Courtesy of Howard University Howard University keeps stacking research wins, and the latest one comes straight from the Pentagon. Dr. Karam Jaradat, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Howard, recently received a $780K Howard University DoD grant from the United States Department of Defense. The one-year award funds his project titled Unraveling the
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NFL legend Marshall Faulk is new to HBCU coaching and the SWAC, but Southern University’s rookie head coach already understands where the FCS now sits in college football’s transfer hierarchy. Faulk has spent his football life chasing the sport’s highest level. Now, in his first season leading Southern, he believes the meaning of “the next
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Livingstone College is mourning the loss of softball student-athlete Gabriella Muñoz, the school announced Friday. Muñoz, a rising junior from Katy, Texas, was a member of the Livingstone College Blue Bears softball program and wore No. 55 as a utility player. In announcing her passing, Livingstone remembered her not only for her contributions on the field but also for
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Dr. Albert Mosley’s Bethune-Cookman presidency has done something no interim leader could accomplish — it has given the university its momentum back. When the Bethune-Cookman University Board of Trustees selected Mosley as the institution’s eighth president on June 20, 2025, the announcement ended 1,574 days without permanent leadership. That is more than four years of
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Southern University LSU football fans finally have a date to circle. The Jaguars will travel to Baton Rouge on September 9, 2028, for their second-ever meeting with in-state neighbor LSU. That’s according to a copy of the game contract. Southern will collect a $750,000 guarantee for the trip. That figure is a typical payout for
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North Carolina A&T expects more than 200,000 people to attend its historic HBCU homecoming celebration this fall, potentially delivering a major economic boost to Greensboro and the surrounding Piedmont Triad. University officials announced the projection Friday during a virtual presentation marking 100 days until the centennial edition of the Greatest Homecoming on Earth. The weeklong
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The historic HBCU football rivalry between Morehouse and Clark Atlanta is getting a new stage as organizers launch the inaugural ATL Labor Day Classic. It’s an HBCU event designed to turn one of Black college football’s oldest matchups into a weekend-long celebration of Atlanta’s culture and alumni community. The game, which has traditionally been played later in the season, will
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Johnson C. Smith remains accredited, but the accreditation journey of the Charlotte-based HBCU moved into a second year of probation as the university works to prove that financial reforms can last. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges informed JCSU in June that it would continue the university’s accreditation for good cause
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By Adam Mahoney The skies over New York City turned a hazy orange and grey again this week. Reminiscent of when the skies turned a deep orange in 2023 — and then again in 2024 — this reality is quickly becoming a normal summer occurrence. More than 850 wildfires are actively burning across Canada, with more
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By Mirna Alsharif and Emma Caughlan A home invasion took place at NFL star Saquon Barkley’s Pennsylvania residence Saturday morning, according to officials. The incident happened at the Philadelphia Eagles running back’s home in Tredyffrin Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office. Barkley and his family were inside the home at the time of the incident, and one
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