Courtesy of West Virginia State University The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded $4.5 million to the West Virginia Agriculture Professionalsâ Next Generation project, a West Virginia State University (WVSU) led project which aims to foster the next generation of diverse food and agriculture professionals and promote and
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Courtesy of Fisk University Fisk University is excited to announce Holly Rachel as the Executive Director for The Darrell S. Freeman Sr. Incubation and Innovation Center. Holly is a seasoned executive, educator, and entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in helping companies and founders realize their goals. Since securing the funding for The Darrell S. Freeman
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Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine  Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and the National Football League (NFL), together with the NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS) and the Professional Football Athletic Trainer Society (PFATS), today announced the roster of six MSM students who will participate in the second year of the NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative. The national program aims to increase and diversify the pipeline of students
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Courtesy of Bowie State University CNN anchor and senior political correspondent Abby Phillip met with performing arts students from the Charlotte Brookson Academy (CBA) for the Performing Arts in Sint Maarten as a part of Bowie State Universityâs inaugural Bridge to Bold summer program. Phillip met with the students in the Dionne Warwick Theater where
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By Jennifer M. Wood Roy Wood Jr. wanted to accomplish two things during his White House Correspondentsâ Dinner speech Saturday night: laughs and reparations, as he told NPR earlier this week. He got half his wish. On Saturday evening, Wood took some mainly innocuous shots at Joe Biden, largely targeting his age (âWhen the retirement age went up two
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By Jonathan Franklin A former Northwestern University volleyball player has filed a lawsuit against the university, alleging university officials failed to properly address a hazing incident that took place two years ago. The player, who is identified in the lawsuit as “Jane Doe 1,” is the first female athlete from the university to come forward
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Courtesy of Florida A&M University Florida A&M University has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help build a more equitable and diverse workforce in food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences. FAMU was selected as one of eight 1890 Historically Black Land-grant institutions to receive a combined $18.1 million investment in minority-serving
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By Amber Dodd Sickle cell disease is Americaâs most common genetic disorder, the mutated gene associated with sickle cell found most amongst people of African ancestry. Fittingly, Howard University houses the only adult sickle cell care center in the Washington, D.C. area: The Center for Sickle Cell Disease. In light of World Sickle Cell Awareness
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By Jonah Mehta Growing up in Queens, N.Y., Mike Dorcean would pick up a baseball bat and imitate Ken Griffey Jr.’s swing. Last Friday, July 7, the 22-year old catcher for Coppin State University kicked up dirt in the same dugout with The Swingman himself. Griffey hasn’t returned from retirement, but last weekend, he was
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How does our understanding of American history and culture change when viewed through the eyes of Black women? How should we incorporate Black womenâs voices in curriculums to ensure students can benefit from those perspectives? These and related questions will be the focus of (re)Centering the Narrative: Black Womenâs Voices of the 19th and 20th Centuries which
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