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Fisk Homecoming Schedule Nov 14 - 22, 2009

Fab Glance Nashville (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

www.fisk.eduwww.fiskuniversity.wordpress.comEven though I'm an alumni of Tennessee State, I can't neglect the fact that another AWESOME HBCU is right down the street, FISK UNIVERSITY. What I like about Fisk is that their alumni really support the school. Also, becuase the school is much smaller than TSU, the alumni have more a family-type closeness when it comes to alumni events. So to all my fab

Fisk gets $3M grant

The Nashville Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Nashville's Fisk University has been selected to receive a $3 million from the Department of Education to assist Fisk graduate students in obtaining advanced degrees in the natural and physical sciences.

Public Housing in the North End was once relief from slums

Enclave (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

A 2001 Scene article by Bill Carey provides some interesting historical context for Cheatham Place, which sits near Werthan Lofts and Salemtown: In 1937, Congress passed a national housing act, authorizing millions of federal dollars for public housing projects across the country. Within a year, the Public Works Administration was building two projects in Nashville. One, for whites, was called Cheatham...

Location in the media: United for progress for 48 years

EveryBlock: Ward 6 (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

7606 Cottage Grove Ave. United for progress for 48 years ...donating to Fisk University, and many other philanthropic endeavors. UAPA meets every fourth Monday at 7606 Cottage Grove Ave. Published by Austin Weekly News on October 22, 2009 .

Fisk's "Working Knowledge"

Legal History Blog (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

Just out in Studies in Legal History from the University of North Carolina Press is Working Knowledge: Employee Innovation and the Rise of Corporate Intellectual Property, 1800-1930, by Catherine L. Fisk, University of California, Irvine, School of Law. Here is the press's description:Skilled workers of the early nineteenth century enjoyed a degree of professional independence because workplace

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje: AMNA Conference, UCLA Oct. 22-25, 'Once in a lifetime opportunity'

AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

( Prof. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje , Chair, Dept. of Ethnomusicology, Herb Alpert UCLA School of Music) It's very nice of you to take time for our interview only two weeks and two days prior to the Conference. I see; okay hopefully I have something to say! I'm sure you do! This is not something that we have covered in the past except on the website page devoted to the Nigerian composer Akin Euba who...

Fisk Jubilee Singers honored Tuesday

WAAY - WAAY News and Home (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009

Associated Press - October 6, 2009 4:15 AM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Fisk University is celebrating the 138th anniversary of the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009

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Litigation Over Artwork Donation

Legal Profession Blog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009

Not a legal profession case, but of possible interest, is a decision filed on July 14 by the Court of Appeals of Tennessee. At issue were the rights of three parties in a charitable gift to Fisk University of 101...

Ruling: O'Keeffe Museum Has No Standing To Stop Sale

ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009

"The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum may represent the painter's estate but has no right to an art collection she donated to Fisk University, Tennessee's Court of Appeals has ruled. ... The financially struggling university had asked a lower court for permission to sell two of the works" and to allow "a proposed $30 million arrangement to share the collection with the Crystal Bridges Museum...

• Court: O'Keeffe Museum has no right to Fisk University art - USA Today
• Court: O'Keeffe museum has no right to Fisk U. art - Seattle Times
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Court: O'Keeffe museum has no right to Fisk U. art

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/15/2009

A Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled that the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum has no right to an art collection the painter donated to Fisk University 50 years ago.

Fraud is a Felony

Social Sense (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009

While Al Gore continues to mutter about losing the election to George Bush, his life isn’t a total wash. Mr. Gore has increased his net worth by accomplishing the one thing that few people in the world are capable of doing: fooling most of the people, all of the time. Uncle Al has become the de facto spokesmen for global warming alarmists, such as Professor John Holdren, noted in science perhaps...

Should we automatically assume that a donation to a university will be used responsibly?

Enclave (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009

Previously, I questioned the assumption that giving Tennessee State University a chance to build an agricultural research center on Bells Bend would support agriculture even if the primary research focus is more on agribusiness than on farmers. I've not seen any other May Town Center opponent question the assumptions of the TSU donation, and while I don't reap any rewards from playing the pessimist...

Fisk University names new provost

The Nashville Business Journal (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009

Fisk University named Dr. M. Christopher Brown II as the new provost and executive vice president on Monday.

Fisk Sends Nice Thank You for Enclave Donation

Enclave (Free subscription) | 05/21/2009

Please join me in supporting Fisk University and WFSK as you are able. I had already received a phone call from radio host and station manager Sharon Kay several days ago.