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Clifford Omoruyi

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

School: Rutgers University Major: Information Technology and Informatics Year: Senior “ Clifford Omoruyi has become one of the best Scarlet Knight centers of all-time, and that’s on and off the court,” said Steve Pikiell, head coach of men’s basketball at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. “In

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Building confidence and joy: how tutoring is sparking promise in New Jersey

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All that mattered in that moment was the pure joy that little girl had in knowing that in just two days time, she would once again get to work with Mr. Steven Volpe – a 10th grade history teacher serving as a tutor at the Paulsboro Boys & Girls Club in south New Jersey.

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Utah Receives $50 Million Gift for College of Engineering

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The $50 million donation is reportedly the largest in the history of the College of Engineering. Thomas Presidential Endowed Dean of the College of Engineering, in the news release. “This is going to cause another inflection point in the ascent of the college and the growth of Utah’s technology sector. Hide by line?:

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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

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. “We mustn’t kill liberal education in order to save it, but we must also recognize that it is under genuine threat and that if it fails to adapt, it will only become even more marginal and peripheral,” wrote Steven Mintz, a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. ” The post Oh, the humanit(ies)!

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Claudine Gay to become first Black president of Harvard

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Harvard University announced its 30th president Thursday, drawing from within to hire Claudine Gay, the first Black president in the institution’s nearly 400-year history. Gay, currently the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was hired after a search that began in July to replace Lawrence S.

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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

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Mellon Foundation that began in 2020 and utilizes digital technologies to improve understanding of Hispanic and Indigenous populations living near the U.S.-Mexico This concept is exemplified by the University of Arizona Libraries’ (UAL) work through the Digital Borderlands Project, a grant project funded by the Andrew W. Mexico border.

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Dr. Erica Muhl

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Erica Muhl begins her term in July 2021, she will become the first female president of the Berklee College of Music in the 75-year history of the Boston institution. Dre” Young, the academy launched two graduate degrees, the master of science in integrated design, business, and technology and the master of science in product innovation.