Category: Campus Life

  • Grad student Alex Finley found her roots — and more William & Mary News and Events The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 2014-11-24 Jim Ducibella, Communications Specialist This is part one of a two-story series. Check back Nov. 26 for the second part. – Ed. As a child, Alex Finley remembers going through…

  • “Global Mixed Race,” the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, was held at DePaul University in Chicago Nov 13-15, 2014. News from the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2014-11-18 Camilla Fojas, Vincent de Paul Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Photograph by Ken Tanabe A big thank you to the over…

  • MISC Shows Fourth Annual Identity Project The Smith Sophian: The Independent Newspaper of Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts 2014-11-13 Nicole Wong ’17, Arts Editor The Identity Project is an annual photo exhibition in which students, faculty and staff of the Smith community are photographed and given the opportunity to define who they are in their own…

  • ‘Fourteen Frames’ aims to create discussions on race, identity The Daily Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 2014-11-11 Shane McKeon, Reporter A group within Global Engagement Summit launched a Tumblr page and physical gallery profiling 14 Northwestern students and their experiences with race and identity. “Fourteen Frames” opened at Norris University Center on Nov. 5, the same day…

  • ‘What are you, anyway?’: Why I loved growing up in a mixed-race family The Digital Universe Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 2014-11-01 Angela Marler When I was a kid it was completely normal for me to spend one weekend with my mom’s side of the family, roasting a goat in a pit in the driveway,…

  • Mixed-race African-Carribean children at risk of falling behind in Reading primary schools Get Reading (Reading Post) Reading, United Kingdom 2014-11-13 Natasha Adkins, Health Reporter The gap between Reading’s under-performing ethnic groups in the Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests has widened to 10 per cent – an increase of three per cent on 2013’s results…

  • Discussing Race and Education in Brazil HASTAC: Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory 2014-09-12 Christina Davidson Department of History Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Yesterday at lunch, Maria Lúcia and I sat with a graduate of UFRRJ and an Educação a Distancia tutor for the university, who was headed to the Universidade Federal…

  • Revisiting Middlebury’s Racial History The Middlebury Campus Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont 2014-03-19 Conor Grant, Managing Editor Alexander Twilight Hall, a building named in honor of Alexander Twilight of the class of 1823, is just one part of the complicated legacy of America’s first black college graduate. (Courtesy/Middlebury) Alexander Twilight Hall — the austere brick building…

  • Appointment of new Chancellor University of Salford, Manchester News 2014-10-17 The distinguished award-winning writer of fiction, poetry and plays, Jackie Kay MBE, has been appointed as our new Chancellor. Jackie, who takes up the position immediately, takes over from the University’s previous Chancellor, Dr Irene Khan who stepped down earlier this year after her five-year…

  • Award-winning author and poet Jackie Kay appointed as University of Salford’s new chancellor Manchester Evening News Manchester, England 2014-10-19 Dean Kirby Jackie Kay MBE succeeds Dr Irene Khan at the University of Salford, who stepped down earlier this year after her five-year term came to an end An award-winning writer of fiction, poetry and plays…