First-year students learned about the University's connection to the slave trade in this year's summer reading choice, "Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade and the American Revolution." The selection came in concurrence with the appointment of Anthony Bogues, professor of Africana ...
The University has offered an internal candidate the position of inaugural director for the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice after its second final candidate in five years declined to take the offer last semester. The candidate's name will not be released until the decision is finalized. ...
The University is in the initial stages of its search for a new director of athletics and, with an independent search firm currently looking for qualified candidates, the search committee hopes to announce a decision in April in conjunction the announcement of a new University president. Current Director ...
In its annual report released last November, the Diversity Advisory Board announced that it will seek to recruit more Native American students, faculty and staff. The report noted that the board has not actively worked to increase this group's presence on campus in the past.
For the second time in less than a year, the University's chapter of Medicine, Education and Development for Low-Income Families Everywhere sent a group of students to Riobamba, Ecuador. The 23-person group spent eight days this month assisting doctors in nearby villages and constructing a bathroom ...
A record-high three undergraduates and an alum were awarded Rhodes Scholarships Saturday, making this the first multi-scholar year for the University since 1970.
Their sound is as rhythmic and their beats are as catchy as any mainstream U.S. rap group. Their origins are similar to the rough upbringings referenced in American hip-hop songs and music videos. But where American rap often deals with money and women, Palestinian hip-hop group DAM draws its inspiration ...
With 68 concentrations left to consider, the College Curriculum Council is far behind the Task Force on Undergraduate Education's 2008 goal of reviewing the standards and usefulness of all academic concentrations by 2011. But slow and steady wins the race, according to Dean of the College Katherine ...
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