Courtesy of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff On Monday, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) announced that it is the recipient of a $50,000 gift from West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd (West Fraser) to provide scholarships for students pursuing industrial technology management and applied engineering degrees and to upgrade department equipment.
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By Kerry Laird Prairie View A&M University and its Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center will host a virtual screening of the critically acclaimed documentary What About Me on Thursday, March 3. Focused on the challenges faced by African American males, the film will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A session. âWhat we hope will happen from this event is that persons
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Courtesy of Grambling State University Grambling State University Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Sports Administration Dr. Aaron Livingson along with eight GSU students departed Saturday morning en route to Ghana, where the group hopes to develop partnerships between GSU and three universities located in the West African country. Livingston said the trip will be
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By Kalyn Womack Vice President Kamala Harris is facing heat for her comments following the annual Munich Security Conference, reported the New York Post. While trying to emphasize that the tensions at the Ukraine-Russian directly threaten Europe, after â70 years of peace,â right-leaning reporters and Twitter users accused Harris of being unprepared. Vice President Harris was sent to Germany to echo President Bidenâs
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Written by Howard University Newsroom Staff Howard Universityâs annual Charter Day Celebration: A Virtual Experience will be held on Saturday, March 5 at 7 p.m. The celebration is the culminating event commemorating the signing of the University charter by President Andrew Johnson on March 2, 1867, despite his opposing personal and political views which were notoriously racist
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Courtesy of Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) Alumna Tommye Myrick (â74)Â directed the play âFly,â which opened on February 3 at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (JPAC) in Metairie, Louisiana. The show ran for two weekends, with the last performance held on February 13, and tells the story of four Tuskegee Airmen
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By L.A. Warren If intelligent life is discovered on another planet, JSU can boast that it played a significant role because one of its alums recently helped launch the worldâs most powerful telescope that can peer back 13.5 billion years â well before humans populated the Earth. The joy of being part of the team
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