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Dr. Daniela Rus, MIT

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Russ research interests are in robotics, mobile computing, and data science. Rus is a Class of 2002 MacArthur Fellow, a fellow of ACM, AAAI and IEEE, a member of the National Academy of Engineers, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Report: HBCUs Received 178 Times Less Foundation Funding than Ivy League Schools in 2019

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On average, historically Black college and universities (HBCUs) received 178 times less funding from foundations than Ivy League schools in 2019, according to a report from research group Candid and ABFE, a nonprofit advocate for investments in Black communities, the Associated Press reported. billion from foundations in 2019.

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KAVITA BALA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She arrived at Cornell in 1999 as a postdoctoral researcher and became an assistant professor of computer science in 2002. Bala earned her bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, and received her master’s and doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Boston College Names Father Jack Butler as 26th President

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Since joining the university's Campus Ministry in 2002, he has been instrumental in advancing several key initiatives, including formative education programs and Core Curriculum renewal. Butler brings to the role a deep understanding of Boston College's mission, having spent the past 22 years serving the institution in various capacities.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

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Howard, as a school, has “serious momentum,” and will rise to the upper echelon of research universities, Vinson said. In 2002, Diverse named Vinson an Emerging Scholar. There are so many things about Howard right now that really distinguish it as what I would call a fast-moving locomotive train,” Vinson said.

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Updated ACE Report Reveals Progress, Persistent Disparities

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“This report is timely for everyone involved in higher education — administrators, researchers, policymakers. For example, the report found that the number of Hispanic or Latino students earning bachelor’s degrees rose about 10%, from 2002 to 2022, but the rates for white and Asian students grew even faster.

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Fry to Become Temple’s 15th President

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He previously served as president of Franklin and Marshall College from 2002– 2010, and as executive vice president at the University of Pennsylvania. A graduate of Lafayette College, he holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business. This is a great day for Temple University.