By Andrew Skerritt The Florida A&M University Division of Audit hosts a virtual townhall 4 p.m. Thursday to highlight the need for greater controls and increased vigilance to prevent fraud and mitigate risks at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The “HBCU Fraud, Risk, and Controls” Virtual Town Hall will feature FAMU President Larry Robinson and audit
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By Emmanuel Freeman More than 20 Tennessee State University students, faculty and administrators are in the west African nation of Ghana participating in a series of cultural and educational activities as part of the HBCU Africa Education Coalition (HAEC)100K Strong Africa conference. Called a recruitment conference, the seven-day HAEC gathering includes representatives from 10 HBCUs
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By N’dia Webb The Howard University College of Dentistry will host a day-long program on June 1 entitled “The Past, Present, and Future of Oral Health.” Beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library, the event will cover the scientific basis for the interrelationship of oral and systemic health and how it disproportionately
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By Keenan Higgins America is going through a rough period at the moment as we collectively try to wrap our heads around two separate mass shootings that took place recently in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, respectively. Regarding the Tops supermarket tragedy where 18-year-old Payton Gendron gunned down 10 people, most of them Black, power attorney Ben Crump
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By Jimena Tavel Alegina Lora recalls that when her oldest daughter learned about college, she asked a lot of questions. “She would say, ‘Mommy why didn’t you finish school?’” Lora said of Aleya, who is now 12. “And I was like, ‘You know what? I don’t know. I should go back. And she would say,
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Four HBCU medical schools will be working to rectify organ transplant disparities as part of a new initiative announced Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The four schools are Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences, Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and the Morehouse School of Medicine. Black Americans are the largest group among
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Courtesy of Meharry Medical College The 147th Commencement of Meharry Medical College Saturday was a celebration of multiple occasions, all centered around the triumph of returning to the scene of many Commencement exercises before—the Grand Ole Opry House Auditorium. Not since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 forced Meharry’s graduation ceremony to go virtual has
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By Claretta Bellamy The poet Amanda Gorman used the power of words to illustrate the harsh reality of living in the U.S. amid the onslaught of mass shootings: “The truth is, one nation under guns.” After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday that left at least 19 children and two teachers dead, Gorman,
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By Anthony Howard JACKSON, Miss. – Jackson State University (JSU) Associate Professor Barbara Howard, Ed.D., has been inducted into the 7th class of the University of Mississippi School of Education (SOE) Hall of Fame. The honor recognizes Ole Miss alumni for their contributions to the field of education, and for their good deeds and services to the profession.
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By Shirley Jackson Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery The Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort will honor the nation’s veterans by hosting a Memorial Day program Monday, May 30. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Cathleen E. De La Graza will deliver the keynote address. With the
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