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White House aide Omarosa Manigault‘s chilly reception on a panel at a convention for black journalists Friday spiraled into a screaming match following questions about President Donald Trump’s views on police brutality. Speaking on a...
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FAMU Engineering Professors Awarded First CREST-RISE Award
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering professors, Tarik Dickens and Hui Wang, with the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Carl Moore, with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, have been awarded a National Science Foundation...
Tamu Deskins
$4.9 Million CREST Grant Awarded to FAMU-FSU Researchers
Professors at Florida A&M University (FAMU) and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have garnered a prestigious Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Center for...
Dillard University Ranks As One Of The Top Producers Of Black Physicists
Dillard University, a New Orleans-based HBCU, is amongst one of the greatest creators of Black undergraduates graduating in physics. According to The Associated Press reports, the New Orleans-based University ranks second in the nation for Black...
Black Colleges Still Waiting: Trump’s Promise
Written by Andrew Kreighbaum: Trump promised best effort ever for HBCUs but has left top position at key advocacy office unfilled for longer than any previous administration did. And his pledge to move office to White House remains unfulfilled. The...
WVSU Co-Presents Free Concert to Benefit Opioid-Dependent Infants
Jack Bailey, WVSU jbaile19@wvstateu.edu | (304) 766-4109 Pamela Dickerscheid, WVSO pdickerscheid@wvsymphony.org | (304) 957-9871 Bryan Cummings, CAMC Foundation robert.cummings@camc.org | (304) 388-9866 INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Come hear favorites...
Former Alcorn Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite Band Director Samuel Griffin Passes
The man behind what we know today as the Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite has passed. Samuel Griffin aka Griff passed away Friday August 4 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Griffin is credited with forming Alcorn State’s Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite, Golden Girls dance...
Raymond Banks
Betsy DeVos Tries to Apologize for Her HBCU Comments
Betsy DeVos, the top education administrator in the country, is still trying to figure out what the word “choice” means. The Secretary of Education spoke to the Associated Press on Wednesday about her “controversial” (read: incredibly ahistorical...
Allstate and The Tom Joyner Foundation Unite in the Name of HBCUs
Allstate and The Tom Joyner Foundation have teamed up to support historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Allstate’s Quotes for Education (QFE) program. From August 1 through November 30, for every quote made at allstate.com/HBCU...
Virginia Union Appoints Dr. Hakim J. Lucas as President
Virginia Union University Appoints Dr. Hakim J. Lucas as the 13th President
NCCU Surpasses $7.2 Million Mark with Annual Giving Campaign
North Carolina Central University (NCCU) exceeded its $7.2 million goal for the 2016-17 annual giving campaign. NCCU completed the fundraising program with gifts and commitments totaling approximately $7,235,834. More than 7,000 contributed to the...
Roland Martin Features Wilberforce University #HBCUGivingDay
Wilberforce University Alumni Takes Action
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Intel To Pour $4.5 Million Into STEM Programs For HBCU Students
The future of American jobs is in STEM. According to the 2016 U.S. News/Raytheon STEM Index, graduate numbers and salaries in the field of science, technology, engineering, and math are increasing as jobs in STEM fields significantly outpace the...
Howard President Wayne Frederick Signs Five-Year Extension
Washington, DC – July 28, 2017 – The Howard University Board of Trustees announced earlier today the extension of President Wayne Frederick’s contract until June 30, 2024 – a five-year extension of his original agreement. “President...
NAACP Delivers Another Successful Convention
This week, the NAACP’s 108th Annual Convention took place in Baltimore, MD. With the theme “steadfast and immovable” setting the tone for the business at hand, attendees quickly realized that this convening was rooted in purpose and urgency...
Dillard President to Speak on a Higher Ed Reform Panel
For More Information, Contact: L. Kasimu Harris 504.816.4328 office 504.416.5519 mobile Lkharris@dillard.edu NEW ORLEANS—In October, Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Dillard University, will join a cadre of voices from higher education, who will...
WVSU Vice President Wins National Leadership Award
Contact: Jack Bailey (304) 766-4109 jbaile19@wvstateu.edu INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University Vice President for Research and Public Service Dr. Orlando F. McMeans is the Association of Research Directors (ARD) recipient of the 2017...
Southern University Reviews Medical Marijuana Contract Bids
ATON ROUGE — Southern University received applications from seven companies seeking to be its medical marijuana grower, as the school sets up one of Louisiana’s two production facilities. The Southern University Ag Center expects to finish...
