By D. Thompson Arlene Creek has been a part of Bowie State’s fabric for almost 60 years as a student-athlete, coach and administrator. She’s already been a member of Bowie State’s Sports Hall of Fame since 2014, but Creek continues to receive her flowers as she’ll be recognized as one of 50 Title IX trailblazers
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By Edwin Flores When Keylin Perez became the first Latina to be crowned Miss Coppin State University in Baltimore, she was thrilled. She had been named the university’s Miss Sophomore and Miss Junior previously and was eager to continue representing the school with pride as the 91st Miss Coppin State University queen. But after a TikTok
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By Rashad Grove Adidas, a global leader in the sports apparel industry, has announced a 5-year extension of its partnership with Grambling State University (GSU). Marking the renewed partnership, the Tigers debuted the officially licensed Grambling State University x D.O.N. Issue #4 sneaker’s exclusive colorway at the HBCU Classic during the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend, which
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By Brooke Brinson It was a family affair as Howard University student athletes, cheerleaders, SHOWTIME marching band and Royal Court built awareness around the importance of African Americans joining registration lists for life-saving bone marrow and stem cell transplants. Good Morning America and local ABC7News health reporter Victoria Sanchez broadcast live from Burr Gymnasium, one
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Courtesy of Virginia State University Social justice organization to convene students and inspire them to take action. Virginia State University has partnered with entertainment and business leaders to bring attention to the importance of criminal justice reform and advocacy. REFORM Alliance, founded by recording artist Meek Mill and others, will convene VSU students and local
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By Jacqueline Howard When being truly honest with herself, Seun Adebagbo says, she can describe what drove her to go to medical school in a single word: self-preservation. Adebagbo, who was born in Nigeria and grew up in Boston, said that as a child, she often saw tensions between certain aspects of Western medicine and
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Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced the African American Heart Study, in collaboration with the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), that will measure the association between Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in 5,000 African American individuals across the United States. ASCVD is
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By Imani Pope-Johns Today, Howard University faculty, students and staff of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center will join people across the country and around the world to celebrate Douglass Day. In honor of the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass, members of the public, including teachers and students, are invited to join an online crowdsourcing project that
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By Shanelle Genai Nearly a year to the date of the now infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock 2022 Oscars slap, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to implement a brand new “crisis team” in an effort to prevent unexpected (and unprecedented) moments like this from happening again. In a new interview with Time, Academy
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By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) acquired a $5.4 million two-year National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant to fund an initiative to bridge the digital divide between the Tallahassee campus and the surrounding under-served community. “This award to FAMU is designed to reduce the digital divide and increase economic growth in Tallahassee by allowing
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