MCC News

News 2008

Health Care Disparities in Rhode Island

Against a backdrop of dwindling tax revenues...
Hegemon on the Offensive: Chinese Perspectives on U.S. Global Strategy

An authoritative text published by China’s National Defense University...
Rhode Island Series on Health Care Quality

The purpose of the Rhode Island series on Health Care Quality...




News 2007

Minority Graduation Galas Highlight a Timely Issue

As the master of ceremonies called their names ...
Drop It Like It’s Hot! Hip-Hop in the Twenty-First-Century Classroom

There exists that “Every Student” on a college campus...
Diversity and Learning: “A Defining Moment”

Growth is rarely an easy experience. But it is a ...
Cape Verdean American Community Activist Dies

The University of Rhode Island community has lost ...
Predicting Persistence of Hispanic Students in Their 1st Year of College

Students from minority and economically disadvantaged ..
Building Sustainable Power

Latino Scholars and Academic Leadership Positions at U.S. Institutions of Higher Learning..
From Nations to Boardrooms: The Cost of Excluding Women

American women began demanding answers to these questions in ..
On Spring Break, Students Serve Cape Verde's Poor

Twenty two Boston College students spent last week's semester ..
Top Wall Street jobs still elude women, minorities

Even though Wall Street investment banks have made diversity a top priority ..
Higher Education: Why It Matters, How You Can Prepare

A recent study of black parents found that nearly all of them consider ..
Letter: C.R. film promotes hostility, prejudice

After seeing the film Obsession: Radical Islam's War on Terror, I ..
Education, Education, Education

It’s an article of faith that the key to success in real estate is location, location, location.
History of Women's History Month

In the early nineteenth century, women were considered second-class citizens
South American Women in History

Know about Ellen Sirleaf, Toni Morrison and Mae Jemison
Asian Women in History

Know about Jhumpa Lahiri, Shirin Ebadi and Aung San Suu Kyi
Latina Women in History

Know about Michelle Bachelet, Adriana Ocampo and Ellen Ochoa
Black History Month

February marks the beginning of Black History Month - an annual celebration that ..
Annual Lectures on Multiculturalism

In 1995, University of Rhode Island Multicultural Center initiated its Annual Lectures
At Berkeley Law, a Challenge to Overcome All Barriers

People oppose quotas, in the sense of rigid, numerical straitjackets, and they oppose
I have a dream - Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest
The life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Any number of historic moments in the civil rights struggle have been used to identify Martin
Who Sustains Dr. King's Legacy?

Barack Obama, Condoleezza Rice, General Colin Powell, the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
A New Addition to Martin Luther King's Legacy

In 1965, a Rabbi named Max Nussbaum asked Martin Luther King Jr. to addres