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HBCU Scholars Program Celebrates 10 Years with 2024 Cohort

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HBCU Scholars engage in a series of workshops, leadership development programs, and networking events with the opportunity to connect with industry leaders, policymakers, and alumni of the program.

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Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr.: Pioneering Theoretical Physicist Bridges Mathematical Worlds

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Kevin Iga, a professor of mathematics at Pepperdine University and a collaborator on Gates work on Adinkras, regarding the time he first met Gates in the early 2000s at an annual summer workshop on math where Gates was presenting in Park City, Utah. Neil Turok, who holds the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh.

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Indiana University Launches Global Gateway office in Ghana

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It is designed to strengthen and broaden the institution’s global engagement across world regions, and it serves to facilitate academic activities from faculty workshops and education abroad to student recruitment and alumni events, allowing different stakeholders of the IU community to explore areas of mutual interest with local partners throughout (..)

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

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While there are FAFSA webinars available, I believe community and family focused FAFSA and financial aid workshops in tribal communities might be an effective way to promote college going overall among indigenous students.”

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Replacing Affirmative Action with ‘Positive Practices’

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Essay preparation workshops. Her is an opportunity for writing improvement workshops and contests organized by appropriate interest groups like fraternities and sororities. Concerned alumni groups.

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University of Florida Hillel Combats Antisemitism with ‘Spread Cream Cheese, Not Hate’ Event

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UF students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and community members are invited to sign the pledge — in connection with National Bagel Day — to “combat antisemitism and all forms of hate” and commit to keep campus and the broader community “welcoming and safe places for all.”

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Panel Promotes Teaching

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According to IRT associate director and panel moderator Catherine Wong, IRT’s free graduate preparation program provides those accepted with multiple kinds of assistance, including advising, application fee waivers, access to grad school recruiters, and workshops. Marcus Penny In a Jan.