UNCF announces Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough starts his role this week as Executive Vice President, Research and Member Engagement. Dr. Kimbrough’s appointment is the culmination of a lengthy search for a transformational leader to oversee the areas of Research and Member Engagement, K-12 Advocacy, Learning Innovation and Digital Education here at UNCF. He comes to
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Written By Lexx Thornton Edward Waters University (EWU)—Florida’s first independent institution of higher learning and its first Historically Black College and University (HBCU)—has reached a historic milestone this fall, recording its highest enrollment in more than twenty years. Following the close of fall registration on Friday, August 15, 2025, EWU’s Fall 2025 enrollment stood at
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As Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University prepared to face off in theLabor Day Classic, the two rivals were also joining forces off the field. Together, they’re leading a $2.2 million research project that uses artificial intelligence to speed up the discovery of new materials — a breakthrough with the potential to transform
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A woman hangs clothes to dry in Hawkeye Village, August 1947. Hayward Oubre and his wife Juanita lived in this temporary mobile home park (where the English-Philosophy Building now stands) while he was attending the University of Iowa. —Frederick W. Kent Collection of Photographs / University of Iowa Libraries This fall, the University of Iowa
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Written By Lexx Thornton According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data published Wednesday, job openings in July fell to the lowest level in 10 months — 7.18 million from 7.36 million in June. Now, a new report by career website ResumeUp.AI suggests a whole bunch of those openings might not even be real. The
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Written By Lexx Thornton The voters have spoken. Ciara Smith bested four challengers to be elected to a full four-year term leading the Model City. Smith avoided a runoff by winning more than half the vote. According to final tallies, she received 57.31 percent. Steven Folks garnered 19.49 percent, Ben Little 12.08 percent, Kevin Cheatwood
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Written by Lexx Thornton Artificial intelligence is replacing entry-level workers whose jobs can be performed by generative AI tools like ChatGPT, a rigorous new study finds. Early-career employees in fields that are most exposed to AI have experienced a 13% drop in employment since 2022, compared to more experienced workers in the same fields and
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By Christen Hill Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts (CABCoFA) and Arena Stage are deepening their partnership with the launch of the second year of the Creative Administrators Internship Program, an initiative designed to prepare students for leadership roles in the arts. The program welcomes students from Howard’s Theatre Arts Administration Program (TAAP)
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Courtesy of North Carolina A&T University Major General Joseph McNeil, one of the four North Carolina A&T State University freshmen who helped launch the sit-in movement that transformed the civil rights struggle, has died. He was 83. North Carolina A&T confirmed McNeil’s death on Thursday, September 4. The HBCU praised him as both a courageous activist
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By Sahil Kapur, Brennan Leach and Gabrielle Khoriaty Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy on his skepticism of vaccines Thursday, arguing that his actions fly in the face of one of President Donald Trump’s biggest achievements. Cassidy opened his questioning at a Senate hearing by asking Kennedy if he agrees Trump should
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