Written by Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President Donald E. Palm, Ph.D., addressed those gathered on Jan. 12 for the 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation. Palm, who has been serving in his role since August 2023, said he welcomes the opportunity to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy and highlight the
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By Jamie Crockett Solomon Bililign, Ph.D., a professor of physics at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, co-organized the “Together for cleaner air in Ethiopia” international conference held at Addis Ababa University. The three-day conference hosted 80 attendees from Ethiopia, Europe and the U.S., including air quality researchers and regulators, health professionals, community members
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By Curtis Bunn Dexter Scott King, the lookalike of his iconic father, the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 62. King died Sunday in California after a bout with prostate cancer, his family confirmed in a statement. His wife, Leah Weber King, said in a statement from the King Center for Nonviolent Social
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Written By Hampton University The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Hampton University a $4.9M grant to establish an interdisciplinary climate science degree program, embedded in a National Center for Climate Modeling Research, and to propel the university to R2 status. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s press release, the grants are being provided
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By Nicole Chavez and Chandelis Duster While a majority of Americans of all races see the end of affirmative action as “mostly a good thing,” there is a generational split among Black adults over the impact on higher education and their racial group, according to a new Gallup Center on Black Voices report. Black adults’ views on last year’s Supreme Court ruling that colleges and universities can no longer
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Courtesy of Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier University of Louisiana has named Ms. Joyce Carter (’69) its 2023 Alumnus of the Year. The South Holland, Illinois resident and native of Mobile, Ala., received the esteemed Victor H. Labat Sr. Alumnus of the Year award at the university’s annual Homecoming banquet. The award recognizes a Xavier
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Courtesy of Spelman College hree Spelman College students have been named Class of 2024 Virgil Abloh ‘Post-Modern’ Scholarship recipients as part of the Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF), the foremost fashion-oriented education and workforce development organization in the U.S. Mallory Butts, C’2025 and repeat FSF scholarship winner, DaNae Harrison, C’2025, and Nailah Muhammad, C’2024, were selected from over
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Written By Monica Lewis Howard University and Quantasy, a Los Angeles-based creative services brand agency, announced a partnership with True Voice, a digital space committed to mindfulness and holistic well-being. Howard will be the first academic institution to collaborate with True Voice, offering its students exclusive access to the wellness app. “In our ongoing efforts
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School officials in Las Vegas have released police reports and body camera footage under court order showing a campus officer kneeling on a Black student last year — an incident that drew accusations of police brutality after bystander video of it circulated widely on social media. In his incident report, Clark County School District police
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Courtesy of Bishop State College The Bishop State Community College Truck Driving Program will become the primary Sponsor of the Truck division at Mobile International Speedway for the 2024 Season. The Bishop State Community College Truck Driving Program has become a home for veteran drivers and up-and-comers in racing on the Gulf Coast. Steven Davis
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