Courtesy of Philander Smith College Philander Smith College is pleased to announce that the Windgate Foundation of Little Rock, Arkansas, will fund a new Visual and Performing Arts Program and Visual Arts Scholarships with a $859,000 grant to be paid over the next three years, starting June 1, 2021. “Because the arts help sustain the
More
By Joe Heim and Lori Rozsa Jamarah Amani insists that her four children, ages 8 to 21, learn Black history. “There’s not very much incorporated into public school education, which is why I have done a combination of home schooling and public schools over the years,” said Amani, 41, a Miami-area midwife. Now, she believes,
More
Courtesy of North Carolina A&T State University The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) – part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – has awarded $4 million to support a collaboration across the Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health and the North
More
Courtesy of Morehouse College Morehouse College, the nation’s only college dedicated to educating and developing men of color, announced the appointment of Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough as interim executive director of the College’s recently launched Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI), a first-of-its-kind institute dedicated to the in-depth, nuanced, and intersectional study of Black men, their impact,
More
By Alicia Dorn The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Shefali Mehta, Ph.D., Deputy Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics (USDA REE), recently visited the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences (UAPB-SAFHS). During her visit, she participated in a forum focusing on the needs of African American farmers in the
More
Courtesy of Hampton University Hampton University President-Elect Darrell K. Williams and Mrs. Myra Richardson Williams were the guests of honor at a reception organized by The Friends of Hampton University to celebrate his impending installation as Hampton’s 13th president. The event successfully raised $60,000 ($25,000 from Alfred Street Baptist Church) in support of the Character Matters
More
By Kevin Childs Howard University’s clinical research capabilities received a boost with a grant from the Novartis US Foundation, which will establish a Clinical Trial Center of Excellence on its campus. Involving African Americans and other minority populations in studies for the development of new treatments is going to be extremely important, said Hugh E. Mighty, dean
More
By Eddie Francis Dr. Yolanda W. Page arrived at Dillard as a first year student in 1987. As is the case for so many other Bleu Devils, Page quickly came to love “Fair Dillard,” and that showed throughout her career. She began her academic career as an English instructor at Dillard in 1994. She also
More
By Quiana Shepard Grammy and Stellar Award-nominated artist Marcus Anderson, ’07, will return to his alma mater, North Carolina Central University (NCCU), to celebrate the five-year anniversary of his annual Jazz AND Coffee Escape on July 27-29, 2023. Since its inception, the Marcus Anderson Jazz AND Coffee Escape (MAJACE) festival has combined Anderson’s love for music and coffee, shining
More
By Hazel Scott/ASU One of Alabama State University’s annual touchtone events returns — The President’s Gala! President Quinton T. Ross Jr.’s event is best described as an evening of glamour, glitz, entertainment, dinner, dancing, donor recognition, student highlights and entertainment. The ticketed event is Friday, Sept. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and
More