By Eric Stirgus
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Pierre Agudze, a student at Clark Atlanta University, takes notes during his calculus class at school in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 17, 2017. Clark Atlanta has the highest student debt in the stat ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 11:10AM
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By D. Aileen Dodd
The Morehouse College Debate Team has won an international first place title and a trip to Paris after defeating Vanderbilt University in the final round at the Lafayette Debates North American Championship in Washington D.C.
The historic victory, which comes with a tra ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 11:03AM
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by University of the District of Columbia - College of Arts and Sciences
Date and Time
Fri, April 28, 2017
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
Location
University of the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Theater of ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 11:00AM
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
9 a.m.
Central State University
University Student Center, second floor
Summary: Chancellor John Carey, of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, will join Central State University President Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond and the CSU Board of Trustees for a major anno ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 10:36AM
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By D. Aileen Dodd
Van Jones, a CNN political correspondent and former White House policy adviser to President Barack Obama, will be guest speaker for Morehouse College’s 133rd Commencement Ceremony.
Jones is the host of The Messy Truth, a ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 10:33AM
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The Department of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa is seeking candidates with specific training and expertise in infectious disease epidemiology for a tenure-track faculty position. The faculty member will join a ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 9:56AM
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Name: Shirley Townsend
HBCU attended: Fayetteville State University
Hometown: Fayetteville, NC
Shirley’s experience at Fayetteville State University: My experience was very rewarding. I was able to learn life skills and also gain beneficial ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 1:30PM
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One of Baltimore's favorite basketball sons is coming home and he's going to coach an HBCU. Juan Dixon, a Maryland legend and former NBA player, has been hired to take over as the coach at Coppin State, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The 38-year-old just finished his first season as a head coac ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 12:00PM
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The Lady Tigers of Texas Southern University maintained their hold on first place in the Southwestern Athletic Conference's West Division after splitting Saturday's doubleheader with Prairie View A&M.
The Lady Tigers rolled to a 7-3 win in Satu ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:58AM
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The Gold Team came out victorious by a score of 20-10 on Saturday, April 22, in the 2017 edition of the Bethune-Cookman Football Maroon and Gold Spring Showcase housed at Municipal Stadium.
Redshirt junior quarterback Larry Brihm Jr. threw for ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:55AM
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The Paine College Board of Trustees unanimously selected Dr. Jerry L. Hardee as the finalist to become the next president of Paine.
Dr. Hardee, retired college president and educator, was one of two finalists under consideration. At the conclusio ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:47AM
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The Virginia Union University men's track and field team took second place at the 2017 CIAA Outdoor Track and Field Conference Championship, held on April 21-22 at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md.
Saint. Augustine won the CIAA Championship fo ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:44AM
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The Virginia Union University men's track and field team was honored at the 2017 CIAA Track and Field Championship Banquet, held at Bowie State University on Thursday, April 20, in Bowie, Md., for earning the highest cumulative team GPA for the 2017 ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:42AM
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By Alabama A&M Sports Information
Brandon Marsonek sets the Alabama A&M record for strikeouts in a season with 91.
Sidney R. Jackson
ITTA BENA, Mississippi -- Brandon Marsonek set an Alabama A&M pitching record Friday but the Bulldogs l ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:39AM
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The Saint Augustine’s University men won its 20th consecutive title and the Winston-Salem State University women edged Johnson C. Smith University by one point in the 2017 CIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the Bowie State University campus Saturday.
Full Results
The Falcons, led b ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:35AM
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Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Results
TATUM, Texas – The Wiley College women's track and field team sprint past its competition to claim its third consecutive Red River Athletic Conference Championship Saturday at Tatum Eagle Stadium.
Th ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:32AM
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Miles College, along with the City of Birmingham, was selected as the host of two future NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Elite 8, which is the championship round in Division II. In an announcement made by the NCAA, the 2020 and 2022 versions of t ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:30AM
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Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Results
TATUM, Texas – The Wiley College men's track field team exerted its dominance over the Red River Athletic Conference with its fourth consecutive title Saturday at Tatum Eagle Stadium.
The Wildcats scored 2 ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:27AM
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Could this be a cure for cancer?
by Robin White Goode
(Image: iStock/Cecilie_Arcurs)
Last month, Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically black college that sends more black students to medical school than any other college, announced exciting news: A study conducted in Xavier’s Ire ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:24AM
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TATUM, Texas – After leading the Wiley College men's and women's track and field teams to another Red River Athletic Conference Championship, Marlon Baugh was awarded men's and women's RRAC Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Baugh had 10 return from the Wildcats' third-place NAI ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:15AM
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Juan Scott (Central State) was named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Male Track Athlete of the Week along with teammate Darin Gooch who was tabbed the Male Field Athlete of the Week, announced on Friday by the league office.
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Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:08AM
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Join us for CAU NOW-Lifting Every Voice, Saturday morning at 7am on WCLK as we highlight the Fifth Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium, a collaboration between the Clark Atlanta University Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and the James Weldo ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 10:58AM
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Dr. Matthew Leder, a Gadsden State Community College music instructor, will participate in a national residential workshop in New Orleans this summer.
The workshop, “New Orleans: Music, Culture and Civil Rights,” is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. It will take place J ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 10:50AM
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Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, an Obama administration holdover, was asked to resign by the Trump administration on Friday. He was replaced by his deputy, Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams, one of the first nurses to serve as surgeon general.
Admiral Trent-Adams will for now be in an acting role. As ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 10:40AM
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