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Racial Inequality & Schooling: Providing Opportunities for Access and Identity in a Changing Educational Landscape
Mar. 23, 2018
An ED Talk by Na’ilah Suad Nasir is the sixth president of the Spencer Foundation.

Navigating the Quicksand: How Postsecondary Administrators Understand the Influence of Affirmative Action Developments on Racial Diversity Work
Mar. 21, 2018
An ED Talk by Liliana M. Garces, associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy and affiliate faculty at the University of Texas School of Law.

Jan Todd and Terry Todd Inducted Into the International Sports Hall of Fame
Mar. 12, 2018
The International Sports Hall of Fame inductees for the class of 2018 include some of the most elite athletes and contributors to the world of sports. They have made their mark on the world and are being honored for thei

A Hauntology on Data: Diffracting Specters of Racialization Toward an Autopoietic Turn/Overturn
Mar. 09, 2018
An ED Talk by Ezekiel Dixon-Román, associate professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania

Liesl Nydegger: Federal vacancies and faulty beliefs exacerbate HIV prevention efforts
Mar. 05, 2018
Is HIV even still a problem? The answer is yes and that is part of the problem because we don’t talk about it.

Graduate Student Wins North American Society for Sport History Graduate Essay Prize
Mar. 05, 2018
Duckworth is the third recipient from Texas since 2012 to receive this award. He is also a consecutive winner from Texas, as the 2017 Graduate Essay Prize was awarded to Ben Pollack

Associate Professor Thomas Hunt Featured in Pittsburg Post-Gazzette Article on Russian Doping in the Olympics
Feb. 24, 2018
Associate Professor Thomas Hunt offers insight on the political strategy behind Russian doping in the Olympics.

Census Update Discovery Minute
Feb. 23, 2018
Germine Awad discusses both the ramifications of classifying people of Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) descent as white on the U.S. Census form and the necessity of giving them their own designation.

College of Education Alumna Wins Mabel Lee Award
Feb. 22, 2018
Erin Centeio, who earned her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction for The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education, is one of the recipients of the 2018 Mabel Lee award.

College of Education Alumna Wins Alfredo G. de los Santos, Jr. Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education Award
Feb. 21, 2018
Nora R. Garza, vice president for research development at Laredo Community College, has been selected to receive the Alfredo G. de los Santos, Jr. Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education Award.