The Chronicle of Higher Education: “The Far Right’s College Crusade”
How extremists are infiltrating — and fracturing — campus Republican groups.
BU D&I Seeks New Director of Programs
June 28, 2021 — Boston University Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) seeks to hire a new Director of Programs to join the team. The Director of Programs will assist BU D&I in aligning the University’s stated values regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion to its policies, practices, structures, climate, and culture. The Director will play an […]
NBC News: “Supreme Court won’t hear dispute over bathrooms for transgender students”
Monday’s order denying review in the case means Gavin Grimm’s victory in the lower courts remains intact.
HuffPost: “I’m A Black Mother And Educator. Here’s Why I Let My Kids Read Racist Books.”
“While I struggled with the denouncement of books like ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘Little House on the Prairie,’ I also found myself experiencing an awakening.”
Black Enterprise: “Virginia Passes Law Requiring Universities to Create Scholarships for Descendants of Slaves”
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a new bill into law that requires five local colleges to take accountability for their ties to slavery.
Learn More Series-Anthony Jack “The Privileged Poor”
Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack will discuss how class and culture shape how undergraduates navigate college and shed new light on how inequity is reproduced. Jack will discuss the social and personal costs of exclusion on undergraduates’ opportunities and social well-being. As our final speaker in the series, Dr. Jack will analyze how higher education can […]
The AAPI journey to liberation through activism, advocacy, and solidarity
A conversation with Asian American scholars on the work of increasing visibility and advancing justice for Asian Americans and the role of allyship in this work. Speakers included: Aaron James Parayno- Tufts University Takeo Rivera- Boston University Janelle Wong- University of Maryland, College Park
Emerging Scholars Program Fund Recipients and Great Topics Program for 2021-22
Seven BU Academic Departments Will Support Underrepresented, Early-Career Scholars On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Boston University Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) announced the seven departmental recipients of Emerging Scholars Program funds in the 2021-2022 academic year (listed alphabetically): The Department of Anthropology, two Emerging Scholars Programs (College of Arts and Sciences) The Department of Biology […]
Not the Queen’s English Department
English departments rethink what to call themselves in light of how diverse they’ve become.
Boston Honors Trailblazing School of Medicine Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED 1864) Monday
First Black woman to graduate from a US medical school will be recognized with weeklong MED Symposia.