Philander Smith University, then Walden Seminary, was founded in 1877 as the result of the first attempt to establish an institution of higher learning for formerly enslaved Black Americans west of the Mississippi River. Philander Smith, the man whom the school is named after passed away in 1882, leaving his wife a $125,000 fortune. Mrs.
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LANGSTON, OK, UNITED STATES-Â As wars in Gaza and between Russia and Ukraine continue to reshape global energy and supply chains, tariffs intensify trade friction, and organizations race to deploy artificial intelligence at scale, the Langston University School of Business (LUSB) has released a set of 2026 predictions focused on entrepreneurship, leadership, and trust in a
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At 604 Locust Street in North Little Rock sits Shorter College, one of Arkansas’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU.) To some, it may look like a small campus, but to those who call it home, it represents something much bigger: a path to possible. “If I had to describe it in one word, I
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By The Associated Press Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross and Shakira are some the 2026 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a wide net that includes rap, metal, R&B, hip-hop, Britpop, blues rock and pop. The hall revealed the list of 17 performer nominees Wednesday, a list that also includes
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By Doha Madani, Chloe Atkins, Brittany Kubicko and Phil Helsel A Columbia University student was detained Thursday morning by immigration agents who misrepresented themselves by saying they were looking for a missing child to get access to a residential building, the university’s top administrator said. Elmina Aghayeva, who is from Azerbaijan, was later released, but the school’s acting president, Claire
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By Doha Madani Members of Team USA’s women’s hockey team say they don’t want their Olympic gold medal achievement to be overshadowed by the backlash over President Donald Trump’s joke about having to invite them to the White House during a call to the men’s team. Trump called the men’s hockey team, still celebrating in the locker
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 Huston-Tillotson University President Dr. Melva Wallace was sure she heard the wrong number. The Moody Foundation’s Senior Vice President of Grants, Elle Moody, was sitting in her office and had – seconds earlier – told Wallace they were gifting the historically Black university $130 million. “There was just this blank stare on her face for
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Dr. Willie Underwood III, a urological surgeon and Morehouse alum, will lead the American Medical Association as its incoming president. Underwood became the official President-elect last June during the 2025 AMA meeting in Chicago. There, his fellow medical professionals voted for him to lead the association into its next era. Underwood brings over a quarter-century of experience
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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SUBR chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus. Historically Black Colleges and Universities have a significant impact on protecting and influencing Black culture in many different ways. Beyond academics, these institutions have poured into and invested in students’ everyday
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By Frank Thorp V, Inshara Ali and Raquel Coronell Uribe WASHINGTON — Aliyah Rahman, a Minnesota woman whom Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., took as her guest to the State of the Union address Tuesday, needed hospital treatment after she was arrested during the speech, Rahman and Omar said. Rahman silently stood up during the part of President Donald Trump’s
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