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Simmons College buys $6 million dorm from Spalding University

University Business

President Kevin Cosby officially announced that students at the Historically Black College and University have a new dorm building. The money came from several small donations and one big one—$1 million from former University of Louisville men’s basketball star Junior Bridgeman. Read more from WDRB.

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Dr. Ruth J. Simmons Takes Readers ‘Up Home’ in New Memoir

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Simmons busily prepared to deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. It was the latest on a long list of accomplishments in Simmons’ career as one of the nation’s most prominent Black women in higher education. Dr. Ruth J.

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Simmons College launches ‘Open Door’ initiative to bring educational opportunities to houseless

University Business

Simmons College of Kentucky, Louisville’s only Historically Black College and University, has launched a new initiative to help bring higher education opportunities to the city’s houseless community. It’s not normal to have homeless and houseless people on the street,” Simmons College President Kevin Cosby said Thursday.

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Dr. Ruth Simmons Appointed Senior Adviser on HBCU Engagement for Harvard President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ruth Simmons, the outgoing president of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), will become a senior adviser to the president of Harvard University on engagement with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), effective Jun. Simmons’ ties to Harvard are longstanding.

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Dr. Ruth Simmons to Deliver 2023 NEH Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, the highest honor from the federal government for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Simmons The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) lecture – “Facing History to Find a Better Future” – will take place 7 p.m. Dr. Ruth J. Lowe (Navajo).

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Ruth Simmons Delivers Stirring Tribute to the Humanities

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Ruth Simmons, president emerita of Prairie View A&M and Brown Universities and Smith College, delivered the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities to a rapt audience at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Tuesday evening.

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HBCUs Advance Legal Equity Through Community Engagement and Partnerships

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Community service and institution-wide partnerships are key tools being used by two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), among other schools, to address long-standing inequities in the criminal justice system and legal profession. Simmons College President Kevin W. In Baton Rouge, La.,

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