Launched in 2019, the program is preparing to enter new stages, despite the pandemic. Inspired by the Athena Swan Charter in the United Kingdom and Australia, Dimensions is an initiative supported by the three federal research granting bodies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences […]
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A 23-year-old woman graduated alongside her 88-year-old grandfather at the University of Texas at San Antonio last month, reports abc news. UTSAAfter putting his education on hold to raise a family more than half a century ago, Rene Neira, resumed his classes again in 2016, enrolling at Palo Alto College alongside his granddaughter, Melanie Salazar. In
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Americans are less likely to respond to a request for help from a Black person than from a white person, according to a new study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study describes itself as the first to experimentally test for racial discrimination in the real-world behavior of a large,
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Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has signed two bills to reestablish the state’s first and only historically Black college for university (HBCU) in Detroit, which had closed in 2013, reports Michigan Live. Dr. D’Wayne Edwards, who acquired the Lewis College of Business, is the founder of the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design.Formerly the Lewis
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Marquette University recently announced its creation of the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice at Marquette Law School. To establish the Center, Marquette alumni couple Louis and Suzanne Bouquet Andrew have committed $5 million. Janine P. Geske, a retired professor of law at Marquette and a current trustee of the University, will be the Center’s inaugural director.
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A former basketball coach at the University of Evansville (UE) in Indiana, Walter McCarty, is suing UE for breach of contract, saying it owes him $75,000, reports 14 News. The lawsuit comes one year after the university fired McCarty based on findings during an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and Title IX violations made
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