Philadelphia will host two HBCU football games on consecutive days this fall. One brings Lincoln University back to the city after a 16-year absence. The other builds upon the 47,266 fans who filled Lincoln Financial Field for Delaware State and Norfolk State last October. Together, the games represent more than an expanded football schedule. Philadelphia is
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Morehouse Spelman $147 million student housing has officially reached financial close. That clears the way for construction on a shared residence hall years in the making. Radnor Property Group and the Madrone Community Development Foundation closed the deal on July 1, 2026. They sold roughly $146.8 million in tax-exempt and taxable bonds through the Development
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Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in California recently unveiled a Health Professions Education Building to house the historically Back medical school’s College of Medicine. The new 60,000-square-foot facility will serve as a learning hub for students across the HBCU. It features adaptive and tech-enabled classrooms, anatomy laboratories. simulation spaces, and collaborative learning
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North Carolina A&T’s GHOE 100 tickets sold out in a matter of minutes Monday morning. The sellout closed the book on one of the fastest ticket rushes in the tradition’s history. It also confirmed that the 100th Greatest Homecoming on Earth will be unlike anything the Aggie community has seen before. Indeed, the demand had
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Xavier University of Louisiana ranks No. 4 among the nation’s top private historically Black colleges and universities in Forbes’ first-ever ranking of HBCUs, released Aug. 2. Forbes separately ranked the nation’s top private and public HBCUs, with Xavier the only Louisiana institution to make either Top 10 list. A key strength highlighted by Forbes is Xavier’s longstanding
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Attending HBCUs provides meaningful experiences for students and significantly improves their life outcomes after graduation. Those are the takeaways from a landmark survey shared with Blavity that polled alumni from dozens of Black schools, affirming the benefits of attending HBCUs at a time when these institutions are under scrutiny. New survey documents professional success, personal satisfaction
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Financial educator, entrepreneur, and investor Chris Sain Jr. is making another investment in the future of Black wealth. Through the Chris Sain Foundation, Sain has committed $50,000 to support the Melanin Money Foundation’s MM Vested In U initiative, a national effort designed to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) equip students with funded investment accounts and financial education before
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Tyler Perry’s latest act of generosity has helped an HBCU alumna continue her education in the Ivy League. Janay DuBerry, a graduate of Tuskegee University who is now attending the Harvard Graduate School of Education, revealed on Instagram that Perry covered the remaining cost of her education after financial aid still left her with a significant funding gap. DuBerry
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Florida A&M University (FAMU) has been recognized as the No. 2 public historically Black college or university (HBCU) in the nation in Forbes’ inaugural 2026 America’s Top HBCUs ranking, a distinction that underscores the University’s continued commitment to academic excellence, student success, and upward economic mobility. The inaugural ranking recognizes 10 public and 10 private HBCUs based
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Jillian Jackson is the new dean of students at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Jackson has extensive higher education experience in student affairs, academic affairs, instructional leadership, and student success. Prior to her new role, she served as Shaw University’s director of digital teaching and learning. Earlier in her career, Dr. Jackson held various
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