| Carol
R. Johnson announces at a press conference in June that she will become
the superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, leaving the same
position in Memphis, Tenn. (L. Parker-McWhorter photo) |
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| Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Professor James Sherley fasted for 12 days to
protest the university’s decision to deny him tenure. The award-winning
scientist stopped the hunger strike “in celebration of the attention
brought to bear on issues of equity, diversity and justice.” (AP
photo/Chitose Suzuki) |
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| Shirley
Austin (right) helps Sudanese refugee Zuruf Basher, 16, to write an
essay on pyramids in November. Shirley — herself a refugee from Nigeria
and now a third-year student at Boston University’s Goldman School of
Dental Medicine — began visiting the Bashers in 2006 and has continued
to help refugee families adapt to American life. (Daniela Caride photo) |
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Archbishop
Emeritus Desmond Tutu laughs with Wheelock College President Jackie
Jenkins-Scott during a youth symposium hosted by the college in
October. Over 700 students came to “Bridges to Hope and Understanding:
Exploring Truth and Reconciliation” to learn Tutu’s reconciliation
tactics, which have been used with youth in South Africa. (Don West
photo)
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| Fifth-grader
Sadie Peterson (left) listens to music teacher Nina Wilkinson as they
work at the Penn Alexander School in west Philadelphia, in October. The
school was created seven years ago as a partnership between the
Philadelphia school district and the University of Pennsylvania. (AP
photo/Philadelphia Daily News, David Maialetti) |
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| Dr.
J. Keith Motley (right) and his wife Angela, celebrate his inauguration
as the eighth chancellor of the University of Massachusetts-Boston.
Motley is the first chancellor of color in the university’s 43-year
history. Previously, Motley was the vice president for business,
marketing and public affairs in the President’s Office. (Sandy
Middlebrooks photo) |
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