The United Negro College Fund kicked off its fundraising campaign Wednesday afternoon at Green Island Country Club. And the keynote speaker was Columbus Mayor-elect Isaiah Hugley, a graduate of a Historically Black College and University. Justine Boyd, the assistant vice president of UNCF Atlanta, noted the significance of Hugley’s rise to the city’s top job.
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The NCA&T health disparities research center just became the university’s biggest single NIH win ever. Seven-point-two million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s right now, and most of them want to know their diagnosis before it fully arrives. That statistic sits behind the new $16.9 million NIH award that just landed at North Carolina A&T —
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The Benedict College BEST Men Program just landed real money behind it: a $100,000 grant from The Boulé Foundation. Benedict already enrolls something rare in higher education — a student body that’s majority male. This grant is aimed at keeping those young men enrolled, mentored, and moving toward graduation. The B.E.S.T. Men Program is a
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Albany State University’s Marching Rams Show Band will enter the 2026 HBCU band season with a history-maker leading from the front. Edreka “Capriccio” Coleman has become the first woman officially named head drum major in Albany State history. The program celebrated the milestone through its drum majors’ social media account while also recognizing Coleman’s birthday. “Today we’re
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Three HBCU research grants landed in the same week. Together they cover a wide stretch of what these campuses are building toward — AI safety, clinical research, and STEM workforce pipelines. Tuskegee University, Howard University, and a joint effort between South Carolina State University and Voorhees University all secured new federal funding this month. Each
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The Nightcap HBCU Tour has a first stop, and it’s a fitting one. Prairie View A&M will host the show live from the Baby Dome on Sept. 4. That kicks off what Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson are calling an HBCU Tour for their popular sports talk show. “OH YEAH! Nightcap is hitting the
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By Donald Hunt College football will be front and center this weekend for many historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). Alabama State will open its season against Southern University on Saturday, Aug. 29 at Legion Field in the Birmingham Football Classic. The kickoff will be at 2 p.m. ASU features quarterback Andrew Body who was
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By Rose Schmidt, NBC Chicago After nearly two weeks without power for thousands of people across northwest Indiana, Gov. Mike Braun is calling for an investigation into NIPSCO. “NIPSCO is a monopoly utility that Hoosiers pay every month with the expectation that it will use its considerable resources to maintain its system, prepare for severe weather
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Edward Waters enrollment just hit a number the school hasn’t seen in more than 20 years. It’s now close enough to an all-time record that the gap can be counted in dozens, not hundreds. Florida’s first HBCU welcomed 1,281 students for Fall 2026, according to HBCU Gameday. That’s a 5.4 percent jump from Fall 2025 and
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By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com Mobile Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis’ first proposed budget includes a significant shift in the city’s support for historically Black colleges and universities sporting events, eliminating funding for two events while increasing support for the longest-running HBCU football game in Mobile. The mayor’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget, totaling approximately $417 million,
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