March 2023

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced awards totaling $5.5 million to create or strengthen Centers of Excellence (COE) conducting housing and community development research.Marcia Fudge The money – for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – was split between two schools. Texas Southern University (TSU) received $3 million and North […]

The New York Knicks partnered with Verizon to honor historically Black college and universities (HBCUs) Mar. 27, with one 18-year-old high school senior from Harlem receiving a scholarship, Patch reported.Bri Butler getting surprised during the Mar. 27 Knicks game Bri Butler was awarded on the court Monday night, during the Knicks’s game against the Houston

Dr. Jason Wingard, the first Black president of Temple University in Philadelphia, has resigned Mar. 28. Temple’s board of trustees has accepted Wingard’s resignation, according to a statement Tuesday.Jason Wingard Amid Wingard’s short and rocky tenure was worsening crime around campus, a graduate student strike, and a loss of confidence in his leadership among some

Garrett GreenGarrett Green has been named chief diversity officer at Augusta University in Georgia. Green served as director of multicultural student engagement at the university. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and media studies, a master’s in higher education administration from Georgia Southern University, and an educational doctorate from Augusta.

Over the past three decades, U.S. academic employment has dramatically shifted from mostly full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty to mostly contingent positions. That’s according to a new report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)which   provides data depicting the shift away from tenure to contingent faculty at most U.S. colleges and universities. Utilizing data

Two prominent Black academicians–Drs. Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Earl Lewis–were among 12 individuals who was awarded the National Humanities Medal at the White House earlier this month.    “The National Humanities Medal recipients have enriched our world through writing that moves and inspires us; scholarship that enlarges our understanding of the past; and through their

Heather QuireHeather Quire has been named associate vice chancellor and dean of campus life at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She holds a bachelor’s degree in information systems from Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and a master’s in organizational leadership from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania.

The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College hosted its first Spring Symposium addressing health issues for African American men. Taken place at the Atlanta University Center’s Woodruff’s Library, the “Changing the Paradigm” symposium began its two-day conference with a discussion on mental health.  Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough, Interim Executive Director for BMRI, wants

Chemen NealChemen Neal has been appointed executive associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice and chief diversity officer at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She earned her medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Racial hiring practices in college athletics saw minor improvement but gender hiring practices declined, according to the 2022 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card (CSRGRC) from the University of Central Florida (UCF).Dr. Richard Lapchick The report card, issued by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at UCF, assessed racial and gender