Savannah State alumnus and Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe and his company Shay Shay Media have partnered with The Volume, a digital networking and podcast organization to create an internship opportunity for Savannah State students.
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Posted Thursday, March 14th 2024 at 11:42AM
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HBCUs are gearing up for the global chip competition through a new partnership.
The Biden administration announced Friday that it expects to commit $5 billion in a public-private consortium for research and development of computer chips.
The Wh ...
Posted Tuesday, March 12th 2024 at 2:27PM
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Spelman College announced the expansion of its STEM programs to include cosmetics studies. Students majoring in chemistry will now have the option to choose a concentration in cosmetic chemistry, while all students will have the opportunity to minor ...
Posted Tuesday, March 12th 2024 at 2:04PM
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Amirah Boyd is tumbling her way into the history books!
Just a month after her 22nd birthday and only a few weeks after her college graduation, Boyd headed to Caldwell University to lead their acrobatics and tumbling team, cementing her place in h ...
Posted Tuesday, March 12th 2024 at 1:13PM
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The Delaware State Grange has established an endowed scholarship to support agriculture students at Delaware State University.
The Delaware Grange launched the endowed scholarship on Feb. 22 with a donation of $22,500.
Founded in 1875, the Dela ...
Posted Monday, March 11th 2024 at 3:31PM
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In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 65th anniversary of Barbie, Mattel honors Viola Davis and Black beauty.
Barbie fever is not over just yet — at least, not for actress Viola Davis. This week, Mattel announced the Academy Award-winnin ...
Posted Monday, March 11th 2024 at 3:10PM
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When HBCUs Die, So Does the Nation's Black Tech Talent.
HBCUs contribute to 40% of the nation's Black engineers.
The dwindling of HBCUs is devastating to the future of innovation led by Black engineers.
Out of 3,982 colleges in the U.S. onl ...
Posted Sunday, March 10th 2024 at 5:24PM
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The University released a report last month acknowledging and apologizing for its ties to slavery, coupled with a set of proposed actions; Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP, however, criticized Yale’s initiative as well as the book published ...
Posted Friday, March 8th 2024 at 11:22AM
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The Senate instead moved with Senate Bill 2725, which would establish a taskforce to study the "efficiency and effectiveness" of the state's eight public schools.
Senate Bill 2726, naming eight public universities, three of which were historically ...
Posted Friday, March 8th 2024 at 11:11AM
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Here are this week’s grants and gifts to historically Black colleges and universities.
1. LeMoyne-Owen College — $75,000
Historically Black, LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee, has received a $75,000 grant to establish a men’s volleyball ...
Posted Friday, March 8th 2024 at 11:06AM
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NEWARK, N.J. -- United Airlines coordinated a flight with a crew that's made up of all women.
The flight left from Newark Airport on Thursday morning and headed to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in Florida.
It's being dubbed a Women's ...
Posted Friday, March 8th 2024 at 11:00AM
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Today, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) announced that it had received a combined donation of $1,675,250 from bp America (NYSE: BP) and Shell Energy North America (US) L.P. (“Shell Energy”) to support the establishment of a dedicated energy tradin ...
Posted Wednesday, March 6th 2024 at 5:49PM
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Tiya Miles’ National Book Award-winning work, All That She Carried, The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake (Penguin Random House, 2021), illustrates the value of tradition and history and portrays how we move forward when all around us ...
Posted Wednesday, March 6th 2024 at 2:40PM
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A 1995 GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY’S VERY SAME AVIATION PROGRAM, CAPTAIN CHARLTON BRINGS A WEALTH OF FLIGHT AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE FLYING FOR UNITED AIRLINES.
Delaware State University has named the Chair of the University’s Aviation Advisory Co ...
Posted Tuesday, March 5th 2024 at 4:32PM
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Coppin State University President Anthony L. Jenkins was elected by the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors to the prestigious board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Baltimore Branch.
The branch makes up the fifth distr ...
Posted Tuesday, March 5th 2024 at 4:28PM
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