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Middle Tennessee State University broke ground Thursday on its long-awaited $147 million Science Building, a project that will help the institution produce more college graduates ready for emerging high-tech jobs. The turn of the shovels also was the official construction launch for the building, which is aiming for a spring 2015 opening date. Gov. Bill Haslam said the building will [...]

At 81, Toni Morrison, who’s won the Nobel Prize for her novels about the sorrows and joys of African-American life, has a new book and a new hip. Her 10th novel, Home (Knopf, $24), released Tuesday, features an angry and troubled black Korean Warveteran in the 1950s. It’s set mostly in Georgia, where Morrison has never lived. But it’s brought her from her home in New York back [...]

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has given the NFL Jerry Rice, the league’s all-time reception leader; Walter Payton, the No. 2 all-time rushing leader; Michael Strahan, the league’ single-season sack champion and Doug Williams, MVP of Super Bowl XXII. In three of the past four NFL drafts, the SWAC has given the league nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Bupkiss. Have the SWAC [...]

    Grambling State wide receiver Mario Louis entered the 2012 NFL draft in hopes of being the first Tiger drafted since the Dallas Cowboys took defensive end Jason Hatcher in 2005 in the third round with pick No.92. Unfortunately, that didn’t go in Louis’ favor; however inspite of being undrafted, his chances of landing a spot on the Houston Texans roster are [...]

Over the years HRC has been tasked with defeating legislation and ballot initiatives that directly target at LGBT equality across the US. And as a part of the staff I take great pride in my ability to lend a hand in the efforts towards defeating these attacks on our community and gaining full LGBT equality. HRC, a coalition partner with Protect [...]

Full List of Signed HBCU Athletes Baltimore Ravens Morgan State Tight End -Wide Receiver Lamont Bryant Dallas Cowboys Prairie View A&M DE-LB Adrian Hamilton Green Bay Packers Winston-Salem State RB Nicholas Cooper Houston Texans Grambling WR Mario Louis Bowie State DE/OLB Delano Johnson Indianapolis Colts Hampton CB Micah Pellerin Jacksonville Jaguars Bethune-Cookman LB Ryan Davis Florida A&M WR Kevin Elliott [...]

When Christian Thompson transferred from Auburn to South Carolina State after his freshman year, he joined a powerhouse Bulldogs squad that succeeded on total team efforts. Ironically, Thompson found himself all alone this weekend when he was the only HBCU athlete selected in the 2012 NFL Draft. The Baltimore Ravens took the free safety in the fourth round as the 130th overall selection. [...]

For a group of students from Howard School, an end-of-year subject test wasn’t administered on paper. Instead, the students were graded as they communicated goals for Howard’s future to top officials at government agencies in Washington, D.C. Earlier this month, members of Mason West’s Talented Tenth leadership program spoke and debated before panels at the U.S. Department of Justice and [...]

Lisa Haynes, 23, listens as President Barack Obama delivers the Commencement address at Hampton University May 9, 2010, in Hampton, VA. Haynes is graduating with a degree in Accounting. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images) An estimated 1.5 million black students could see interest on their student loans increase unless Congress and President Obama reach an agreement to keep [...]

BOWIE, Md., April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ – The Maryland Center at Bowie State University has formed a partnership with Intelaform, Inc., and VisualMED Clinical Solutions Corporation, market leaders in healthcare information and communications, to develop a Community-Based Care Transition Program (CCTP) for the state of Maryland. Care transitions occur when a patient moves from one health care setting to another. In the instance, that people living [...]

The Bowie State University student accused of fatally stabbing her roommate was released on bond and ordered to remain at her District Heights Home — without visitors — ahead of a summer trial, according to authorities and court records. Alexis Simpson, 19, had been held on a no bond status in the September 2011 slaying of 18-year-old Dominique Frazier. Prosecutors [...]

Bowie State University (BSU) women’s softball team lost only its second Central Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAA) game of the year as they split wins and losses with the Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) Lady Vikings in two games on April 14 in Elizabeth City, N.C. The Lady Bulldogs won game two with a 5-3 victory, but they lost the first [...]

The Rev. Al Sharpton will be the guest speaker for Bennett College’s annual baccalaureate service at 7 p.m. May 4. It will be held in the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel. The baccalaureate service is a religious convocation that precedes the commencement exercise, which is set for 10:30 a.m. May 5 on the campus quadrangle with Alexis Herman, a workforce expert [...]

BALTIMORE — Steady progress could help improve college graduation rates and place students on a level playing field. The University System of Maryland Board of Regents has released a report on college retention and graduation rates covering a 10-year period. As concerns mounted over students who don’t finish college, the new report seems to signal a change. WBAL-TV 11 News [...]

When a video threatening Hampton University appeared on YouTube in February, campus officials called in the FBI and stepped up security on campus for a week. In the post-Virginia Tech shooting era, colleges don’t have the leisure of blowing off threats as a joke, says HU Police Chief David Glover. Glover said he coordinated with local, state and federal officials [...]

Former University of Georgia athletic director Damon Evans made an appearance at Morehouse College Friday. It’s been nearly two years since Evans resigned as the athletic director of the University of Georgia after he was arrested for driving drunk. Evans and Courtney Fuhrmann, a woman who is not his wife, were pulled over by the Georgia State Patrol in July [...]

Goldin Harrison, better known as Polo Rogers, has released his latest project, The Adventures of Polo Rogers. A graduate of Virginia Union University, Polo Rogers has already made a name for himself after helping to found the hip hop collective C.O.N.T.R.O.L. To find out more about Polo Rogers and the  C.O.N.T.R.O.L. movement, check out The Adventures of Polo Rogers Parts [...]

On the final stretch of the press junket tour, the cast of Think Like A Man stopped by the Atlanta University Center on Tuesday. Prior to the Atlanta premiere of the Tim Story directed film, cast members Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Terrence J, Romany Malco, Gabrielle Union, and LaLa Anthony first made their way to Clark Atlanta University for a [...]