Heterodox Academy (HxA), a New York City-based nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in higher education, will recognize three exceptional individuals with Open Inquiry Awards this J ...
Posted Tuesday, May 31st 2022 at 12:52PM
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UNCF Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Government Affairs Lodriguez Murray delivered public witness testimony on May 26 before the House Appropriations Committee panel which funds the Department of Education.
At the hearing, with a focus on ...
Posted Tuesday, May 31st 2022 at 12:37PM
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Today, leading organizations in the chemical and affiliated industries announced a significant milestone in the industry's collaborative diversity, equity and inclusion program, the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI). Launched in 2020, FOSSI ...
Posted Tuesday, May 31st 2022 at 12:25PM
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The creator of a mini-brain model used to study Alzheimer’s disease is the winner of the 2022 O. Max Gardner Award, the most prestigious annual prize for faculty awarded by the 17-campus University of North Carolina System.
Yeoheung Yun, Ph.D., t ...
Posted Friday, May 27th 2022 at 12:11PM
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The Elizabeth River Project recently celebrated the groundbreaking of an innovative living laboratory and learning park designed to respond to sea-level rise and urban flooding.
The $8 million Pru and Louis Ryan Resilience Lab was intentionally b ...
Posted Friday, May 27th 2022 at 12:01PM
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Morgan State University today announced the hiring of Damon Wilson as the Athletics Department’s 23rd head football coach, effective June 1, 2022. Wilson, who brings a championship-level coaching pedigree and an extensive resume in collegiate footbal ...
Posted Friday, May 27th 2022 at 11:46AM
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Nine members of the Lincoln men's track & field team and 10 from the LU women's squad are headed to Allendale, Mich. to compete in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships, hosted by Grand Valley State University from Thursday through Saturday (May ...
Posted Friday, May 27th 2022 at 11:37AM
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For the second time this year a LeMoyne-Owen College student athlete has been named an HBCU-All Star. First it was 6'9 Forward Jaquan Lawrence who was a senior on the men's basketball team, now it's senior outfielder DeAnthony Baker of men's baseball ...
Posted Friday, May 27th 2022 at 11:00AM
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Howard University and The Gordon Parks Foundation announced a historic acquisition of 244 photographs representing the arc of Gordon Parks’s career over five decades. The breadth of the collection—which spans Parks’s earliest photographs in the 1940s ...
Posted Thursday, May 26th 2022 at 2:31PM
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Bluefield State College will receive $300 thousand in Community Project Funding to train more healthcare workers. President Biden recently signed the FY 2022 appropriations omnibus package, which included funding for $241 million in direct spending ...
Posted Thursday, May 26th 2022 at 2:03PM
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Kyle Jackson, defensive coordinator of the Bowie State University football team, was named interim head coach replacing Damon Wilson who will become the new head coach at Morgan State University. Jackson, a Bowie State alum, brings several years of e ...
Posted Thursday, May 26th 2022 at 1:49PM
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A Boris Peña blast provided all the offense Bethune-Cookman needed as they took down Grambling State and the SWAC Pitcher of the Year to open the 2022 SWAC baseball tournament, Wednesday evening at Regions Field.
How It Happened
The Wildcat ...
Posted Thursday, May 26th 2022 at 1:43PM
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Rolling Jubilee Fund and the Debt Collective Cancel debt for nearly 500 Bennett College Students. See the statement from the college below:
We are excited to announce a one-time partnership with the Rolling Jubilee Fund and the Debt Collective to ...
Posted Thursday, May 26th 2022 at 1:32PM
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Today, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community announced the 43 scholars who were selected for the inaugural class of Apple’s Engineering & Innovation (E&I) Program. The ...
Posted Thursday, May 26th 2022 at 1:08PM
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Five Howard University students won the grand prize of $1 million at the Goldman Sachs Market Madness: HBCU Possibilities Case Study Competition. The team consisted of sophomore computer information systems major Corine Houngninou, sophomore finance ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2022 at 5:16PM
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The Dillard University board of trustees announced Dr. Rochelle L. Ford, APR will serve as the University’s eighth president. Ford is currently the dean of Elon University’s School of Communications where she leads more than 80 faculty and 1,500 stud ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2022 at 2:31PM
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Fayetteville State University has named Pamela Baldwin, associate dean of Academic Partnerships. In her new role, Baldwin will Baldwin will be responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of programs and services that facilitate the successful transiti ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2022 at 1:39PM
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Shaw University Divinity School recently welcomed the Reverend Doctor Gregory M. Howard as the new Assistant Dean for the Shaw Divinity School and as Associate Professor of Practical Ministry and Black Church Studies.
Dr. Howard is a native of Lan ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2022 at 1:31PM
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The NFL, together with the NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS) and the Professional Football Athletic Trainer Society (PFATS), announced the launch of the NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative, which will provide medical students at the fou ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2022 at 1:21PM
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Join thought leaders, educators, researchers, advocates, students and practitioners to learn, share ideas and build connections focusing on the transformation of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the 21st century at UNITE 2022 h ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2022 at 1:07PM
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Security Innovation, a pioneer in software security assessment and training, announced today a partnership with Shaw University, a historically black college/university (HBCU). The software security training platform features an extensive catalog of ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2022 at 12:52PM
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Earlier this month, SECU Foundation announced a $200,000 grant for UNCF (United Negro College Fund) to provide emergency financial assistance for students attending one of the state’s five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) within t ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2022 at 12:45PM
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Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America’s 32.5 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, announced the selection of five new Women’s Business Centers (WBC) op ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2022 at 12:30PM
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Morehouse College announced the appointment of Paula Resley as Chief Brand Officer and Vice President of Strategic Communications, Marketing, and Admissions. She will direct brand and messaging strategy as well as targeted recruitment and digital eng ...
Posted Tuesday, May 24th 2022 at 4:05PM
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The Shaw University women’s tennis team added its name to the history books capturing the 2022 CIAA Championship in dominating fashion over 4-0 over Johnson C. Smith University Saturday afternoon on the campus of Virginia State.
The win gave Shaw ...
Posted Tuesday, May 24th 2022 at 3:58PM
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