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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By Joe Kottke and Dennis Romero A sample of lettuce from a supplier that has recalled products as a result of a multi-state cyclospora outbreak produced a false positive result for the parasite, federal officials said Sunday. The false positive was discovered when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration re-reviewed the results of a sample from Taylor Farms de Mexico
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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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