By Anthony Howard Jackson State University alum Jelani Zarif, Ph.D., M.S., has received the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) R01 Cancer Moonshot Scholar Award. The Biden-Harris Administration, through the NCI, is committing $5.4 million in the first year of these multi-year awards to support the inaugural cohort of 11 Cancer Moonshot Scholars. “We are very excited about getting
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Courtesy of Virginia State University Virginia State University is excited to announce that ESPN’s Black College Live Show will film their next episode on the VSU campus on Friday, September 22. ESPN’s decision to choose VSU as a recording venue underscores the university’s growing status as one of the premier HBCUs in the nation. Black
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Courtesy of Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University (FVSU) is pleased to announce Chata Maria Spikes as the distinguished speaker for this year’s Founders’ Day celebration, scheduled to take place on November 2. This annual event commemorates the vision and dedication of our institution’s founders and serves as a momentous occasion to celebrate
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By Brooke Brinson Future Bison and families from across the country brought their energy and excitement as they gathered in Burr Gymnasium for Howard University’s first Homecoming Open House on Thursday, October 20. The event featured remarks from Howard University President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D. and a captivating performance by the Howard University Showtime Marching Band. “It’s exciting
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By Kristi York Wooten, TED talks are ubiquitous on the internet. But the conference brand which stages round-robin speeches at buzz-worthy gatherings across the planet had never held an in-person marquee event in the South. That changed last week with the arrival in Georgia of TEDWomen 2023: Two Steps Forward. The three-day event at Atlanta’s
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By Alanis Thames As a crowd made its way into the nearby football stadium, a father watched his two sons toss a ball back and forth. Hot dogs sizzled on a smoky charcoal grill nearby. The music from a DJ’s live set a few yards over was so loud it reverberated off the ground as
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Courtesy of Dillard University Judge Orelia E. Merchant ’92 will serve as the speaker for the annual Justice Revius O. Ortique Jr. Lecture on Law and Society. The event is scheduled for November 13 at 7 p.m. and will take place in the Georges Auditorium, located within Dillard’s Professional Schools and Sciences Building. Notably, this
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By Uwa Ede-Osifo Michaela Glavin did not feel a sense of belonging in the Black community when she arrived as a freshman at Harvard. The Black student body was warm and welcoming, but as a multigenerational African American — a descendant of enslaved Africans brought to the U.S. — she said she felt like “a minority
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Written By Coppin State University Coppin State University today held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of its new $45.8 million College of Business building along West North Avenue. The 62,000 square foot College of Business is targeting LEED Silver certification, reflecting Coppin State’s commitment to environmental sustainability. The College of Business is the
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