Following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision that its admissions policy violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause outlined in the 14th Amendment, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has expanded its financial aid packages. The university is going to…
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Harvard Medical School Society Named After Black STEM Pioneer
Scientist and physician William Augustus Hinton’s contributions will forever be embedded in the evolution of the STEM industry. Hinton, who made history at Harvard Medical School by becoming its first Black tenured professor nearly a century ago, will be posthumously…
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Dr. Namandjé Bumpus Is Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine’s First Black Woman Department Chair
Black women are rising up the ranks in academia and breaking barriers in the process. According to Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Dr. Namandjé Bumpus made history by becoming the first Black woman to chair a department at the Johns…
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Erika H. James To Become Wharton School’s First Black Woman Dean
Black women are making historic moves in academia. According to the Huffington Post, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has named Erika H. James as its dean, making her the first African American and woman to sit at…
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