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Little Rock Nine Member Thelma Mothershed Wair, Dies at the Age of 83

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university later inducted her into their Alumni Hall of Fame and awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2016. Thelma Watershed Wair Wair chose a career in education and was committed to community outreach, working as a home economics teacher and guidance counselor for East St.

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Panel Explores Gun Prevention in Black Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kenneth Wilson, trauma medical director at the University of Chicago, noted that gun violence among children in Chicago has increased significantly in recent years, with the number of youngsters admitted to the children's hospital at the University of Chicago for bullet penetrating trauma, had increased thrice since he started there in 2016.