Courtesy of Texas Southern University Earlier tonight, in a pregame ceremony at Minute Maid Park, it was announced that the Astros Foundation is investing in local HBCU Texas Southern University by providing funding for the university to build both baseball and softball stadiums on its Houston campus. “The Astros are excited to partner with Texas
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By Donovan Thomas The abrupt closure of Atlanta Medical Center in late October 2022 has forced a stunning surge of pregnant women to seek prenatal and delivery care at Grady Memorial Hospital, long the region’s safety-net hospital for poor, Black and medically vulnerable mothers and infants. Grady’s Chief Medical Officer Robert Jansen said the sudden
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By Amber D. Dodd In the field of marine biology, less than 5% of all marine biologists are Black. But that’s something that Howard University may be able to change through OceanX, an ocean exploration initiative. Through its Young Explorers program, OceanX provides opportunity to university students with a seat on the OceanXplorer, one of
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By Chandelis Duster Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan will win the special election for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District and will become the first Black woman to represent the commonwealth in Congress, CNN projected Tuesday. McClellan will defeat Republican Leon Benjamin, a pastor and Navy veteran, to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin, who died in November. McClellan,
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By J. Saxon It is said that a person’s gift will make room for them, and Queen Ife, a junior business administration major with a general business concentration, experienced that when she was invited to appear on the Jennifer Hudson Show this past January to demonstrate creating beats using household items. “It was through a video I
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Courtesy of Grambling State University Keynote speaker Jerry Baldwin, pastor of New Living Word Ministries in Ruston, Louisiana, urged Grambling State University students to “wake up” as he highlighted GSU’s Black History Month Convocation Thursday morning at T.H. Harris Auditorium. After being introduced by Student Government Association President Ja’Quel Brooks, Baldwin opened his speech saying
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By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University is one of three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who each received $1.35 million from bp to provide students with scholarship funding, exposure to the energy industry, and career development experience. As part of bp’s new HBCU Fellowship Program, FAMU, North Carolina A&T University, and Prairie View A&M
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