In June, five undergraduate students from Xavier University of Louisiana will arrive at the UC Davis MIND Institute for a summer dedicated to biomedical research. The hope is that the students will be inspired to pursue a graduate degree in neuroscience, molecular biology or related field at a University of California campus. Xavier is one of the nation’s historically
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Alabama A&M says its football program is not under an NCAA postseason ban, despite an APR database entry that showed the HBCU program facing postseason ineligibility. The university released a statement clarifying the status of its football program after the NCAA Academic Progress Rate data showed Alabama A&M football with a multi-year APR of 897. The NCAA database also showed
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*Shown here, Donald Palm (left), FAMU EVP for Health Sciences Enterprise and Research Innovation; Heidi M. Anderson, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Wayne A. I. Frederick, Howard University; David K. Wilson, Morgan State University; Tomikia P. LeGrande, Prairie View A and M University; Aminta H. Breaux, Bowie State University; Darrell K. Williams, Hampton University and
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WellWithAll, the purpose-driven health and wellness company focused on closing generational wellness gaps, has announced the launch of the WellWithAll HBCU Pour Back Series, a long-term, multi-year commitment to invest in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as critical engines of health, opportunity, and community wellbeing. CEO and Co-founder Demond Martin announced the news during his commencement address to the
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By Gary Grumbach and Raquel Coronell Uribe A federal judge Wednesday blocked the return of more than 600 boxes of 2020 general election ballots the FBI seized this year from an election hub in Fulton County, Georgia. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee wrote in a 68-page order that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove the rights of county officials were “callously disregarded”
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Following South Carolina State’s successful protest of South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette, a Georgia HBCU is rallying against a local politician’s commencement speech appearance. Per a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Morehouse School of Medicine students are protesting the appearance of U.S. House Representative Richard McCormick. McCormick, a Republican, is an alumnus of the institution, having received his
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Charlotte is living up to its nickname, hosting hundreds of women for an annual leadership conference in south Charlotte. The 12th annual Career Mastered Women’s Leadership Experience is a three-day event that awards more than $60,000 in scholarships to girls from grade school through high school. Organizers also honored several influential women — including Oscar-nominated
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For years, conversations around HBCU athletics often centered on tradition, culture and survival. At Winston-Salem State University, the conversation now sounds a lot more like modern college sports business. Over the last 13 months, WSSU has quietly undergone one of the more interesting athletic department transformations in NCAA Division II. The HBCU has reshaped its leadership
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By Daniel Arkin Ted Turner, the high-flying media tycoon, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded CNN and revolutionized American cable television, died on Wednesday, according to his private holding company. He was 87. “Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgment,” CNN chairman
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After Shaw University’s WSHA radio station went on air in 1968, several other historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) followed the North Carolina school’s lead, launching a wave of their own. For decades, the students who worked on these channels used them to inform listeners about happenings on campus, while also playing musical selections and offering cultural programming. In
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