By Emmanuel Freeman New and returning Tennessee State University students say they are glad to be back on campus despite continuing challenges posed by the pandemic. Classes began on Monday, Jan. 24, following a one-week delay due to the COVID-19 omicron variant. For the first two weeks of class, the university is enforcing a safer-in-place
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Courtesy of Hampton University Hampton University is joining the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), effective July 1, 2022, after a four year relationship with the Big South Conference. The announcement will be made at an 1 p.m. joint Hampton University/CAA press conference at Hampton University’s Student Center Ballroom. The press conference will be live streamed at media.hamptonu.edu. “The move to the
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By siawi3 A group of attorneys and advocates have pledged to seek clemency for 110 Black soldiers who were convicted in a mutiny and riots at a military camp in Houston in 1917. The South Texas College of Law Houston and the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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By Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier University of Louisiana professor of political science Pamela Waldron-Moore, Ph.D., has received both a spring 2022 United Negro College Fund (UNCF)/Mellon Faculty Residency Award and a RAND National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. Dr. Waldron-Moore, who is currently on sabbatical, is working on a project book, entitled “Knowledge Economy and
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Written by the Howard University Newsroom Staff Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick welcomes Ben & Jerry’s Homemade CEO, Matthew McCarthy, on Wednesday, January 26 for a special fire side chat discussing equity, advocacy, and innovation. The virtual event will be livestreamed via Zoom. As the CEO of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, McCarthy leads an iconic and pioneering
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Courtesy of Delaware State University Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long have announced the award of $22.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to support Delaware State University’s upgrade needs to the campus HVAC systems, classroom technology and its Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory in Wilmington. The funding support will assist Del State in its operational management
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