Written By Lexx Thornton Two students majoring in nutrition and food science at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) were recently selected to serve as research assistants for a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) project. Tamya Hulum and Jae’Nyla Welch are studying the medicinal properties of Arkansas
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Trump administration has picked Deputy Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Jim O’Neill to serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a day after the administration fired current Director Susan Monarez, officials told The Hill. Monarez is contesting her firing, though the White House
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Written by Lexx Thornton Tennessee State University announces a new collaboration with the AWS-Machine Learning University (MLU) Educators Consortium and Transformation Alliance, a nationwide initiative helping college faculty integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into their curriculum. Through this collaboration, faculty from TSU’s Department of Computer Science and the SMART Center are gaining
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NBA star Chris Paul is once again using his platform to uplift Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The 12-time NBA All-Star and philanthropist announced that the 2025 Chris Paul HBCU Classic will take place on December 18-19 at the Gateway Center in Atlanta. The two-day showcase, held in partnership with the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame,
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Festival celebrates 25 graduates making cultural impact across film, television, and digital platforms while preparing for November gathering at Howard University focused on elevating storytellers The HBCU First LOOK Film Festival has released its annual “I Aspire” 25 list celebrating graduates from historically Black colleges and universities who continue shaping entertainment industry culture. The 2025
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By Phil Helsel and Madison Lambert PBS has eliminated almost 100 staff positions over the last several months because of a loss of federal funding, it said Thursday. The job cuts include 34 staff members who were notified Thursday that they were losing their jobs, a spokesperson for PBS said. The Republican-controlled Congress cut $1.1 billion in federal funding for
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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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