By Laura Nwogu | The Atlanta Voice Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have faced a surge of threats across the country in recent years, resulting in lockdowns or closures and concerns among students, parents, faculty, and staff about their safety. On the heels of these threats, the latest of which happened in 2025 when terroristic
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Birmingham leaders agreed to host multiple college sporting events involving Historically Black Colleges and Universities over the next two years. The city approved plans for two SWAC football games at Legion Field during a city council meeting Tuesday. The first game will be held on Aug. 26. Another game will be held in 2027. “Any
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One HBCU baseball legend will be coaching up some future legends this summer in one of baseball’s most anticipated events. Southern University great Rickie Weeks, along with longtime Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, were named managers for the fourth annual Swingman HBCU Classic on Wednesday. The Swingman Classic was founded by baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey
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By Angela Yang and Jared Perlo As companies race to weave AI into nearly every industry, some college students are responding with open hostility. At at least three college commencement ceremonies this month, graduates loudly booed invited speakers who praised AI. On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance addressed the incidents in a speech at the U.S. Air Force
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By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended updating this fall’s Covid shots to target the XFG variant, a fast-growing strain nicknamed “stratus.” The recommendation — from the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee — is meant to help vaccine makers prepare shots for the fall and winter,
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By Chloe Atkins, Tom Winter and Jonathan Dienst Former NBA player Terry Rozier was hit with new federal charges of sports bribery and honest services wire fraud conspiracy Thursday in a massive sports betting investigation that has rocked the league. The superseding indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York, alleges Rozier solicited and accepted a
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In the final two minutes of the first round of the 2026 NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament, my university’s team stood on the floor of the University of Alabama Huntsville — trailing by two points. The crowd was loud. The moment was real. And the team wearing Edward Waters University across their chests earned every
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An HBCU grad recently got the best graduation gift that she could ask for from rapper Lil’ Baby. The Atlanta-based rapper recently paid off the student loan balance of Spelman College student Janay Lesley, also known as Nay Speaks. Lesley is an aspiring rapper with 105,000 followers on Instagram. She posted about Lil’ Baby paying off her tuition on
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By Hayya Shah Amazon Web Services recently announced the selection of Howard University as one of five regional lead institutions for the AWS–Machine Learning University (AWS-MLU), enabling the creation of the Howard AI Network powered by AWS. Through the network, Howard will advance AI research, expand infrastructure and capacity, and help other colleges and universities build sustainable AI readiness
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By Megan Lebowitz and Kyla Guilfoil Four musical artists listed as performers at an upcoming event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary said they won’t be attending despite being listed on the lineup. Freedom 250, a public-private partnership backed by President Donald Trump, announced a list of performers Wednesday, but shortly after, Morris Day and the
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