Fort Valley State University is a public land grant university born out of the 1890 Morrill Act. It is located in Fort Valley, GA and sits on a beautiful 1,385-acre campus. The school speaks of its own founding, stating, On November 6, 1895, an interracial group of 15 black men— at least half of whom
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UC Berkeley’s School of Education was awarded $500,000 from the 2026 UC-HBCU Initiative grant to support a seven-week summer research experience for undergraduate students from Morehouse College and Talladega College. The program will serve 18 fellows over the course of three years. The grant will be run through a partnership between HBCUs and campus’s Center
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As rural hospitals face declining reimbursement rates and worsening workforce shortages, Tennessee is among the states being hit the hardest. A recent report from the Physicians Advocacy Institute found that from 2019 to 2024, rural Tennessee lost 42% of its independent physicians and 44% of its independent medical practices. Meharry Medical College, a private, historically Black medical
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When the Sonic Boom of the South hit the field at the HBCU Legacy Bowl, it felt bigger than a halftime show. It felt… cinematic. Three days later, the speculation has turned into confirmation. Jackson State University’s Sonic Boom of the South is officially part of Lionsgate’s “MICHAEL CELEBRATES: Legacy, Artistry, Culture” campaign. The HBCU
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More than 85 students from Black colleges across the South and east coast descended on Spelman College this weekend for the school’s fourth-annual HBCU Game Jam. Over the three-day event, students attended workshops on game design and development, culminating in a hack-a-thon where student teams spent 24-hours building their own video game. For the first
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Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is the 2025–2026 CIAA women’s basketball champion. It is the first CIAA championship in program history and it was done in dominating fashion. These are all As a journalist, those are the indisputable details I’m supposed to lead with. But if I’m being honest — I was deeply and emotionally invested
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By Megan Lebowitz Members of Congress split largely along party lines in their assessments of the U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran, with Republicans mostly backing the operation and Democrats urging the administration to seek congressional approval and questioning President Donald Trump’s strategy. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that
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Dominiq Ponder — a quarterback whose path included an HBCU stop before he landed at Colorado to play under Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders — has died at age 23. What happened in Colorado Colorado State Patrol said Ponder was involved in a single-vehicle crash around 3 a.m. Sunday in Boulder County. Investigators said the Tesla he was driving lost
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By Bridget Bowman AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats are starting to believe that the stars at night, big and bright, just might align in Texas. Those lyrics from “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” the Lone Star State’s unofficial anthem, blared through the speakers at a packed rally for state Rep. James Talarico ahead of Tuesday’s primary,
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By Steve Kopack The price of oil surged Sunday after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, which killed its supreme leader. U.S. crude oil initially soared more than 10%, while Brent, the international oil benchmark, surged as much as 13% when trading opened on Sunday. The rally moderated after a few hours but both were still up more than
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