–by Jamel K. DonnorHigh school seniors with the highest GPA in their graduating class are chosen to be valedictorians and are often responsible for delivering the graduating speech. Salutatorians, who are high school seniors with the second-highest GPA in their graduating class, often give the opening remarks. The superintendent attributed the mix-up to a new […]readmore
Shalini ShankarWhen Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on July 8, 2021, she became the first Black American to win in the competition’s history. Shalini Shankar, a scholar of spelling bees, breaks down the importance of this historical moment. Why is it news that an African American won this championship?It’s significant […]readmore
Tucker Higgins, CNBCJournalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said Tuesday she had declined a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will join the faculty at Howard University, a historically Black institution, following weeks of controversy. Hannah-Jones, who won a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for her commentary in The New York Times’ “The 1619 […]readmore
President, Medgar Evers College Dr. Patricia Ramsey was appointed by the CUNY Board of Trustees to serve as the sixth president of Medgar Evers College on March 22, 2021. She is the first woman president of Medgar Evers College, and was installed on May 1, 2021. (www.ourtimepress.com/cuny-names-dr-patricia-ramsey-as-sixth-president-of-medgar-evers-college). Now that Dr. Ramsey has had a chance […]readmore
Troy, NY: The honorable Shirley Ann Jackson, the first African-American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the second African-American woman in the United States to earn a doctorate in physics, has announced she will step down from her role as President, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Her departure from […]readmore
BROOKLYN – Actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer Chris Rock, who attended Kingsborough Community College for one year and studied communications, will receive an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the City University of New York at Kingsborough Community College’s 56th Commencement Exercises on Thursday, June 17 at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Rock’s degree will be conferred along with 2,400 members […]readmore
Written by Brian Good on June 1, 2021, www.diversityinc.comRegardless of your political party or belief system, many people believe social media and certain “news” sources are filled with questionable takes on current events that can only be described as “fake” news. While most Americans believe they can spot these fake stories and won’t fall for […]readmore
Submitted by Keith ForestThis spring, the Adelaide Sanford Institute paid homage to educators on the frontline during the 2020 pandemic. Educators who closed the social distance gap virtually: they kept schools running although the buildings were closed by taking on cyberspace and crafting virtual classrooms. ASI, a strong believer in the “education first” factor, has […]readmore
