Benedict College is redefining excellence in the HBCU landscape after announcing a staggering 104 percent increase in its four-year graduation rates. This achievement reflects a deep commitment to student success and institutional transformation in Columbia, South Carolina. The college reached this milestone through strategic investments in academic programs and data-driven support services. Historically, the four-year graduation rate at this Benedict College
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Teams from 32 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have earned spots in the National Championship Tournament of the 37th Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), America’s premier academic competition for HBCUs. Top scholars will compete next month for the HCASC championship and a $100,000 grand prize, part of more than $500,000 in institutional grants Honda will award
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By Adam Edelman Virginia voters on Tuesday will decide the fate of a constitutional amendment that would pave the way for a new congressional map designed to allow Democrats to pick up as many as four seats in this year’s midterm elections. The special election marks the latest fight in the mid-decade redistricting war that has unfolded across
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Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students put their knowledge to use in the asset management field. According to a press release shared with AFROTECH™, the United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF’s) sixth annual HBCU Stock Pitch Competition — held at Acadian Asset Management’s Boston headquarters — provided student teams from HBCUs with resources to empower them in the asset management field to
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By Kurt Helin The question was not whether Victor Wembanyama would win Defensive Player of the Year, but whether he would be the first-ever unanimous winner of the award. Yes, he would be. Wembanyama was officially crowned as the Defensive Player of the Year on Monday, becoming the youngest player ever to win the award
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By The Associated Press Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane. Last year, an American Airlines jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C., killing all 67 people aboard
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By Anizia Fulmore The Howard University community came together on the Main Yard on April 15 for the annual Bison Wellness Day (BWELL), a campus-wide event dedicated to promoting health, prevention, and overall well-being. Held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the event provided free health screenings and wellness resources to students, faculty, and staff. More than
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By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Jessica Herzberg and Anne Thompson For Dr. Joseph Cacchione, the math on GLP-1 drugs stopped making sense. The CEO of the Philadelphia-based nonprofit hospital system Jefferson said his organization now spends more on prescription drug coverage — fueled by the soaring use of weight loss medications like Wegovy and Zepbound — than it does on inpatient care. Jefferson has
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The 43rd edition of the Miss Spelman College pageant went down last Saturday, and there’s been a bit of controversy. During the pageant, seven students competed for the title of Miss Spelman College, with Kinsley Wilson named the winner and Jillian Collier named first runner-up. Following the pageant, the institution announced that it had found a “technical discrepancy
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Alexia Jayy The Voice win is the kind of moment that lands far beyond reality television. It immediately became an HBCU story because the Miles College alum won Season 29 of The Voice: Battle of Champions, and multiple current reports said the victory made her the first Black woman to win the competition in its 15-year run. For a
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