Creating a pipeline from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to professional spaces remains an important focus across the sports industry. Through its HBCU Fellowship Program, now in its fifth year, the NBA Foundation continues to foster career opportunities for HBCU undergraduate and graduate students nationwide. Throughout a 10-week summer internship, fellows work with NBA teams
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By Ben Kamisar Four House incumbents have already lost re-election bids so far this year, just a few months into primary season. And about a dozen more are facing legitimate threats in the coming months. Two Republican incumbents are squaring off for one district in California next week, the latest example of redistricting changing not just
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A bill introduced in Congress earlier this month would pave the way for federal funding that would upgrade infrastructure at the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities like Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte. Federal lawmakers have introduced bills to fund infrastructure upgrades at historically Black colleges.U.S. Reps. Alma Adams, a Charlotte Democrat and Arkansas
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Venture for T.H.E.M. announced that it will partner with The DM Firm and the Times Square Alliance for the inaugural HBCU Pitch Competition in Times Square Morgan State alums and entrepreneurship leaders are set to bring a first-of-its-kind HBCU startup pitch competition to the center of New York City during New York Tech Week this
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Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, has launched “Quantum Leap,” the most robust campus master plan in the HBCU’s 160-year history. The multi-decade initiative is estimated to invest some $1 billion in campus infrastructure and academic programs. A core element of Quantum Leap is a new Innovation Center, an eco-friendly hub housed on five undeveloped acres
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When Netflix revives A Different World this fall, the series won’t just be telling stories about HBCU life — it will feature several people who actually lived it. The highly anticipated sequel series returns viewers to Hillman College, the fictional HBCU that became a cultural touchstone for Black college life during its original run from 1987 to
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By Cristian Santana and Adam Reiss NEWARK, N.J. — Family visitation at a New Jersey immigration detention center is set to resume after being suspended amid days of protests, arrests and clashes outside the facility, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Sunday. In a statement posted on social media, Sherrill said the Department of Homeland Security had agreed to restore visitation at
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At the 47th Sports Emmys on Tuesday, HBCU students won big, courtesy of Coca-Cola. Students from three different HBCUs were awarded grants for submissions to the event. Now in its fifth year, providing an outlet to HBCU student creatives. The student media competition, which awards a total of $40,000 in funding, celebrates talented content creators at HBCUs who demonstrate
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For students and families gathered at Bowie State University on May 22, 2026, this year’s commencement ceremony was bigger than a graduation. It was a celebration of legacy and possibility unfolding in real time. According to a university press release, Bowie State honored 887 graduates during its Spring 2026 commencement ceremony, making it the largest graduating class in the university’s
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By Julie Tsirkin, Sahil Kapur, Frank Thorp V, Ryan Nobles and Raquel Coronell Uribe Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that Democrats would try to kill President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, forcing Republicans to vote to preserve the compensation money. “This week, Senate Democrats will launch a coordinated effort to kill the slush fund before one cent goes out the
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