Cornell University. She went on to earn a master’s degree and a Ph.D. at the Univerity of Chicago.
Dr. Mullings began her academic career as a lecturer at Yale University. She was appointed an assistant professor of anthropology at Columbia University in 1975 and was promoted to associate professor in 1981. Two years later, she joined the faculty at the City University of New York. There she eventually became a distinguished professor of anthropology at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about the Electoral College vote certification process at The Queen theater on December 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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HACR Announces Sylvia Pérez Cash as Senior Vice President of Operations
Long-time nonprofit executive will assume operational duties January 2021
Published 12-17-20
Submitted by Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
WASHINGTON, December 17, 2020 /CSRwire/ - The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) announces that Sylvia Pérez Cash will join the organization as senior vice president of operations, starting on January 4, 2021. Cash has over 15 years in nonprofit management, most recently as vice president of strategic programs and knowledge for United Way of Greater Cleveland, one of the largest chapters in the country.
In her role as SVP of operations, Cash will guide HACR’s programming and work with the CEO to create strategies that advance HACR’s mission. She will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of HACR’s operational processes and policies, including management of the programs, research
Anemona Hartocollis, The New York Times
Published: 17 Dec 2020 08:23 PM BdST
Updated: 17 Dec 2020 08:23 PM BdST Outside Prairie View A&M University s student center in Prairie View, Texas, Oct. 30, 2018. MacKenzie Scott, the world’s 18th-richest person, recently donated $50 million to Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college in Prairie View, Texas. (Todd Spoth/The New York Times)
They came like gifts from a Secret Santa, $20 million here, $40 million there, all to higher education, but not to the elite universities that usually hog all the attention. These donations went to colleges and universities that many people have never heard of and that tended to serve regional, minority and lower-income students.