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Conference Call for CBPR Partnership Academy

The Detroit Urban Research Center (Detroit URC) is accepting applications to our second annual Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Partnership Academy, a nationwide, year-long capacity...

Posted: January 15, 2016, 10:29 AM

Diversity, Learning, and Student Success Conference

Association of American Colleges and Universities

Diversity, Learning, and Student Success Shifting Paradigms and Challenging Mindsets March 17, 2016 to March 19, 2016 Philadelphia Marriott Downtown 1201 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19107...

Posted: January 15, 2016, 10:20 AM

State of the Black World Conference IV -November 16-20, 2016

Pre-Registration is Open

In 2012 the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) convened State of the Black World Conference III (SOBWC III) at Howard University in Washington, D.C.,focused on the Theme – State of...

Posted: January 15, 2016, 10:13 AM

Loren Henderson, SOCY/ANTH presents at UN Headquarters

Workshop/Conference on Poverty,Inequalityand Global Conflict

Drs. Loren Henderson and Cedric Herring were invited as a select group of approximately 25 leading scholars and activists from around the world to meet at UN Headquarters, NY, January 2016. The...

Posted: January 14, 2016, 4:11 PM

Amy Bhatt in Seattle Magazine on South Asian tech workforce

A feature published in the December 2015 edition of Seattle Magazine examines how Seattle’s South Asian population is becoming more visible in the philanthropic community. Amy Bhatt, an assistant...

Posted: January 14, 2016, 4:02 PM

Kate Drabinski discusses minority votes in the Sun

Black Girls Vote, a nonprofit organization designed to boost voter turnout in Baltimore, was recently featured in the Baltimore Sun. In the article, Kate Drabinski, a lecturer of gender and...

Posted: January 14, 2016, 3:55 PM

F. Chris Curran named Emerging Education Policy Scholar

F. Chris Curran, an assistant professor in UMBC’s School of Public Policy, has been named an Emerging Education Policy Scholar for 2015-16 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the American...

Posted: January 14, 2016, 3:51 PM

Leslie Morgan, SOCY/ANTH, receives distinguished AGHE Award

Mildred M. Seltzer Distinguished Service Recognition Award

Dr. Leslie Morgan, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Co-Director of Gerontology Doctoral Program will receive the Mildred M. Seltzer Distinguished Service Recognition at the...

Posted: January 13, 2016, 10:33 AM

Leslie Morgan, Dept. of SOCY/ANTH keynote speaker for OAGE

2016 Ohio Association of Gerontology & Education Conference

Dr. Leslie Morgan, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Co-Director of Gerontology Doctoral Program, will give the keynote address at the 2016 Ohio Association of Gerontology and...

Posted: January 11, 2016, 1:39 PM