Courtesy of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Seven University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) STEM students are attending the 55th Lunar & Planetary Conference (LPSC) in The Woodlands, Texas, from March 11 – 15, 2024, as part of NASA’s Here to Observe (H2O) program. NASA calls the student participants Student Observers. The UAPB Student Observers are
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By Sydney Heiberger It’s been about nine months since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race could no longer be a factor in college admissions decisions. Queen City News contacted all five of North Carolina’s public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to see whether the decision impacted the number of students applying to those institutions.
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By Bennett Leckrone International business schools tout diverse student populations from across the globe — and one such institution flexed its global reach by breaking a Guinness World Record for the number of nationalities represented in a single business class. Students from 60 countries attended a class at Hult International Business School’s Holborn campus in
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By Curtis Bunn Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill Wednesday making hers the latest state to enact bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public colleges and offices. SB 129 requires that DEI offices and initiatives funded by public colleges or government agencies be eliminated or vastly changed. It also seeks to minimize teachings
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Courtesy of Texas Southern University Texas Southern University is proud to announce that Trushna Parekh, Associate Professor of Geography, has been awarded a 2024 ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). The ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program provides flexible support that attends to the research, teaching, and service commitments at
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By Kerry Laird In a beautiful celebration of history, courage and the arts, Prairie View A&M University unveiled the prestigious Bench by the Road monument in a rousing program on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in the Opal Johnson Smith Auditorium. The event marked the beginning of Inauguration Week for PVAMU’s ninth president, Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande.
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Courtesy of Tuskegee University A team of Tuskegee University research faculty visited Yale University to discuss collaborations in biomedical sciences, advanced materials and cybersecurity. Yale University recently announced a five-year, $10 million commitment to support HBCUs through the Alliance for Scholarship, Collaboration, Engagement, Networking and Development (ASCEND). ASCEND will support research collaborations between HBCU and
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