By Maya Eaglin After third grade math teacher Shelby Lattimore delivered the day’s announcements, the “class banker” distributed everyone’s wallets — clasped envelopes decorated with animals, stars, hearts and cars scribbled in marker and filled with the faux money they’d earned this year. Lattimore asked the class if they knew what inflating a balloon meant. They
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By Andrew Skerritt The Florida Board of Governors (FLBOG) unanimously approved a one-year contract extension for Florida A&M University (FAMU) President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., Wednesday. Meeting on the Florida State University (FSU) campus, the governing board for the 12 State University System (SUS) institutions, accepted the contract extension recommendation submitted by the FAMU Board of
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Written By Alexis Clark Days before the nation celebrated the MLK Day of Service, Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover shared her own mountain top experience at the annual presidential prayer service held January 10. Stating that TSU will get to the “promised land” of equal funding, President Glover delivered a powerful, spirit-filled keynote address
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By Quintessa Williams The Hilltop, Howard’s student newspaper, founded by alumni Zora Neale Hurston and Louis E. King, turned 100 this week. The publication is the oldest Black collegiate newspaper in America and was named after the University alma mater. Since its first issue printed on January 22, 1924, The Hilltop has served as a trusted media platform for
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Written By Lydia Bernhardt U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small made her inaugural visit to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to see firsthand the ways the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) is using the federal agency’s funding to advance programs, research and scholarships. She also came to bring
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Courtesy of Fayetteville State University A Fayetteville State University computer science faculty member is collaborating with the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS) at NC State University for research on artificial intelligence to enhance national security announced on Jan. 11. For the second consecutive year, Sambit Bhattacharya, Ph.D., professor of computer science and director of the
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