The League News Highlights & Campus Papers
The League aims to bring you the latest in breaking news involving our Universities,
Alumni and other notable information.
Review our links and resources pages for scholarship information, like-minded organizations and professional and educational programs.
See the daily campus papers and news highlights links below, for the latest happenings on & off campus.
The Black Ivy Alumni League
The League Digest: http://www.theleagueonline.org/newsletter.php
Press Releases
Ivy League News
Brown
Brown Daily Herald: http://www.browndailyherald.com/
9/15/2009 - Famed novelist Chinua Achebe joins Brown U.
10/18/2006 - Brown Releases Slavery and Justice Committee Report
read the report read President Simmons Letter
President Simmons to chair selection committee for next provost.
Corporation approves 4.6-percent increase in total charges for 2002-03
Brown corporation endorses proposal for academic enrichment
$1.2M grant will help train Hispanics in education to be teachers
Text of President Simmons' remarks to campus gathering in response to September 11th
Columbia
Columbia Daily Spectator: http://www.columbiaspectator.com/
Ford Foundation Awards Grants to Columbia Journalism School's Project On Race & Ethnicity
Professor Patricia Williams Named MacArthur Fellow
Announcement of Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing
Columbia Receives Record-Setting Number Of Applications; Selectivity Expected To Increase
Cornell
The Cornell Daily Sun: http://www.cornelldailysun.com
Trustee Balloting
Cornell President Rawlings announces intent to step down from presidency in 2003
Mae Jemison visits as A.D. White Professor-at-Large, March 25-30
Khotso Mokhele of South Africa's National Research Foundation to speak at Cornell Feb. 20 on science and democracy
Fingerprint evidence -- under judicial assault -- unlikely to be replaced by DNA profiling for criminal identification, says Cornell researcher
Cornell University group collaborates with UNICEF To prevent HIV/AIDS by enlisting world's young people
Dartmouth
The Dartmouth: http://www.thedartmouth.com
The Reverend Al Sharpton to speak at Dartmouth Feb. 17
Dartmouth Trustees set tuition increase at 4.5% for 2002-2003
Anti-defamation league representative to discuss hate speech on college campuses Feb. 10 at Dartmouth
Harvard
The Crimson: http://www.thecrimson.com/
10/28/2009 - Wanted: Doctors for Africa
10/23/2009 - Geoffrey Canada recognized for contributions
9/18/2005 - Obama urges alumni to help fight poverty
read the article view the keynote address
To tenure or not to tenure: new data and analysis examines one of higher education's most asked questions
"Race-neutral" policies for college admission may reduce minority representation on California campuses
High-stakes tests may worsen educational outcomes for minorities and girls, according to new research
School segregation on the rise despite growing diversity among school-aged children
National poll shows strong public support for affirmative action; diversity on college and University campuses
Harvard studies find inappropriate special education placements continue to segregate and limit educational opportunities for minority students nationwide
Faculty diversity
Supporters defend embattled charter schools
School's diversity mirrors world's
How the question we ask most about race in education is the very question we most suppress
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/08/29/zero_tolerance/index.html
Princeton
3/3/2007 - Scholars convene for 'Black Men in America' conference, on
March 3
The Daily Princetonian: http://www.dailyprincetonian.com
News @ Princeton: http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/
9/18/2006 - Princeton establishes new Center for African American Studies
3/13/2006 - Joint admission-alumni effort targets socioeconomic diversity
Recruiters hard to find on campuses
Women at Top: Princeton University's first female president, a longtime professor there, has selected another female professor as provost.
Princeton appoints Anthony Appiah, James Haxby as senior faculty members
UPenn
The Daily Pennsylvanian: http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com
3/23/2006 - University of Pennsylvania Will Replace Loans With
Grants for Students of Families Earning Less Than $50,000
5/25/2005 - Rep. Harold Ford Jr. Files for Senate Bid
Suicides involving guns rise sharply among young African-American males
Philadelphia joins Penn in celebrating women of color day
Experts on Africa and African-Americans
Penn Team Awarded $1.12 Million for Efforts to Bridge the Digital Divide with Computing Infrastructure in Ghana
Yale
Yale Daily News: http://www.yaledailynews.com/
11/15/2005 - Yale University will change the way it does searches and enhance mentoring for junior faculty members in an effort to spread diversity.
Commentary: second thoughts on early decision
On MLK day, Levin pledges better union relations
Remarks by former President William Jefferson Clinton addressing the University
Women theologians discuss AIDS in Africa at Yale conference
Yale researchers develop AIDS vaccine
Yale increases undergraduate financial aid
Yale to celebrate African American studies at conference
Former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders to address issue of children's health and learning at 21st Century Schools conference
Yale hosts symposium on poet Langston Hughes
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