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Kentucky State Softball Program Donates Equipment to Bryan Station High School

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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky State Softball Head Coach Oscar Downs, Assistant Coach David Morton and freshman Brittney Gately stopped by Bryan Station High School...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Top 22 HBCU Stories of 2014

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Charles Dickens writes in his novel A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it...

Tennessee State University Alum Receives Director’s Commendation Award

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) - A Tennessee State University alumnus and NASA engineer has been recognized for outstanding contribution to the agency. Ron Cobbs,...

Are HBCUs Boosting Minority Representation in the Sciences?

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(The Atlantic Education) --- Caleph Wilson, an immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania medical school, always loved science, but even as a teenager he didn’t...

Texas Southern Shocks No. 25 Michigan State In Overtime

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Chris Thomas scored 22 points, and unheralded Texas Southern beat 25th-ranked Michigan State, outlasting the Spartans 71-64 in overtime Saturday. The...

2014 Top 10 HBCU Accomplishments by Huffingtonpost’s Marybeth

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(Huffintonpost.com) Marybeth Gasman - This post is co-authored by Nelson Bowman III, Executive Director at Prairie View A&M University. It's that time of year again - time...

DC’s United Medical Center to partner with Howard University Hospital

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Howard University Hospital plans to form a new partnership with the financially struggling United Medical Center, the District of Columbia's only...

NCAT Faculty Members Selected as Carnegie African Diaspora Fellows

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Two N.C A&T faculty members have been selected as Carnegie African Diaspora Fellows and will travel to African universities to conduct joint projects. Dr. Joshua...

Dillard Gets Grant to Study Creole Culture

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The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Dillard University a $100,000 grant to fund a project designed to document contemporary black Creole culture. “Defining,...

Breast Cancer Vaccine Developed by Tennessee State Researcher Shows Promise in Trial

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(TSU News Service) – A Tennessee State University scientist and a group of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis have...

Tennessee State Gets Neighborhood Groups to Sign Agreement to Help Aging Population

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) - In a partnership that addresses the needs of the aging population, Tennessee State University (TSU) and a group...

Commission on Higher Education Reaffirms Cheyney’s Accreditation

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Cheyney University Interim President Frank G. Pogue has announced that the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), the body that defines, maintains, and...

FAMU Fundraises Under Mangum

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If Elmira Mangum is being graded on her fundraising acumen, she certainly deserves an "A" – if not an A plus. Mangum, the first female...

Clark Atlanta Given Federal Grant to Study Fossil Fuels

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ATLANTA (AP) - Clark Atlanta University is using a federal grant to study the use of fossil fuels while offering education and research opportunities...

Renowned CSU Grad Named TMCF’s “Alumnus of the Year”

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One of six children who graduated from Central State University, the only public historically black college or university in the state of Ohio, Joshua...

MEAC Announces Men’s Basketball Top Performers

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NORFOLK, Va. – Amere May of Delaware State was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, the conference announced...

Alabama A&M Students Need $10,000 by Dec. 15 to finalize Rose Bowl Film Project

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(AL.COM) The dozen Alabama A&M University students participating in the "Huntsville 2 Hollywood" project have raised $20,000 so far, but they need $10,000 more to...

Spelman Student Wins Marshall Scholarship to Study in the United Kingdom

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ATLANTA (Dec. 1, 2014) – Tayler Ulmer, C’2015, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Ulmer is the fifth Spelman College student to receive the...