Courtesy of Florida A&M University Florida A&M University has announced attorney Iris A. Elijah as deputy general counsel. Elijah, who previously worked as an assistant general counsel in the FAMU General Counsel’s Office nearly a decade ago, returned in November. “The Office of the General Counsel is excited to welcome Attorney Elijah back to FAMU,”
More
Written by Dr. Marybeth Gasman Today’s student bodies at HBCUs boast considerable diversity. Why is it that people assume that Historically White Institutions are diverse, yet in the same breath assume that Historically Black Institutions are not? And, when I say people—I mean all kinds of people—of various racial and ethnic backgrounds. If you take
More
Courtesy of Morgan State University For more than four decades, Peace Corps volunteers have worked overseas at the grassroots level with the goal of promoting world peace and friendship. In March of 2020, the agency suspended international operations and underwent an unprecedented global evacuation, pulling volunteers from more than 60 countries around the world as a result
More
Written by Dillard University A wave of enthusiasm swept through the streets of New Orleans as Dillard University faculty, staff, students, and alumni came together to participate in the 36th Annual UNCF Walk for Education. This year’s event was not only a display of unity and support for our historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs),
More
Writtten by Spelman College Spelman College welcomed Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell and Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa D. Cook, Ph.D., C’86, on Dec. 1, 2023, for a full day of insightful conversations on the economy, career opportunities in the finance sector and economic mobility opportunities and challenges often faced Black entrepreneurs and technology firms.
More
Written By the Morehouse School of Medicine The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) today expanded its Health Equity Tracker, launching a new module to track and identify cardiovascular medicine adherence gaps among Medicare beneficiaries. This new module is the first of its kind to depict publicly available medicine adherence data at the state level
More
Courtesy of Morgan State University Moving one step closer to the realization of the construction of a state-of-the-art facility to house STEM programs, Morgan State University today revealed designs for its new estimated $342-million Science and Research Complex, slated to open in fall 2027. The Architect of Record (AOR) is Moody Nolan, Inc., the nation’s largest African-American-owned
More
By Stephen J. Gaither Former South Carolina State University player and coach Joel Taylor has been named head football coach at West Georgia. Taylor, who most recently served as defensive coordinator at Mercer, was introduced as West Georgia head coach on Tuesday. “Coach Joel Taylor possesses all the qualities necessary to be an incredibly successful
More
Written by Felecia M. Nave, Fred A. Bonner and Chance Lewis Numerous reports assert that the United States must increase its production of highly educated workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in order to maintain its competitive edge in the global marketplace (Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering 2004; National Science
More
By Claretta Bellamy The Food and Drug Administration must decide by Friday whether to approve a new gene-editing therapy to treat sickle cell disease, a debilitating blood disorder that affects at least 100,000 Americans, most of whom are Black. The treatment, called exa-cel, would be the first approved medicine in the U.S. to use the groundbreaking gene-editing tool
More