Jan 30, 2025 · Ibram X. Kendi, the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research (CAR), says he has decided to leave BU to join Howard University in Washington, DC. CAR will close when its charter with the University expires on June 30.

Jan 31, 2025 · Boston University is closing its Center for Antiracist Research as its founding director, scholar Ibram X. Kendi, leaves for another job. Why it matters: BU's decision, which comes amid a federal backlash against programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion, may spell the end for several initiatives that came out of the center.

Jan 31, 2025 · Boston University’s much-maligned Center for Antiracist Research will be shut down this coming summer as its founder, Ibram X. Kendi, prepares to jump ship to Howard University.

Nov 7, 2023 · The Boston University research center and its founder, Ibram X. Kendi, faced backlash after announcing layoffs. Some employees and students say the controversy overshadows larger questions about the university’s commitment to DEI.

Sep 21, 2023 · Boston University officials announced this week an "inquiry" into the management and culture within celebrity author and historian Ibram X. Kendi's Center for Antiracist Research.

In June 2020, it was announced that Kendi would join Boston University as a professor of history. [20] Upon accepting the position, Kendi agreed to step down from the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University and relocate to Boston University, and become the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist ...

Ibram X. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, a #1 New York Times best-selling author, and the youngest-ever winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction.

Jan 31, 2025 · Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research is set to close in June as Ibram X. Kendi, an antiracist activist and scholar, departs for Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Jan 30, 2025 · Ibram X. Kendi, the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, is leaving Boston for a new position at Howard University. The center will close when its...

Jan 31, 2025 · Boston University will close its Center for Antiracist Research after less than five years with the departure of founder Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi is leaving BU to join Howard University, a...