Education News - 5 Mar 2008

GALVESTON — Dr. C. Joan Richardson, chief of medical staff at the University of Texas Medical Branch, will join seven other UTMB faculty members and six medical and graduate students in a dramatic reading of George Bernard Shaw’s “The Doctor’s Dilemma” on Nov. 20.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Rutgers University basketball players disparaged by radio host Don Imus, a black woman kidnapped and tortured by whites in West Virginia, the home-owning dreams of black women disproportionately dashed by foreclosures.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

"We believe that the impact is more long term, and we believe in investing in intellectual capital - scholarships for students and grants for faculty members." Friday, in observance of the scholarship program's 10th anniversary, university officials announced that McNair, of Houston, is increasing the fund to $30 million. via The Greenville News
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: blogs.edweek.org