Written By Lexx Thornton Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed and handcuffed after interrupting a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, in an episode that deepened partisan tensions over the Trump Administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles. The confrontation came shortly after Noem made a forceful
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) graduated the third cohort of the HBCU Innovation Internship Program on Friday, April 4. The event, held at Innovation Depot in downtown Birmingham, was not one of pomp and circumstance but instead was a professional development opportunity for the graduating participants, as well as
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Written By Lexx Thornton Representatives from nearly a dozen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) recently visited North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s campus to brainstorm ways to advance technology transfer and commercialization. N.C. A&T, The Commercializer, LLC, and the 1890 Universities Foundation co-hosted the inaugural HBCU Technology Transfer (T2) Symposium, bringing together thought
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Biotechnology has become a pillar of national resilience. Once considered niche, fields like synthetic biology, pathogen genomics, computational biology, and environmental microbiology now sit at the heart of U.S. biosecurity strategy, economic competitiveness, and geopolitical influence. Yet the nation’s training infrastructure remains dangerously underdeveloped. While the United States has invested billions in biomanufacturing facilities and domestic production
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There’s been a huge desire for BET to start back broadcasting HBCU athletics and it has been a huge topic on social media. At the Inception of BET, one of the main tenets of the channel was their ability to showcase nearly every aspect of black culture, and that included HBCUs. The “BET Sports” coverage
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The “HBCU on the Lawn” event, presented by Commissioner DeMont Davis and the Clayton County Parks and Recreation, is set to bring alumni, students, and families together to celebrate historically black colleges and universities in a community gathering filled with entertainment and camaraderie. Scheduled for Saturday, June 21, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., the
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By Alicja Hagopian, James Liddell Los Angeles remains the epicenter of unrest after protests erupted in the wake of a string of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Friday. Now, demonstrations have been sparked across the country, with dozens reported in at least 21 states since Friday. The first protests followed after crowds attempted to thwart ICE
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Students then had a chance to speak one-on- one with industry professionals over lunch, including executives from various AEG business units such as Goldenvoice, AEG Presents, AXS, and Crypto.com Arena. As part of the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program’s (EICOP) HBCU in LA Summit Week, AEG, the leading sports and live entertainment company, hosted more
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By Kimmy Yam Twenty four universities, including five Ivy League schools, and more than 12,000 alumni took measures to back Harvard University in its legal battle against the Trump administration, which has threatened it with slashing billions of dollars in grants. Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania, along with several other schools, filed
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By Liz Calvario Ananda Lewis, a former MTV VJ, has died at the age of 52. Lakshmi Emory, whom Lewis once described as a “phenomenal sister” in a birthday message, shared news of her death in a June 11 Facebook post. “She’s free, and in His heavenly arms,” she wrote next to a black-and-white photo
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