During a talk on diversity in higher education yesterday, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds advised graduate students to establish a wide range of mentors who can support them in their academic endeavors.

The 2010 Census will reveal more about the country’s diversity in terms of ethnicity and sexual orientation than any previous count.

American black men in post 9/11 popular culture are being portrayed as “heroic terror warriors,” according to Boston College professor Cynthia Young.

For college students, issues of identity, origins, and the future are, admittedly, sensitive subjects.

The handcuffs that will remain linked to the controversial arrest of Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. are now part of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian.

In an effort to assist applicants from Spanish-speaking families during the admissions process, Harvard has recently begun offering informational materials in Spanish and may expand these offerings in the future.

Television personality Stephen Colbert is distantly related to Elizabeth Alexander, the African-American poet who read at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, Oscar-award winning actress Meryl Streep, and Queen Noor, the queen consort of Jordan.

Race needs to be talked about openly and immediately. That’s the straightforward message of Code Switch 7, a brand-new theater company founded by the American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) seven African American students: Renee-Marie Brewster, Anthony Gaskins, Kelley Green, Faith O. Imafedon ’07, Richard Scott, Charles Settles, and Lindsay Strachan. Under the mentorship of Professor Robert Scanlan, they will be performing their debut show at 2pm on Sunday, February 7 at Club Oberon.