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A Charlotte freshman at North Carolina A&T has died after passing out in A&T’s Memorial Student Union, school officials say. Jawuan Paul Trotter, 21, was attending the “Union Takeover” when witnesses say he appeared “faint and weak.” Police performed CPR on Trotter and he was transported to Moses Cone Hospital where he died Saturday morning. “Our hearts and prayers go [...]

The Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Centre of West Virginia University has received $19.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address the health issues that most commonly affect West Virginians. The grant to the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) is part of the NIH Institutional Development Award Programme for Clinical and Translational Research [...]

Florida A&M is looking for an experienced law-enforcement manager to run its police department. FAMU PD has been without a chief since April 2 when former chief Calvin Ross retired. The Hollins group, an executive search and professional services firm, is screening applicants for the position. Applications closed on July 30. FAMU is looking for an administrator with at least [...]

Interim head baseball coach Michael Tompkins has dropped the interim tag at the beginning of his title as he has been named the next head baseball coach at Alabama A&M University. Tompkins, beginning his third season at A&M, one as an assistant and one as interim coach, inherited a tough situation last January when head coach Eddie McCann retired due to health [...]