A newly launched innovation center is expected to open the door to those opportunities for students at historically Black colleges and universities. Miles College has created “The 2150 Center for Innovation, Commercialization & Growth” as an incubator to increase innovation opportunities for the college and its students. Erskine Faush“The idea was born out of a…
Dr. Cynthia ShapiraIn-state undergraduate students in Pennsylvania will see no change in tuition rates this year, according to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors. The board announced that, for the seventh straight year, it voted to freeze in-state tuition rates at its 10 universities for the 2024-25 academic year. The board…
The missions of higher education and policing differ, yet each occupies well-known and established community spaces. Much like higher education, policing nationwide continues to wrestle with unparalleled demographic shifts, persistent public scrutiny, and questionable legitimacy. Together, higher education and policing can be effective partners to frame cultural competence education and training to better serve diverse…
Dr. James WhiteJames White has been appointed vice president of governmental affairs and civic engagement at Texas Southern University. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 2011 until 2022, representing District 19. White holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Prairie View A&M University and a doctoral degree from the University of Houston. #JAMES…
Louisville native Dr. Jabani Bennett is an interdisciplinary visual artist, yoga instructor, community-engaged educator, leadership consultant, dancer, and mama. She is also the first Black and openly queer director in the University of Louisville Women’s Center’s 30-year history. The Women’s Center at the University of Louisville (UofL) was founded in 1991 and continues to serve…
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(Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Vault’s most recent practice area rankings, which Biglaw firm is best in securities/capital markets? Hint: This firm is a New York mainstay and makes the top 10 in the overall Vault rankings. See the answer on…
About two years after launching an investigation into pharmacy benefit managers, the Federal Trade Commission has finally released some of its findings — and they don’t bode well for the prescription drug middlemen. Last week’s interim report explains how concentrated the PBM market has become, allowing the companies to generate outsize profits while patients and…
What was it like to be a lawyer in 2015? That’s the question Seward & Kissel intended to answer for the lawyers of 2140 through a commemorative time capsule. It turns out the contents are almost as alien to the lawyers of 2024. In a world where Biglaw firms can and do explode under the…
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Our technology and software analysts are hard at work assessing the Unified Court System’s digital networks and infrastructure to try to diagnose the potential impacts and deliver solutions to the widespread Microsoft outage issues that have emerged today. The court, and its employees, are…