February 2022

Dr. Cristina A. Thomas    Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Northern Arizona University (NAU)  Education: B.S., planetary science, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., planetary science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Age: 39 Mentors: Dr. Andy Rivkin at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Dr. David Trilling, Dr. Josh Emery at NAU  Words of encouragement/wisdom: […]

The Loyola University New Orleans College of LawThe Loyola University New Orleans College of Law has become the first law school in Louisiana to allow the admission of GRE scores or LSAT scores, joining roughly 40% of American Bar Association (ABA) approved schools like Harvard University College of Law, Boston College, and Georgetown University Law

In June, a committee of eight Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) experts met publicly on Zoom to discuss issues surrounding AAPI trauma and health. That’s when they were “Zoom bombed.” Dr. Marcia Liu, mental health specialist with Hunter College’s AANAPISI Project (Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution Project)“We believe [it] was

 The forces who believe affirmative action is reverse discrimination and that college admissions should ban race in favor of “colorblindness” look like they are about to win. The Supreme Court has announced it will hear the Harvard and University of North Carolina cases that challenge the use of race in college admissions. And all in

Jennifer Jarvis, newly appointed vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Queens College.Jennifer Jarvis has been appointed vice president for student affairs and enrollment management by Dr. Frank H. Wu, president of Queens College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). “For more than two decades, Jennifer Jarvis has been a