Written By Lexx Thornton The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network, in partnership with Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has announced the opening of its Southern Regional Office. QEM Network, a national leader in advancing equity in research and development, and Southern University, a leader in conducting research to address scientific,
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By Danny Flannery Howard students and alumni celebrated the life and work of the late Chadwick A. Boseman, the celebrated actor, writer, and director and namesake of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts (CABCoFA). Over two days, they honored his lasting impact on Howard and the art world through a panel discussion featuring
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By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Ben Kamisar, Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. heads to Capitol Hill for testimony Thursday, a week after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez was fired and a series of vaccine-related decisions drew criticism from lawmakers, including Senate health committee chair, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. Monarez’s firing led
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By Zoë Richards and Frank Thorp V The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is calling on the panel’s Republican chairman to hold a hearing on President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy military forces to Chicago and other cities. “Domestic deployment of the military into American communities raises serious issues within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee that warrant
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By Dietrich Knauth and Tom Hals A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from using the military to fight crime in California, as the Republican president threatened to send troops to more U.S. cities including Chicago. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that the Trump administration willfully violated a law known as
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By Marquise Francis and Sydney Haywood Olajuwon Ajanaku thought golf was a majority-Black sport. He grew up on the Eastside of Atlanta, a majority African American community in a predominantly Black city, and learned to golf at 6. He was surrounded by Black kids, Black parents and Black coaches at his neighborhood’s public courses. It wasn’t until Ajanaku’s
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A Landmark Tribute to an HBCU Alum Illinois has officially renamed one of its most important state buildings after a proud HBCU graduate: Jesse White, an alumnus of Alabama State University. The building, now known as the Jesse White State of Illinois Building, stands at 115 South LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago and houses more than 15 state
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In the lead up to today’s artificial intelligence (AI) arms race, few institutions of learning have matched the vision and innovation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). As Dr. Emmanuel Lalande noted, HBCUs are not late to AI—they are “leaders in using algorithms, neural networks, and digital dashboards to turn historic exclusion into future empowerment.” AI
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The opportunity will bring more resources and educators in STEM to the HBCU. Delaware State University is already off to a great school year with its latest grant. The HBCU has received nearly $750k in a STEM teaching grant to bring more qualified educators to campus. DSUÂ announced the news on Aug.29, confirming their lofty award
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This season, North Carolina A&T (NC A&T) has added more than just a new look to its helmets. The Aggies are wearing a front-bumper decal honoring the A&T Four—freshmen David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan). Their 1960 sit-in at Greensboro’s F.W. Woolworth lunch counter helped ignite a national
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