Written by Howard University Newsroom staff Howard University Hospital (HUH) announced today that Dr. Robert Linton, II has been selected as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). In his new role, he will lead the hospital’s daily clinical operations, multiple departments and specialty centers. Dr. Linton will have operational oversight of medical staff activities and will also champion clinical pathways
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By Texas Southern University Texas Southern men’s and women’s basketball will open the month of February on the national stage as both teams will have games on NBA TV the weekends of Feb. 5 and 12. TSU’s basketball doubleheader at Florida A&M on Saturday, Feb. 5 will kick off TSU’s NBA TV’s coverage. The contest
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Written by Aaliyah Butler Howard University Department of Economics was awarded $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a center of excellence for housing, urban and economic development research. The center’s goal is to achieve an equitable and inclusionary society where currently underserved populations come to be properly served and inequities
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By Andrew Skerritt New Partners Include School of Journalism & Graphic Communication and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Florida A&M University’s School of Journalism & Graphic Communication (SJGC) and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are among 13 new academic partners with NBCU Academy, the NBCU News Group’s multi-platform journalism training and development program. With the addition
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Written by Prairie View A&M University, Nationally, one in three college students report a lack of access to quality nutritious food, often called food insecurity. To combat this trend, Prairie View A&M University has announced a new partnership with Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit committed to ending college student hunger. Through this new alliance, the
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Courtesy of Tuskegee University, Tuskegee University was awarded a five-year $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to educate the next generation of STEM graduates in sustainable packaging materials. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to Tuskegee University will establish a multidisciplinary traineeship in sustainable nanobiomaterials. This project is a partnership
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By Tuskegee University, The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering USD(R&E), has listed Tuskegee University as a recipient of the fiscal year (FY) 2021 DoD Equipment/Instrumentation award under the Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCUs/MSIs). The
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By Ronald E. Goodwin, Ph.D, Last year in this space, I sought to honor the sacrifices of Martin Luther King Jr. by focusing on some of the gains made by the black community since Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965). As part of the academic community, I
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By Iyani Hughes The national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., died Thursday after battling a “recent illness,” according to a statement from the sorority. Cheryl A. Hickmon, a native of Connecticut, was elected president during the last national convention, which took place in Atlanta in November 2021. Hickmon served Delta for more than
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Written by Howard University Newsroom Staff Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications and College of Engineering and Architecture join a multiyear partnership with NBCU Academy, NBCU News Group’s multiplatform journalism training and development program. The new 2022 cohort, which introduces STEM programs into the academy, grows NBCU Academy’s geographic footprint, diversifies the student population
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