FAMU Allotted Additional $26.3M In Federal Stimulus Funding
Florida A&M University (FAMU) will receive an additional $26.3 million in federal stimulus funding set aside to assist historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)...
Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces State HBCUs To Get $44M More During Coronavirus Pandemic
The Maryland congressional delegation announced Tuesday that more than $46 million in additional funding is being released to mostly historically black colleges and universities...
4 Minority-Owned Cannabis Businesses That Are Leading The Way
The last few years have seen the sorts of changes to cannabis legislation across America that would have been simply unimaginable in previous decades....
Southern Company Announces A $50 Million Initiative For HBCU Students
Southern Company and its subsidiaries today announced a $50 million multi-year initiative to provide students attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with scholarships,...
Ohio’s Only Public HBCU Seeks Funding To Renovate Dayton Campus
Ohio’s only historically black college and university (HBCU), Central State University in Wilberforce, is seeking funding to renovate its Dayton campus in order to...
Sallie Mae Celebrates $5 Billion In Sales, Flies 100 Employees To Hawaii
Monique Judge of The Root shares a very eye-grabbing story for every college student who has loans:
As you struggle to make that outlandish...
Spelman, Morehouse And PVAMU Receive $3M In Grants
Spelman College, Morehouse College and Prairie View A&M University announced that they are the recipients of $3 million in grants from the Carnegie Corporation...
Spelman College Awarded $2M Grant From Defense Department To Aid STEM Education
Historically Black College (HBCU) Spelman College is now the benefactor of a major grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.
The women’s college has received...
National Science Foundation Continues Its Support Of Morgan State University STEM Research With Nearly...
Morgan State University’s School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (SCMNS) has announced its receipt of a $499,999 grant award from the National Science...
Call The Racial Wealth Gap By Its Name
In the sea of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates fighting to differentiate themselves, several candidates have zeroed in on policies addressing the racial wealth gap as key...
Wilberforce University Receives $25K Gift From Premier Health
Premier Health president and CEO Mary Boosalis presented a $25,000 check to Wilberforce University this week to support the university’s #WilberforceUnite campaign.
Premier Health’s Mary...
Here’s 5 Life Insurance Wealth-Building Strategies That Black Families Can Use
Unfortunately, most people think of death when they think about life insurance. And few want to think or talk about dying. As you may know, designated...
Harris-Stowe Awarded $2.25M STEM Grant
Harris-Stowe State University has been awarded a $2.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)...
LeMoyne-Owen Professor Gets 3rd Fulbright US Scholar Grant
Mohammed Uddin, a professor of biology at LeMoyne-Owen College, has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2019. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program...
FAMU Partnership With Duke Energy Through Solar Energy
Tallahassee, Fla. – The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Board of Trustees approved a partnership with Duke Energy Florida (DEF) to build a solar facility in...
This HBCU Will Soon Be Offering Free Tuition
Beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, students who have graduated from secondary school in the U.S. Virgin Islands will have one less concern about...
Morgan State Awarded $1.6 Million Base 11 Grant
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — The nonprofit Base 11 today announced that Morgan State University is the winner of a three-year, $1.6 million Aerospace Workforce and Leadership Development Grant,...
Morehouse College Receives $1.5 Million From Billionaire Robert F. Smith
Founder and CEO of Vista Equity and black billionaire, Robert F. Smith donated $1.5 million to Morehouse College, according to a statement released by...
