Courtesy of Delaware State University Last week, in his first visit to the University as President of the United States, President Biden declared, “There is no better example of a university that has changed so many lives.” Per this morning’s official release of fall semester 2022 enrollment numbers, the University has the opportunity to change
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Courtesy of Fayetteville State University Fayetteville State University (FSU) faculty members, Dr. Amanda Virelles and Dr. Kristina Henckel were awarded the Grand Prize in the International Youth Music Competition’s Chamber, Duo, Concerto category. The pair, also known as 4HANDS Piano Duo, earned the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall in August, 2023. The competition considers
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By Jordan Howse A leader in transportation technology and autonomous research, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University opened its rural test track and demonstrated its autonomous vehicles Tuesday, Nov. 1. One of the only rural tracks in the nation, the university unveiled a unique fleet of connected self-driving shuttles to be used for testing
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Courtesy of Benedict College Benedict College’s new ServiceNow Tech Center, which celebrated its grand opening today, aims to broaden the scope of today’s tech workforce pipeline. The center, located inside Benedict’s Business Development Center at 2601 Read St., is part of a $1 million multiyear strategic partnership between Benedict and ServiceNow, a California-based company that aims to equip
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By Sholnn Z. Freeman Emmanuel O. Akala, Ph.D., professor in the Howard University College of Pharmacy, has been awarded $1.3 million in grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study complex drug therapy problems related to battling two diseases that disproportionately impact African Americans: triple-negative breast cancer and HIV/AIDS. Akala is the director of the College of
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By David K. Li Eight people donned “fight antisemitism” shirts in courtside seats at Monday night’s Brooklyn Nets game in protest of star player Kyrie Irving’s sharing a link to a film that includes dangerous tropes. The fans in matching shirts could not have been more visible near half-court at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,
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Courtesy of North Carolina Central University The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Department of Political Science has been awarded a three-year, $243,709 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to examine the roles of elites, organizations and social movements in the government’s policymaking process. The multi-campus project led by NCCU associate political science professors Jarvis Hall, Ph.D., and Artemesia Stanberry,
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Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University is the first HBCU in Maryland Participating in the Initiative. Incarcerated citizens at Maryland’s Jessup Correctional Institution can now earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and an optional Entrepreneurship Certificate through a prison education program offered by Bowie State University through the Maryland Department of
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