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Dr. Daniela Rus, MIT

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Rus is a Class of 2002 MacArthur Fellow, a fellow of ACM, AAAI and IEEE, a member of the National Academy of Engineers, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Russ research interests are in robotics, mobile computing, and data science. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University.

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AERA Names Dr. Tabbye Chavous as New Executive Director

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Levine who has led the organization since 2002. Chavous The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced Monday that Dr. Tabbye M. Chavous will become its new executive director, effective August 11, 2025, replacing Dr. Felice J.

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KAVITA BALA

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She arrived at Cornell in 1999 as a postdoctoral researcher and became an assistant professor of computer science in 2002. Bala earned her bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, and received her master’s and doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Boston College Names Father Jack Butler as 26th President

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Since joining the university's Campus Ministry in 2002, he has been instrumental in advancing several key initiatives, including formative education programs and Core Curriculum renewal. Butler brings to the role a deep understanding of Boston College's mission, having spent the past 22 years serving the institution in various capacities.

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N.C. A&T Celebrates 64th Anniversary of A&T Four’s Historic Sit-In

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Barnhill installed the sculpture in 2002 in front of Dudley Memorial Building. The statue depicting the A&T Four walking purposefully alongside each other is the most photographed element of the university’s 132-year-old campus. The program will feature song selections by the N.C.

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Xavier Mourns Former Administrator, Civil Rights Champion Sybil Haydel Morial

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Morial, the president of the National Urban League, also served as New Orleans Mayor from 1994-2002. In 1955, she married fellow Xavierite and would-be New Orleans Mayor Ernest “Dutch” Morial (’51) with whom she embarked on a life of civic engagement in the fight for equity and equality. Her son, Marc H.

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Fry to Become Temple’s 15th President

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He previously served as president of Franklin and Marshall College from 2002– 2010, and as executive vice president at the University of Pennsylvania. Fry has served as president of Drexel University since 2010. A graduate of Lafayette College, he holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business.