Third federal lawsuit filed against Wheelock College and former president

Third federal lawsuit filed against Wheelock College and former president

BOSTON — A third faculty member has filed a federal lawsuit against Wheelock College and its former president, Jackie Jenkins-Scott, alleging she was unfairly treated due to her race.

The allegations facing Wheelock stem from the reign of Jenkins-Scott, who retired last spring. Joan Gallos, like the two professors who also filed complaints and the college, allege that Jenkins-Scott, who is black, gave "preferential treatment of African-American employees of color."

Yale and Brown professors team up to confirm ancient text
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Yale and Brown professors team up to confirm ancient text

Kelly Thomas

BOSTON – A team of anthropologists and art history experts, led by professors from Yale and Brown, has proven once and for all the authenticity of a controversial 13th century Mayan text. Their findings confirm the document, called the Grolier Codex, is indeed the oldest writing to be discovered in the Americas.

Michael Coe, a professor emeritus of archeology and anthropology at Yale, led the assembled researchers in uncovering the truth behind the much-disputed Codex. He was joined by Stephen Houston, the co-director of Brown's Program in Early Cultures and the Dupee Family Professor of Social Science. Other members of the elite time included Mary Miller, a professor of art history at Yale, and Karl Taube from University of California – Riverside.

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