Fueled by their passion for knowledge and academic excellence, over 200 students and coaches from 32 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are gearing up to compete in the 36th Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), America’s premier academic competition for HBCU students. Fans can watch the exciting HCASC National Championship finals on April 17 at 3:00 p.m. PDT by visiting HCASC
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In the face of federal funding threats and policy shifts by the Trump Administration, the Our HBCUs Matter Foundation, led by Founder and CEO Brandon Graham, has launched the HBCU Funding Matters campaign. The campaign is focused on securing funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) while also preventing future funding freezes or cuts and raising
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By Jeanna Smialek and Ana Swanson President Trump escalated his trade war with the European Union on Thursday, threatening 200 percent tariffs on European wine and champagne that deepened anxiety among businesses and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr. Trump’s announcement, in which he called the European Union “hostile and abusive,” came a day after the bloc’s
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By Matthew Daly In what he called the “most consequential day of deregulation in American history,” the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of actions Wednesday to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change and electric vehicles. “We are driving a dagger through the heart of
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By Caroline Lenton Secretary of State Marco Rubio said early Monday that 83% of programs funded by U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID , are being canceled, in the latest for the beleaguered agency that provides humanitarian aid overseas and has become the target for the Elon Musk-helmed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE . Rubio said on
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By Cheryl L. Duncan Public media partnership announces call for short films in all genres by HBCU students | HBCU Week NOW,a public media partnership project offering films about the incredible impact and contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, is announcing the launch of its inaugural Student Film Festival and an open call for submissions.
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Inside the James E. Shepard Memorial Library at North Carolina Central University, you can find Montressa Hunter. “Growing up, I sought refuge in books. That was a place of solace for me,” said Hunter ” I would read anything that I could get my hands on,” she continued. Her love for literature started as a
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By Hurubie Meko and Troy Closson A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Thursday, two days after the Education Department fired more than 1,300 workers, purging people who administer grants and track student achievement across America. The group, led by New York’s Letitia James, sued the administration in a Massachusetts federal court, saying
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By Carl Hulse Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, broke with his party on Thursday and lined up enough Democrats to advance a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday deadline, arguing that Democrats could not allow a government shutdown that many of them have demanded. During a
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Courtesy of Winston-Salem State University Spaceflight experiment will be first in university history (Black PR Wire) Plant samples from Winston-Salem State University’s Astrobotany Lab will be on the first Blue Origin all-female mission to space this spring. Esteemed rocket scientist, entrepreneur and global STEM trailblazer, Aisha Bowe, is partnering with WSSU, one of the nation’s leading HBCUs,
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