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Ethiopian studies began a new era in 1963 when the Institute of Ethiopian Studies was founded on the campus of Haile Selassie University (which was later renamed Addis Ababa University). [4] The heart of the IES is the library, containing a wide variety of published and unpublished materials on all types of matters related to Ethiopia and the ...
The Ethiopian Academy of Sciences is a national academy founded on April 10, 2010. [1] Pediatrician Demissie Habte served as its inaugural president. [1] The founding class of fellows included 50 people across the natural and social sciences. [1] It was started by researchers from Addis Ababa University with support from the Royal Society until ...
Jelani Nelson (born 1984), Ethiopian-American professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California. Dessalegn Rahmato (born 1940), sociologist; awarded the 1998 Prince Claus Award. Legesse Wolde-Yohannes (born 1936), horticultural scientist; co-awarded the 1989 Right Livelihood Award.
This is a list of universities and colleges in Ethiopia. It includes both public and private institutions. [1] [2] [3] There are 5 private universities and 659 private colleges of higher education in Ethiopia. [4] Public higher education institutions are categorized by the Ministry of Education (MOE) into four main focus areas: [4] [5] [6]
Ephraim Isaac (born 29 May 1936) is an Ethiopian scholar of ancient Ethiopian Semitic languages and of African and Ethiopian civilizations. He founded the Institute of Semitic Studies, which he directs from his home in Princeton, NJ, [1] and is the chair of his Ethiopian Peace and Development Center.
This IES unit is the first university museum in Ethiopia. The museum has a permanent collection in five fields of study: anthropology, art, ethnomusicology, numismatics (the study of coinage), and philately (the study of postage stamps). [14] Its hosts temporary exhibitions. [15] It has objects dating back to the early Aksumite period.
The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, also referred to as the McNair Scholars Program, is a United States Department of Education initiative with the goal of increasing "attainment of PhD degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society," including first-generation low-income individuals and members from racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented ...