August 02, 2023

TSU Engineering Earns $2.25M NSF Grant for Student Success

By Alexis Clark Tennessee State University’s College of Engineering is committed to fostering a community of budding first year engineer students and has received a monetary boost to continue this endeavor. This year the college has been awarded a $2.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will go into effect fall 2023. The

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Howard Hosts Symposium on Military Integration & Inclusion

Courtesy of the Howard University Newsroom Staff Blue Star Families (BSF) in partnership with Howard University and The Chamberlain Project, hosted a panel symposium titled “Freedom to Serve: Integrating the Armed Services,” on July 26. The event wove together the expertise, data, and action of Blue Star Families’ Campaign for Inclusion with Howard University’s deep history of military service

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FAMU Sends 12 Top Journalism Students to NABJ 2023

By Andrew Skerritt The Florida A&M University (FAMU) School of Journalism and Graphic Communication (SJGC) is sending 12 students to the 2023 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention and Career Fair in Birmingham, Alabama. The convention will be held August 2-6 and is the largest gathering of Black journalists, media executives, educators, and marketing

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African, South American Students Face U.S. Visa Denials

By Emi Tuyetnhi Tran Students in Africa and South America have been denied visas to study in the U.S. at disproportionately higher rates than students from elsewhere in the world, according to a report published Wednesday. The number of F-1 student visa denials has risen from 2015 to 2022, according to research by Shorelight and the

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DeSantis Invites VP Harris to Debate Black History Standards

By Zoë Richards Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday invited Vice President Kamala Harris to Florida to discuss the state’s new Black history curriculum after Harris delivered remarks there blasting the new standards for suggesting enslaved people benefited from skills used in forced labor. “In Florida we are unafraid to have an open and honest dialogue about the issues. And you

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Virginia State Joins $10M Historic Venture Capital Fund

Courtesy of Virginia State University The Historic Fund, a new venture capital fund, has announced that Virginia State University is a HBCU partner supported in the inaugural $10.35 million-dollar fund. The fund is the brainchild of prominent investors and operators in the venture capital ecosystem who recognize the importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

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Bowie State Expands AI Internship to Fight Disinformation

Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University (BSU) in collaboration with The Maryland Center at Bowie State University, Chaminade University and TDX International, LLC (TDXi), an Alaska Native 8 (a) small business subsidiary of TDX Corporation have introduced a Phase II Research and Development (R&D) micro-internship model initiative designed to mitigate misinformation and disinformation

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