By Morehouse College Students from Morehouse College won 3rd place and a $10,000 grant at the 2022 HBCU Battle of the Brains in Austin, Texas. HBCU Battle of the Brains is a 24-hour hackathon dedicated to providing resources and job opportunities to business and STEM majors from historically Black colleges and universities. Student participants were tasked with pitching a comprehensive
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By Ciara Walker Williams Did you ever read a book as a child and wonder what it would be like as a character in the story? Thanks to Real Estate Developer DeLisa Guerrier you’ll have an opportunity to find out when Storyville Gardens, a 130-acre theme park resort, opens in 2025. “Words Create Worlds” is
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By Bowie State University Over 100 Bowie State University students, faculty, administrators, and patrons of the Prince George’s County Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) traveled to New York City on Sunday, March 27, to watch BSU student Myles Frost perform in his debut role on Broadway as Michael Jackson in MJ: The Musical. As they say,
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Courtesy of Howard University On Wednesday, March 23, Howard University students gathered for a screening of “Trauma to Triumph: The Rise of the Entrepreneur,” featuring media mogul, Cathy Hughes. Following the inspirational screening, Hughes, the namesake of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications and former general manager of WHUR, participated in a fireside chat with John H. Johnson
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By Seth Shapiro Over 80 percent of modern-day social work practitioners are women, according to many sources, and the field itself was founded primarily by women. So it’s also fitting that March is not only Women’s History Month, but also Social Work Month. Sandra Crewe (PhD ’97), dean of the School of Social Work, has
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By Char Adams Community organizers focused on eliminating police violence say they are disappointed by President Joe Biden’s proposed budget announced this week, which would allocate at least $30 billion in new police spending. Biden opposed calls to “defund the police” since the movement began to build broader support in 2020. He reiterated his stance
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By Savannah State University Savannah State University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communications will unveil a photography exhibition featuring a collection of photographs captured during the historic Ahmaud Arbery state trial in Brunswick, Georgia at a special event to be held Saturday, April 2. Free and open to the public, the event will take place
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By Jackson State University Rep. Angela Cockerham, an alumna of Jackson State University, is the author of the recently passed equal pay protections bill. Cockerham, who is also chairwoman of House Judiciary A, authored the bill to provide employees protection from gender-based pay inequities. The Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (HB 770) was approved
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