September 2021

President Joe Biden selected Lloyd James Austin III, a retired four-star general with a precedent-setting 41-year military career, to oversee the four branches of the military and serve as the nation’s principal defense advisor. Prior to becoming the first African American person to serve as U.S. Secretary of Defense, Austin, recipient of the Silver Star, […]

After years of lagging infrastructure and decades of broken promises, Indian country is set to receive potentially lifechanging funding: $11 billion to improve broadband, transportation, water and electricity access, new energy technologies, and help confronting climate change.  This funding is part of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which passed through the Senate in August.

I still remember the brief exchange with my administrative assistant Stephanie at the University of Michigan-Flint. She buzzed me on the intercom of my office line to tell me that Dr. Kenneth Gros Louis, chancellor of Indiana University (IU), wanted to speak with me. Knowing that I was in the process of reviewing a proposal

Dr. Lerone A. MartinDr. Lerone A. Martin has been named the second faculty director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. Martin will replace Dr. Clayborne Carson in January 2022. Carson has been director of the institute for over 40 years. “I look forward to collaborating with students and