Written by Lexx Thornton The 2150 Center for Innovation, Commercialization & Growth expanded its national footprint with the launch of its Infrastructure iLAB focused on Public-Private Partnership (P3) Knowledge Center in New York City. This initiative builds on 2150’s commitment to fostering innovation ecosystems rooted in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by creating high-growth,
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Virginia State University (VSU), a proud HBCU, honors Dr. Latorial Faison, Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages & Literature, for her remarkable achievement in poetry. Her latest book, Nursery Rhymes in Black, has earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination in Poetry, one of the most prestigious awards in American literature. Pulitzer Prize Nomination for Nursery Rhymes in Black
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As a tech founder, Eno Oduok has a vision for energy management that makes her a trailblazer in the field. A master’s student at Prairie View A&M, the future HBCU graduate aims to optimize energy through her startup, el powr, a management platform that utilizes AI. Studying business administration, her idea resulted in a third-place win
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By David K. Li More than a decade ago, Mo’ne Davis took the baseball world by storm as a Little League World Series icon who donned the cover of Sports Illustrated. She’s since earned an Ivy League graduate degree and happily ended her competitive sports career to dive headfirst into adulthood. That was until this past
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Atlanta-based Southface Institute has partnered with the Sustain Our Future Foundation on Building Improvement Toolkits (BIT) for Resilient HBCU, an initiative aiming to advance sustainability efforts within five historically Black colleges and universities. What will the initiative include? Each participating HBCU will receive $150,000 in grants to help each school reach its sustainability goals, as well as for workforce development, training,
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By Erika Edwards and Berkeley Lovelace Jr. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leadership was in stunning disarray Wednesday evening after the Trump administration fired the agency’s director hours after she refused to resign under pressure. The director, Susan Monarez, said she was resisting being ousted by the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for
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The 86th annual Tuskegee‑Morehouse Classic is making its Capital City debut as part of Montgomery’s official HBCU Classic Weekend this fall. Officials announced in April that the classic would make the move from Columbus, Georgia, to Cramton Bowl for the 2025 matchup. It is the first time that Montgomery will host the game. “Montgomery is proud to
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When Usher steps onto a stage, he owns the room. This past weekend, the R&B superstar proved that same magnetic presence translates seamlessly to the golf course. At the PGA Tour Championship, the Atlanta-raised icon turned heads in the Polo Ralph Lauren x Morehouse College collection—a fashion statement that merged Ivy League polish with unapologetic HBCU
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Written By Lexx Thornton After sending plants to space this spring, Winston-Salem State University has earned a $300,000 NASA grant to study how astronauts could grow food beyond Earth. Dr. Rafael Loureiro, associate professor of botany and plant physiology, and founder of the Astrobotany Lab at WSSU, has received a $300,000 grant for “LICH –
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By John Budenas The Liberty Bank Foundation has invested $10,000 in the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services (MLKFS) to support its long-running HBCU Tour, the oldest initiative of its kind in the Northeast. This new local partnership is aimed at helping local students and families prepare for college while honoring the legacy of
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