Morehouse police chief is charged with assault. Morehouse College Chief of Police  Vernon Worthy has been charged with aggravated assault, false imprisonment and pointing a gun at someone after a confrontation during a hunting incident in central Georgia. Worthy, who is the chief of Campus Safety at Morehouse, posted bond Monday and was ordered by Chief Magistrate Judge William Thomas of Lamar County to stay away from the Barnesville man he confronted on Nov. 11, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Read the rest here.

Fla. student will join a select group. Mary Hopkins 36, will graduate this school year with a math doctorate from Florida Atlantic University – one of five math Ph.D.s that are expected to go to the largest class of women in the school’s history. She also will be the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in math from FAU and only the third among all state universities since at least 1990. Growing up in Baltimore, she had planned to become a doctor, reports The Palm Beach Post. But, after choosing advanced math classes, she decided to consider being a math major.  ”Math is the right thing. It’s what I’m supposed to be studying,” said Hopkins, who hopes to become a professor. “I just found my niche.”

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