By Katie Lobosco, There’s no quick fix for the current pandemic-inducedĀ supply chain crisis, but theĀ bipartisan infrastructure billĀ currently held up in Congress would help prepare the complicated system to handle the next disruption. The legislation calls for major federal investments in each step of the US freight network: Inland waterways and rail used for transporting goods
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By Madeline Holcombe, People looking toĀ boost their Covid-19Ā vaccinations have surpassed the number of people looking to begin them and the additional doses may soon be made available to a greater proportion of the US. According to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are 1.3 times as many
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Opinion by Denise Hamilton Despite promises from across the corporate world to diversify leadership and give people of all backgrounds equal opportunities, women of color remain stuck with little to no progress in sight. A recentĀ studyĀ from McKinsey and LeanIn.orgĀ foundĀ that while women overall have more high-ranking roles than in previous years, women of color make up
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By Lucas Johnson Legendary R&B crooner Howard Hewett and rapper Chief Keef will headline Tennessee State Universityās 2021 Homecoming, the first in-person celebration in over a year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced TSU to have a non-traditional virtual homecoming last year. But, appropriately themed āThe Return,ā this yearās celebration Oct.24-31 is pretty much back to normal.
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Courtesy of Bowie State University Newsroom, Bowie State University will expand its expertise in data science by joining with 11 other institutions, including the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Harvard Medical School and Vanderbilt University, to form an artificial intelligence/machine learning consortium (AI/ML) aimed at advancing health equity and researcher diversity through the National Institutes
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By Christina Carrega Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly five times the rate of White Americans, according to aĀ new report by The Sentencing Project. The report found that one in 81 Black adults per 100,000 people in the United States is serving time in a state prison, using data and projections from
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By Howard University Newsroom Mechanical engineering seniorĀ Cheikh BadianeĀ from theĀ Howard University chapter ofĀ Engineers Without BordersĀ joined community organizations to celebrate theĀ Garden of EdenĀ project in the cityās Ward 8 community ā a series of raised garden beds enhancing the accessibility of gardening for seniors and those with limited mobility. Known as the Garden of Eden, theĀ Allen Chapel AMEĀ site
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By BreneĀ Carrington BGE announced, last week, partnerships with Coppin State University, Bowie State University, and Morgan State University to award scholarships to full-time STEM majors from its communities. Each school will receive grant funding of $200,000 in 2021 to provide funding for $10,000 scholarships to 15 āBGE Scholars.ā āThese scholarships are a critical tool to
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By Madeline Holcombe, A group of students and educators has filed a complaint challenging an Oklahoma law that restricts teaching about race and gender,Ā in what theĀ American Civil Liberties UnionĀ calls the firstĀ federal lawsuitĀ to challenge such a statewide ban. The suit — backed by the ACLU, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Oklahoma state
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By Bruce C.T. Wright, A group of Howard University students has taken over a campus building in an effort to amplify their demands for change in multiple areas at the historically Black college in the nationās capital. The sit-in began on Tuesday and was continuing as of Wednesday morning after students spent the night in
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