The University of Central Florida has fired a professor after his controversial tweet about “black privilege” last year during the Black Lives Matter protests led to widespread calls for his termination.
The Mellon Foundation announced $72 million in grants for 16 universities to work on solutions-based research which will lead to cultural and social transformation.
In an effort to promote racial equality in education, Apple launched its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
A class of undergraduates at the University of Chicago made an astronomical breakthrough when they discovered the brightest lensed galaxy ever observed in the early universe.
SUNY and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will launch an institute aimed at training 2,500 workers for the offshore wind industry.