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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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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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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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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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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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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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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By Bluefield State College The first recipients of the “Terry Thompson and John Cardwell” scholarships are pictured at the recent Hatter Hall Scholarship Luncheon at Bluefield State College. They are (seated, left-to-right) Damien Lynch, Aziyah Jackson, (standing, left-to-right) Michael Acheampong, Michelle Lawson, Kashif Alston, Terry Thompson (BSC retiree for whom, with John Cardwell, the
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Courtesy of Xavier University of Louisiana AmerisourceBergen, a global healthcare company, today announced the launch of a unique supply chain elective course at Xavier University of Louisiana’s (XULA) College of Pharmacy, a top-ranked historically Black university. The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) Pharmacy Distribution Leadership Rotation course exposes students to the interconnectivity between pharmaceutical supply chain
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By Justin Walls Jackson State University (JSU) has over 1400 students who have made the President’s List or Dean’s List for the Fall 2021 semester. The President’s List is composed of students who, during a regular semester, complete a minimum of fifteen (15) semester hours with a semester grade point average of 4.00. The Dean’s List
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