Courtesy the University of The District of Columbia The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) has received a $2 million commitment from Pepco over the next three years as part of its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Power Partnership “Investing in Tomorrow’s Talent Today.” The Pepco award is the largest corporate grant in UDC’s
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By Tonya Pendleton In the 1930s, Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, N.J., was home to Negro League teams The New York Black Yankees, The New York Cubans, and The Newark Eagles. Larry Doby, the first Black player in the American League and a Paterson native, was a Newark Eagle. Now the community is hoping that just
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By William Grimes Tina Turner, the earthshaking singer whose rasping vocals, sexual magnetism and explosive energy made her an unforgettable live performer and one of the most successful recording artists of all time, died on Wednesday at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, near Zurich. She was 83. Her publicist Bernard Doherty announced the death in
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By David Thompson Over 20 paraprofessionals who work for the Howard County Public Schools (HCPS) have completed their course work at Bowie State University and will become certified teachers after they graduate in two weeks and pass the state’s Praxis examinations through a Maryland Department of Education program designed to address the teacher shortage in
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By Todd Simmons A planning and research professional with nearly two decades of experience at two of the nation’s top land-grant universities has been named to lead institutional research operations at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Alexander C. Yin, Ph.D., will be N.C. A&T’s new vice provost for the Office of Strategic Planning
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By Sara Weissman Students at the Lincoln University Law Enforcement Training Academy gathered on Wednesday for a class discussion about a policing incident in nearby Columbia, Mo. Two officers are under investigation after a video surfaced showing one of them beating a man pinned to the ground. The police officers and the victim all appear
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