By D. Thompson Bowie State University has partnered with NASA to offer business students the chance to develop creative marketing strategies for new technologies and earn certificates through the Technology Transfer University (T2U) program. The T2U program is designed to give students the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom in a real-world
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By Liam Knox Donations to higher ed institutions rose by 12.5 percent last fiscal year—the largest increase in over two decades. Experts say philanthropy is stepping up to fill other funding gaps. Philanthropic giving to higher education increased by 12.5 percent last fiscal year to a total of $59.5 billion, the highest year-over-year increase since 2000, according to
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By Alexis Clark Tennessee State University students can now enjoy the outdoors and charge their personal electronics at the same time thanks to three solar-powered charging stations that have been installed on campus. Two of the stations are located outside of the New Residences Hall while the third station is located at the Gentry Center
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By Leah Dolan American musician, record producer and designer Pharrell Williams will succeed Virgil Abloh as Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director, according to a statement issued by the French luxury fashion house on Tuesday. The appointment is effective immediately and his first collection will debut in June during Men’s Fashion Week in Paris. “I am glad to
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By Shanelle Genai On Sunday, Rihanna made her long-awaited return to music, taking the stage as the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show performer—only this time, she brought a special guest along with her: a second child. Dripped down in an all-red ensemble, including a patent leather looking bustier, body suit and a strategically zipped down flight suit—which sparked pregnancy
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A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. was hoisted onto a flatbed truck and moved a half-mile Friday to Colonial Williamsburg, a Virginia museum that continues to expand its emphasis on African American history. The original structure, built 25 years before the American Revolution, stood near the
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By D. Thompson Bowie State University is one of the latest recipients of an iRacing simulator, and one of five HBCUs to partner with NASCAR in an effort to boost esports on campuses across the country. Bowie State received the simulator, which aims to replicate the experience of racing around on a range of NASCAR
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By Josh Moody Richard Bland College of William & Mary is an anomaly in Virginia higher education. The public two-year college is slightly more selective than its peers across the commonwealth; it is not a member of the Virginia Community College System, and it is the only junior college in Virginia with residential housing. Most
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By Amber D. Dodd The University’s beloved Miner Building is one of the only that face Georgia Avenue’s lively movements of Bison moving to class, city buses and the beautiful sounds of the nation’s capital. Miner Building holds a significance like no other; it housed one of the very first institutions of higher learning for
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By Anil Oza During the COVID-19 pandemic, one measurement became more important than almost any other — blood oxygen saturation. It was the one concrete number that doctors could use to judge how severe a case of COVID-19 was and know whether to admit people into the hospital and provide them with supplemental oxygen. But
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