By Rebecca Cohen and Kathryn Prociv Intense heat and severe storms are continuing to make their way through the United States this week and will creep into next week as summer temperatures officially take hold across the nation. Friday will be the last hot day for the East Coast, with numerous record highs likely for cities including Baltimore,
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Courtesy of Central State University In the community room of WYSO’s new Dayton Street station, radio history came back home. On Wednesday, May 13, the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Radio Preservation Project held a return ceremony for Central State University’s historic radio station, WCSU 88.9, celebrating the formal return of digitized archival audio
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WILBERFORCE, Ohio — Ohio’s oldest private historically Black university is making major changes to its campus while students are out. It’s expanding as it faces a growing demand for student housing. After 170 years of history, you have to take a tour to see the future of Ohio’s oldest HBCU. In the next five years, Wilberforce
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Motown Records has announced the launch of the New Legends Internship Program, a new initiative designed to create meaningful pathways for students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to access careers within the music industry. The inaugural cohort will participate in a 10-week immersive internship experience from June 8 through August 14, gaining hands-on exposure across
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By Kyla Guilfoil and Dareh Gregorian A Kennedy Center official told a federal judge Saturday that all references to President Donald Trump inside, outside and online have been removed from the Kennedy Center, in compliance with the court’s extended order requiring their removal by noon. Construction workers began removing Trump’s name from the building’s facade early Saturday morning,
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The HBCU choir from Winston-Salem State University is taking its talents to Europe, as the Grammy-nominated WSSU Singing Rams prepare for an international tour in Austria. Led by acclaimed director Maestra D’Walla Simmons-Burke, the Singing Rams will perform June 17 in Vienna and June 19 in Salzburg. The tour will also include WSSU alumni singers,
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The Sifford Scholarship Committee has announced the fourth cohort of Sifford scholarship awardees, a group of 12 exemplary HBCU students selected from a competitive pool of applicants. The Sifford Scholarship Fund was established in 2022 in honor of the legendary and trailblazing Dr. Charles “Charlie” L. Sifford – the first Black golfer to earn a
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Morgan State AI innovation is getting national recognition after a team of student innovators won first place in the 2026 PROPEL Center Future of Tech Innovation Challenge with an artificial intelligence-powered app designed to help students manage social anxiety and build stronger communication skills. The winning team, known as Team HAX Lab, represented Morgan State University and earned
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Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, a co-author of the Protect College Sports Act, is urging the Congressional Black Caucus to support the bill, per a report by Roll Call. Cruz and Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell have been reaching out to Congressional Black Caucus members to gather input and secure their support for the bill in both the House and
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By Steve Kopack Energy prices broadly tumbled and global stocks rose Monday — but only moderately — after the U.S. and Iran said they had reached an agreement to end fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The price of U.S. crude oil closed down 4.8% to $80.75 per barrel, while international Brent crude closed down 4.7% to
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