Former NBA All-Star John Wall says his new position at Howard University is about much more than giving back to the HBCU located where his professional basketball career began. The former Washington Wizards star revealed that his role as Howard’s President of Basketball Operations is serving as a crash course in the business of basketball,
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By Kevin C. Johnson Every intricately detailed wardrobe choice seen in the blockbuster biopic “Michael,” from the signature crystallized glove to the famous red and black “Thriller” jacket, has Howard University in its DNA. That’s because Howard alumna Marci Rodgers (BBA’05) served as costume designer for “Michael,” the most successful biopic of all time. “Michael” follows Rodgers’
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By Charlie Reed NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University has achieved a historic milestone in campus innovation, executing its first faculty research licensing agreement. The deal transitions a novel food-processing technology from the lab to the marketplace through FloUV Technologies, a startup co-founded by Dr. Ankit Patras, professor of food and biosystems engineering. The agreement allows
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National effort positions HBCUs to lead in building career-connected learning pathways through an institution-centered approach to work-integrated learning (Black PR Wire) UNCF’s Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) announced the launch of the HBCU Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Accelerator, a multi-year effort to help historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) build sustainable, career-connected learning pathways to improve student success
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MC SHA-ROCK teaches at Bowie State University — and her students are learning hip-hop history from someone who actually built it. Sharon Jackson, known worldwide as hip-hop’s legendary first female MC, serves as an adjunct professor in the Visual Communication & Digital Media Arts program within Bowie State University’s Department of Fine & Performing Arts. She is
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Texas Southern University’s Board of Regents will meet on Saturday, July 18, to review a proposal for hosting the Southern vs. Texas Southern football game at NRG Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. If approved, the game would feature teams led by former NFL players, head coach Cris Dishman for TSU and head coach Marshall
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By Reuters CHICAGO — Civil rights leaders announced plans for a Washington march to defend voting rights, saying Tuesday that recent court decisions have weakened key federal protections against racial discrimination in voting. The coalition — led by the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and joined by Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King and
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HBCU baseball was represented twice during the 2026 MLB Draft as Delaware State pitcher Michael Lane and former Prairie View A&M standout Michael Smith Jr. heard their names called. The San Diego Padres selected former Prairie View A&M outfielder Michael Smith Jr. in the 13th round with the 395th overall pick following his standout season at the University of Dayton.
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Hours after Wilberforce University freshman Savanna Jones texted her friends that she was “lowkey scared” to join an underground social club, a picture of her passed out on a bed began circulating across the campus. On April 29, the 18-year-old was set to join the Turtles, which she described in text messages to her friends
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By The Associated Press Heavy, pungent smoke from Canadian wildfires darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility for commuters and prompting warnings that air quality could make being outside dangerous. Detroit’s air quality was among the worst in the world for major cities, as a lingering high
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