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Hampton Pirates Join Forces to ‘Treasure the Chests’ & Make Strides Against Breast Cancer

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Hampton University’s William R. Harvey Leadership Institute fellows and Hampton Nation joined forces with the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) to fight breast...

Hampton University New Student Enrollment Exceeds Expectations up 150 from Last Year

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Hampton, Va - Hampton University has exceeded its new student enrollment expectations for the 2015-2016 academic school year. HU welcomed 1,053 new students from...

Central State University Receives Nearly $600,000 to Create an Ag-STEM Institute

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Central State University Newsroom Central State University will create an Ag-STEM Institute to prepare youth and college students for careers in agriculture. Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod...

Louisiana HBCUs Partner During National Hazing Prevention Week for “A Conversation about Hazing” with...

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NEW ORLEANS— Dillard, Southern in Baton Rouge, Southern University at New Orleans, and Xavier are partnering to focus on the issue of hazing. Students...

HBCUs Look Online

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Inside Higher Ed One of the largest historically black university in the U.S. wants to grow even larger, and the university's leaders believe online education...

Howard & Georgetown Awarded $27 Million From NIH

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WASHINGTON (Sept. 4, 2015) — A large clinical research program led by Georgetown and Howard universities, facilitating the participation of more than four million...

Former HBO Executive Kery Davis Named Howard AD

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Former HBO executive Kery Davis will be named Director of Athletics at Howard University on Wednesday, the Post has learned. Davis, 57, had served as...

Omega Psi Phi Awards Scholarships in Albany, GA

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ALBANY — The Eta Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity has awarded a total of $5,000 in scholarships to five students for the...

Prosecutors will Seek Death Penalty for Dylann Roof in Charleston Shootings

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NY Times State prosecutors indicated on Thursday in court documents that they will seek the death penalty for Dylann S. Roof, who is charged with...

Jackson State Freshman Details Journey From Hardship to Scholarship

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Tears flowed from Adrienna Williams after learning she was selected as a Gates scholar and more recently while explaining that her then-single mother once...

Dillard Receives $1.5 Million Federal Education Grant

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Dillard University Newsroom (NEW ORLEANS, LA) – Dillard University has received a five-year grant totaling $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education to provide...

Savannah State Shooting Kills Student

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Atlanta Journal Constitution Friends and fans of a student shot and killed at Savannah State University on Thursday night took to social media Friday to...

New York Times: Parents’ Ceremony Serves Up Elements of ‘Morehouse Gospel’

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  ATLANTA — For the previous 364 days, the carved wooden chest rested unobtrusively atop a bookshelf in a dean’s office here at Morehouse College....

Tuskegee University Is Bringing Dr. Michael Eric Dyson To Campus

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Tuskegee University Newsroom TUSKEGEE, Ala. (August 17, 2015) — Noted author and thought leader Dr. Michael Eric Dyson will kick off the newly revamped Tuskegee...

Claflin University Inducts One of Its Largest Freshman Classes in History

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The Claflin University Freshman College inducted the Class of 2019 – one of the largest in University history – during the 2015 Confirmation Ceremony...

Miles College Prepares for Its 5th Year of Increased New Student Enrollment

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FAIRFIELD, AL (WBRC) - Miles College leaders say the current incoming freshman class is the largest ever enrolled with 600 students. Officials say this is the...

Presidential Candidate Martin O’Malley Pitches Debt-Free College Plan To Historically Black Colleges And Universities

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Martin O'Malley, a Democratic presidential candidate, recently pitched his debt-free college plan to South Carolina’s seven historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The former Maryland...

Central State University Partners With Ohio State University

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Historically Black Central State University and nearby Ohio State University recently entered into a new partnership. Central State and Ohio State, located just an hour’s...