August 07, 2024

MSM Receives Historic $175 Million Donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies

Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) today announced a $175 million donation to its endowment from Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative which is the largest grant from a single organization in the medical school’s nearly 50-year history. The gift marks the largest gift given to a single Historically Black College and University

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Gymnastics star headed to PWI after HBCU program ax’d

By Stephen J. Gaither Kyrstin Johnson, a gymnastics star who won a national title at a first-year HBCU program as a freshman, has now find a new home. Johnson is headed to Temple University to continue her career. She announced her decision on Monday. “Next Chapter! Please to announce! I’m an Owl!!!” Johnson posted. Johnson transferred

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HBCU Go college football game availability on traditional TV continues to grow

By Michael P. Hill HBCU Go Sports has struck a deal for its college football games to air on Fox-owned stations in Los Angeles and Chicago as well as 15 other markets. KCOP in Los Angeles, California, and WPWR in Chicago, Illinois, have both signed on to air games from the HBCU Go lineup starting int he fall of 2024. HBCU

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Harris picks Walz as her running mate

By Mike Willis Vice President Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz introduced themselves to a full house with plenty of applause in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening. Harris praised Walz’s accomplishments and set him up for a lightning-fast campaign: He “really does shine a light on a brighter future that we can build together.” She offered

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Foundation To Honor A&T Students For Promoting Civic Leadership Among Youth

By Jackie Torok The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) will honor North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students and twin brothers, Brandon L. Daye and Bryan L. Daye of Burlington, North Carolina, as it commemorates the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer 1964. Brandon Daye, who is working toward a B.S. in agribusiness, B.S. in supply chain management

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The ways Trump has gone after Harris’ race and gender

By Amanda Terkel In the roughly two weeks since President Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to take his spot at the top of the ticket, Donald Trump has increasingly gone after his new opponent’s race and gender. Harris, whose mother was Indian and father is Jamaican, would make

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Monica Williams Named First President of Texas Woman’s University at Houston

Courtesy of Texas Women’s University Monica G. Williams has been named the inaugural president of the Houston campus at Texas Woman’s University. She will begin her new role on August 26. Across its three campuses in Denton, Dallas, and Houston, Texas Woman’s University enrolls over 5,800 graduate students and 10,000 undergraduate students, 17 percent of

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