March 09, 2022

Howard Launches Kiwibot Food Delivery March 14

By Jarrett Carter A new food delivery service is headed to Howard University later this month, and to some students, breakfast, lunch or dinner at their doorstep may appear to be a glimpse into the future. Kiwibots will deploy around campus beginning March 14. The remote-controlled fleet will allow students, faculty and staff to order

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Miss ASU Introduces VP Kamala Harris at Selma Commemoration

By Lois G. Russell For 21-year-old Kendra Angion, Saturday, March 5, 2022, is a date that she will always remember. On that day, the reigning Miss Alabama State University was seen on live broadcasts across the country as she introduced Vice President Kamala Harris at the 57th commemoration of Bloody Sunday, which was a pivotal

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Del State Awarded NIH Grant for AI in Disease Diagnosis

By Delaware State University Delaware State University has received a four-year $431,000 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the National Institute of Health for a research project entitled “Image Analysis and Machine Learning Methods for Biomarkers of Age-related and Metabolic Diseases.” The Principal Investigator of the grant is Dr. Sokratis Makrogiannis, associate

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College Board Warns Schools Over AP Censorship Risks

By Murjani Rawls The Anti-Critical Race theory movement and book banning attached in certain states threaten to change the way we see history in the United States. There are some people out there who do not want to be reminded of the harrowing plights Black people have had to go through. In other words, some folk just don’t want

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TSU Praises Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Nomination

By Lucas Johnson When President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court, for many it was more than just keeping a campaign promise. The historic move, in the eyes of civil rights groups and women’s organizations, is viewed as “long overdue.” Biden nominated Jackson on Feb. 25. If confirmed, she would not only be the first African-American woman,

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FAMU Secures $2.5M to Boost First Responder Mental Health

By Andrew Skerritt A Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS,IPH) faculty member secured an estimated $2.5 million from the Florida Department of Children and Families to continue collaborative efforts to support the wellness of the state’s first responders. This new award is in addition to more

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FSU Showcases Virtual Innovation in Graduate Education

By Fayetteville State University Three Fayetteville State University Graduate Council members recently presented at the 2022 Conference of Southern Graduate Schools. The collaborative presentation, “Virtual Innovation in Graduate Education,” detailed novel methods the graduate school has designed, developed, and implemented to further expand and improve learning options and opportunities for its ever-growing distance learning populations. The

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