September 2023 - Page 14

“Why Not Us: Howard Golf” Debuts on ESPNU, ESPN+ & ESPN2

By Olivia Coryell In a sport where exclusivity is more prominent than access, this eight-part season of Why Not Us brings fans into the center of a program, supported by Curry, at one of the most prestigious HBCUs in the country. Why Not Us: Howard Golf follows both men’s and women’s golf teams at Howard University

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UAPB Awarded $2M in USDA Grants to Boost Agri-Research

Courtesy of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) over $2 million in grants for agriculture-related programs, Dr. Bruce McGowan, interim dean/director for the UAPB School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences,

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Bowie State Hosts Sports Data Analytics Camp for Teens

By Jonathan Saxon It’s never too early to consider career options, as a group of high schoolers learned from attending a data analytics camp with a sports focus at Bowie State University’s the Data Analytics Research Trading and Technology (DARTT) Lab over the summer. The camp, which was sponsored by The Brian Westbrook Foundation, was

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Tiffany x Beyoncé Launches HBCU Scholarship Collection

Courtesy of University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Tiffany & Co. announced its new Return to Tiffany® x Beyoncé limited-edition collection in honor of Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR. The capsule collection reinterprets the House’s iconic Return to Tiffany® motif, infusing it with the iconography and spirit of the tour. The limited-edition collection launched on July

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Howard Restores Mary Church Terrell’s Historic DC Home

By Joi Ridley Howard University is restoring the home of civil rights activist, education trailblazer, and suffragist Mary Church Terrell with the support of an African American Civil Rights (AACR) grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Renovations are currently under way with plans for completion later this year.

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TSU Welcomes Students and Launches Career Pathways Unit

By Alexis Clark This month marks a fresh start for thousands at TSU, embarking on an exciting chapter as college students. Not only for first-year students but also as the university welcomes new departments this semester. This year’s move-in incorporated a collaborative effort between the newly formed unit in Academic Affairs, Academic Career Pathways and

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Bernice King Reflects on March Legacy, Urges Action

By Jessica Washington Sixty years after the original March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, one could easily argue that the clock has begun to turn backward. The Supreme Court has successfully eroded decades of precedent protecting marginalized groups. And authoritarianism and white supremacy appear as deeply rooted as ever. But even in the midst of what feels to many like our darkest hour,

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Edward Waters Thwarted Shooter Before Jacksonville Attack

Before the fatal shootings of three Black residents in Jacksonville, Florida, over the weekend, the gunman, a young white man with swastikas painted on his rifle, pulled into a parking lot at Edward Waters University and began putting on tactical gear. Students reported him, a campus police officer approached and he sped off in his vehicle having never identified himself. The

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NHC Seminar Highlights Black Women’s Impact on U.S. History

From The National Humanities Center How does our understanding of American history and culture change when viewed through the eyes of Black women? How should we incorporate Black women’s 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 Women’s Voices of

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Morgan State Secures $100M+ in Grants and Research Funding

By Morgan State University With the beginning of a new fiscal year underway, Morgan State University today released the results of Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23), which saw Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University receive a combined $100.8 million in grants, contracts and gifts, in addition to a $27-million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the

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