NAHB’s second annual HBCU Student Leadership Program brought together 20 students from 10 HBCUs for networking opportunities, leadership development seminars and more throughout this past academic year. Students from the 2024-25 cohort, recommended by their peers and instructors, traveled to Washington, D.C., in the fall for an immersive experience exploring career paths in residential construction. In the
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While some of the biggest names in collegiate sports will begin to cash in with the new NCAA settlement, other athletes and teams will pay the price. The $2.8 billion settlement, approved by a federal judge June 6, will allow participating schools to share up to $20.5 million with student athletes. Beginning in July, the
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With Villanova — the third founding CAA football program in two years — announcing it will depart after the 2025 season to join the Patriot League as a football?only associate member in 2026, the Coastal Athletic Association faces another significant shake-up. The league’s football membership will shrink from 16 to just 12 teams, following the
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The Langston University Marching Pride Band has once again earned its place on the national stage as it was invited to compete in three “Battle of the Bands” this fall, including the 2025 Pepsi National Battle of the Bands. The Marching Pride is an elite and celebrated ensemble consistently ranked among the Top 10 HBCU
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Florida A&M University (FAMU) Vice President and Director of Athletics Angela Suggs was booked into the Leon County Jail after voluntarily submitting herself for fraud and larceny charges related to her former job as President and CEO for the Florida Sports Foundation. The arrest was a result of what was investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
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By Lucy Clarke-Billings President Donald Trump’s sweeping new travel ban which bars citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States came into effect at 00:00 ET (05:00 BST) on Monday. The order, which Trump signed last week, restricts the nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he is removing every member of a government panel that makes vaccine recommendations. Kennedy said he is “retiring” all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, asserting that it“has become little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine.” “A clean
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The Alabama State University community is mourning the loss of Charles Goodwin III. The assistant director of the world-renowned Mighty Marching Hornets band. Goodwin’s passing, announced by the university, has sparked an outpouring of grief and remembrance from across the HBCU band world and beyond. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Charles
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By Michael T. Neitzel A group of the nation’s leading research universities has requested that a federal judge allow them to file a legal brief supporting Harvard University’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over more than $2 billion in frozen federal grant money. The 18 institutions requesting permission to file an amicus curiae (or “friend of the
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By Megan Lebowitz “California Democrats pushed back after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to respond to anti-immigration raid protests in the Los Angeles area, with Gov. Gavin Newsom arguing that Trump is trying to“manufacture a crisis.” “Trump is sending 2,000 National Guard troops into LA County — not to meet an unmet need,
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