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September 2024 - HBCU News

September 2024

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HBCU receives another million plus to enhance campus facilities

Courtesy of Livingstone College Livingstone College an HBCU in Salisbury, NC, has recently received an additional $1.2 million in grants and donations from various sources, fortifying its commitment to enhancing student services and campus facilities. The College received aĀ significant anonymous $8 million donation last monthĀ and has since secured various grants and donations to bolster its

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FILE - In this Saturday, May 7, 2016 file photo, students cheer as President Barack Obama delivers the commencement speech during the 2016 Howard University graduation ceremony in Washington. According the federal government a historically black college or university is an accredited learning institution started before 1964 that had a primary mission of educating black people. There are about 100 of them in 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Are HBCUs Taken Seriously?

by Dr. Alan Turley While loved by their constituents and students, a question hangs over HBCUs in America and that is, ā€œAre they taken seriously in the academic world?ā€ Specifically, is the scholarly work being produced by HBCU faculty and students being noticed or published? The answer appears to be no. Most academics and those

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NCCU Welcomes Surge of Adult Learners Thanks to Project Kitty Hawk

By Ashley Brown Project Kitty Hawk, an initiative founded by the state of North Carolina, is making significant strides in increasing adult learner enrollment at North Carolina Central University. Launched by the General Assembly in 2021, the project aims to assist public universities in recruiting and supporting individuals aged 25 and older who have not

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Federal Agencies Aim to Boost Research at HBCUs

By Kathryn Palmer In the 14 years Michael Curry worked as a chemistry and materials science professor at Tuskegee University, he and his colleagues got research funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies. But the grants awarded to Tuskegeeā€”a private historically Black university in Alabama that, like

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Congress approves funding bill to avoid government shutdown

By Deidre Walsh Congress voted Wednesday evening to approve a stop-gap spending bill to fund government programs through December 20. The bipartisan spending bill postpones the debate on full year funding levels for federal programs until after the election, and avoids a shutdown. Government agencies run out of money on September 30. “Our focus now

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Get ready to party: Itā€™s homecoming season

By Nilea Cosley Fall means the start of homecoming season at historically Black colleges and universities, and many HBCUs have already scheduled their annual homecoming events. Here are more than a dozen celebrations to mark on your calendars. (All game times are Eastern.) Alabama State University When:Ā Sept. 29-Oct. 5 Events:Ā ā€œLegacy of Gold: A Bama State

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White House Initiative on HBCUs announces 2024 scholars ā€“ all D.C. and Maryland HBCUs represented

By Deborah Bailey The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities has announced the 2024 class of scholars, marking the 10th anniversary of this program that has highlighted the scholarship, talent and rigor of Americaā€™s HBCUs. This year, 110 exemplary students hailing from 77 of Americaā€™s HBCUs have been selected for their outstanding

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Morehouse School of Medicine Partners with Manifold to Integrate Social Determinant and Genomic Data, Advancing Understanding of Disparities in Cancer in Under-Researched Groups

Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine Manifold, an AI-powered clinical data platform, today announced thatĀ Morehouse School of MedicineĀ (MSM) will leverage theirĀ platformĀ to modernize cancer genomics data analysis and improve collaboration among multidisciplinary stakeholders. With Manifold, theĀ Institute of Translational Genomic MedicineĀ (ITGM) at MSM is building a modern data foundation to accelerate cancer researchā€”integrating multimodal sources like clinical

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These paintings, pictured at the Clark Atlanta Art Museum at the university in Atlanta on Friday, January 19, 2024, will be going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)
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The museums at Atlantaā€™s HBCUs are treasure troves of Black art

By Mirtha Donastorg Thereā€™s a treasure in the heart of the West End. Itā€™s been amassed over decades, but not hoarded. It isnā€™t hidden away in some chest or safe but is shown to the public ā€” for free ā€” at the art museums of Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College. ā€œThis is a world

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New internship program gives UC Santa Cruz and HBCU students a hands-on look at the lives of enslaved peoples in 19th century America

By Dan White In the process, this group, consisting of five University of California, Santa Cruz students and five students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, uncovered rare glimpses of enslaved peopleā€™s lives in America. Of the HBCU students, four were from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and one was from Xavier University in New

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