November 16, 2023

JSU Students Present NASA Research at Hawaii Space Meeting

By William H. Kelly III THEE Aristocrats STEM and Health Sciences Program at Jackson State University (JSU) attended the National Space Grant Directors Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, hosted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) National Space Grant College and Fellowship Project. JSU students Jordan Brown and Brandon Fisher joined Noel Gardner, Ph.D., director of THEE Aristocrats STEM and

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First Lady Dawn Moore to Speak at Bowie State Graduation

Courtesy of Bowie State University Maryland’s First Lady, Dawn Flythe Moore, will deliver remarks to over 400 graduates at Bowie State University’s Fall Commencement on Thursday, December 21, at the Leonidas S. James Physical Education Complex from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Moore, the wife of the state’s first Black Governor, Wes Moore, is a

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FAMU Wins SWAC East, Celebrates Homecoming 2023

By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) Homecoming 2023 reached a fitting finale with the Rattlers clinching the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) East Division following its 45-7 victory over Prairie View A&M University on Saturday, Oct. 28. Most of the sell-out Bragg Memorial Stadium crowd were in a festive mood as the new scoreboard flashed

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Howard Launches SVA Chapter, Honors Military Students

Written By Monica Lewis With Veterans Day approaching, Howard University’s Office of Military and Veterans Services (OMVS) hosted “Coffee and Conversation: A Celebration for Student Veterans and Military-Connected Families” on Thursday, November 9. The event also served as the official launch of OMVS’ new Student Veterans of America (SVA) chapter, marking the beginning of a

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Experts Warn AI Bias Could Harm People of Color

By Claretta Bellamy More must be done to curb AI’s potential for harm or the further marginalization of people of color, a panel of experts weighing the ever-widening reach of AI warned last week. The warning came during a panel discussion here at the Obama Foundation’s Democracy Forum, a yearly event for thought leaders to exchange

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Fisk Appoints Dr. G. Preston Wilson to Lead Jubilee Singers

Courtesy of Fisk University Fisk University is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. G. Preston Wilson, Jr. as the new Director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers®. Dr. Wilson’s selection comes after an extensive yearlong search and is set to take effect on January 1st, 2024. He will be following in the footsteps of esteemed

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‘Enough!’ Empowers Teens to Tackle Gun Violence via Plays

By Neda Ulaby American high school students, who were born after the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999, are grimly accustomed to shooting drills and regular, if not daily, reports of gun violence on the news. It was the 2018 school shooting at Parkland, Fla., that helped catalyze Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence. The

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Black Voters Could Shift Mississippi Governor’s Race

By Nick Corasaniti Just three years ago, Mississippi had an election law on its books from an 1890 constitutional convention that was designed to uphold “white supremacy” in the state. The law created a system for electing statewide officials that was similar to the Electoral College — and that drastically reduced the political power of

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