Courtesy of Bowie State University The recent success of private space flights and citizen astronauts, threats of near collisions with falling space bodies and other space news is growing the community of space enthusiasts. A Bowie State University professor wants to make it easier for them to dig deep into NASA’s extensive space science databases
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Written by Howard University Newsroom Staff Howard University Hospital (HUH) will host the American Psychiatric Association’s Moore Equity in Mental Health Community Fair on the HUH Front Pavilion (2041 Georgia Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20060). The APA Moore Equity in Mental Health Community Fair will provide community members with an abundance of general mental health information and pertinent
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Courtesy of Tuskegee University The Education Advisory Board EAB has named Tuskegee University the winner of its Student Success Collaborative-Return to Education Award. EAB’s Student Success Collaborative, Return on Education Award recognizes an institution that has seen significant and measurable results from its efforts to help students persist, graduate, and thrive.  Tuskegee University has seen an
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Courtesy of Claflin University Claflin University has received a $548,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) University Center Economic Development Program. The program aims to enable colleges and universities to establish and operate University Centers (UCs) to leverage university assets and build regional economic ecosystems that support innovation, high-growth entrepreneurship, resiliency, and inclusiveness.
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By Emmanuel Freeman Shaun Wimberly, Jr., has been appointed the new student trustee on the Tennessee State University Board of Trustees. Wimberly’s appointment was announced during the Board’s June meeting. He was selected by President Glenda Glover to serve a one-year term, as a non-voting member of the Board. “Congratulations Shaun on your appointment to
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Courtesy of Voorheen University Voorhees University emergency management instructor Roger Riley says South Carolina (SC) residents already should have begun preparing for the 2022 hurricane season. He shares some hurricane preparedness tips. The most important thing to do is to stay informed and alert for adverse weather conditions, according to Riley, who is also the
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Courtesy of North Carolina A&T Guilford County Schools (GCS) Superintendent Sharon L. Contreras and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Chancellor Harold A. Martin Sr. are pleased to announce that the district and the university are working with Gateway Research Park Inc., a joint venture partnership of North Carolina A&T and the University of North
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Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s University Dr. M. Iyailu Moses, Asst. Professor, Elementary Education Program Coordinator, and Prof. E. Nicole Lee, Interim Chair, Department of Education, participated in the Science of Reading Summer Institute sponsored by North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) at Elon University on June 6-7. The North Carolina State Board of Education
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By Bill Chappell It wasn’t a long speech, but it hit home: Denzel Washington’s homage to Jackie Robinson — wearing Robinson’s No. 42 in Dodger Stadium — drew a stirring response from the crowd, on a day that also honored Robinson’s widow, Rachel, on her 100th birthday. Speaking Tuesday night on the field before the
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By Lauren Lumpkin Many of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are scattered across the South, in states where Black Americans, in the wake of the Civil War, pooled their resources and finally gained access to higher education. Now, however, their descendants are disproportionately losing their right to reproductive health, students at those
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