August 21, 2023

TSU Launches Customer Relations Office to Boost Support

By Emmanuel Freeman The TSU Customer Relations Office is up and running, and recently held a campus-wide training session. The newly established office’s primary goal is to provide exceptional service and support to students, faculty, staff, and other key stakeholders. Customer Relations is led by Assistant Vice President Jessica Powell, who brings a wealth of experience and

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Tuohys Confirm Conservatorship, Deny Oher’s Royalties Claim

By Noah A. McGee Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy continue to deny Michael Oher’s claims that he has not received any royalties from “The Blind Side. But they have confirmed that he was in fact under a conservatorship, and not adopted. On Wednesday the Tuohys attorney, Randall Fishman, told reporters in a press conference that his clients plan

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Rukaya Mumuni, nurse and public health specialist from Ghana, photographed at the Women Deliver Conference in Kigali, Rwanda on July 20, 2023. (Heidi de Marco for NPR)

Braids and Bravery: Empowering Women’s Health in Africa

By Ruchi Kumar Prossy Muyingo is being honored as a “heroine of health” for helping women make more informed choices about family planning and reproductive health. She says she couldn’t have done it without hair braiding. Muyingo is one of twelve women honored with that title at the Women Deliver 2023 Conference, an annual international event

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Harriet Tubman Statue Unveiled at ASU Art & Jazz Show

By Hazel Scott A monument honoring famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman will be unveiled during “The Colvin-Feagin Annual Art and Jazz Show,” sponsored by The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University. The event is slated for Thursday, August 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the University’s Montgomery Interpretive

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Stillman College Launches Campus Child Care with New Grant

Courtesy of Stillman College Stillman College has been awarded a grant to develop the Stillman-Brown Memorial Child Care Program, an initiative that will provide child care services to more than 100 students who are parents on campus. The grant is being awarded by the Alabama Power Foundation. The child care program is a partnership between

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Florida Students Sue Over Law Limiting Academic Freedom

College students and professors in Florida are suing education officials over a new law spurred by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ war on “woke,” saying it violates their constitutional rights by censoring academic freedom. The lawsuit was filed in federal court Monday by students and professors at New College, a progressive school with a prominent LGBTQ+ community

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Fighting Environmental Data Bias in Marginalized Communities

By Jessica Moulite Since 2021, Amy Y. Quarkume, PhD, has investigated the impacts of environmental data bias on eight Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities across the United States. Quarkume is an Africana Studies professor and the graduate director of Howard University’s inaugural Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics program. Through in-depth interviews with community members, modeling, and mapping, her

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