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University of Louisville Launches Fundraising Campaign to Bolster Research and Add Endowed Faculty Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research. Their work creates new products, companies, a trained workforce and jobs.

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Dr. Kathy E. Johnson, University of New Orleans

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Johnson has more than 30 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. Previously, she joined the IUPUI faculty in 1993 and ascended through the ranks as a department chair, dean and associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education, prior to her role as chief academic officer.

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Dr. John L. Jackson, Jr. Appointed Provost at the University of Pennsylvania

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Jackson – an urban researcher, media ethnographer, anthropologist of religion, and theorist of race/ethnicity – is currently the dean at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication and serves as the Richard Perry University Professor and is on the faculty at Penn’s Center for Experimental Ethnography. Jackson, Jr. Dr. John L.

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

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The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed. The research question is a primary mode of inquiry for him. “My This arm of my research agenda is aimed at understanding how campus cultures, campus climates, and campus actors (e.g.,

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Edington Appointed President of the University of the District of Columbia

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A physical chemist with a research specialty in ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Edington’s scholarly work includes matters such as research and training for faculty in STEM education. Edington holds a B.A. in chemistry from Fisk University and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Vanderbilt University.

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Boston College Names Father Jack Butler as 26th President

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He has also demonstrated fundraising prowess, helping to secure nearly $40 million for academic and student life initiatives since 2019. "I

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Salovey to Step Down as President of Yale

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Ultimately, I plan to return to the Yale faculty, work on some long-delayed writing and research projects, and renew my love of teaching and working with students while continuing to help with fundraising,” he wrote. All have been women, and several are from minoritized backgrounds. Salovey will not depart from Yale entirely.