By Marlene Lenthang and Joe Kottke New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed as special prosecutor in the Cornell University sexual assault investigation, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, following increasing scrutiny and uproar over how university police and the local district attorney’s office handled the matter two years ago. Hochul said in a
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By Sholnn Z. Freeman A team of Howard University College of Medicine researchers has received a $3.6 million National Institutes of Health grant to continue investigating why people with sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait are protected against HIV-1 infection — research that could eventually inform new approaches to HIV prevention. September is National
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Kicking off the semester in true HBCU fashion, the campus at Clark Atlanta University came alive with a celebration of culture, legacy, and community to welcome students back to the yard. ONE YARD: The HBCU Experience pulled up to the storied institution on Sept. 2nd for the final stop of its HBCU campus tour. Set
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Spelman and Morehouse are once again among the nation’s highest-ranked historically Black colleges and universities. Spelman College ranked No. 1 for the 20th consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best HBCUs rankings. Morehouse College ranked No. 4 on the annual list. “Celebrating 20 consecutive years as the nation’s No. 1 HBCU is
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By Terry Allen The 101st State Fair Classic once again demonstrated why the annual gathering at the historic Cotton Bowl is much more than a football game. It is an experience rooted in culture, tradition, education, community and Black excellence. More than 42,000 fans gathered for the historic matchup between Grambling State University and Prairie
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Houston radio personality and Texas Radio Hall of Famer Madd Hatta is giving students at two Houston-area historically Black colleges and universities a chance to turn their creativity into scholarship money. Hatta, through the Madd Hatta Cares Foundation, has launched the “I Am the Dream” Scholarship Contest for students at Texas Southern University and Prairie
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The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the American people. And Black Americans have particular reason to care about who gets inside, who gets to ask questions and who gets to report back to the communities most affected by decisions made there. For nearly 200 years, the Black Press has
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by: Annie Glasco On Monday, U.S. Rep. French Hill and leaders from Arkansas’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities gathered at Philander Smith University to announce additional federal funding of more than $4.2 million for the state’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The announcement was made during a Monday press conference that comes after the
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Four Alabama Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) were recipients of $1 million donations from The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation. The gifts, which were announced by the United Negro College Fund in August, to strengthen the long-term sustainability of historically Black colleges and universities. Recipient schools were selected for “the strength of their
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Tuskegee University announced Wednesday it has been designated as a Distinguished Military College (DMC) by the Department of War, making it the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the nation to receive the honor. Tuskegee is one of five institutions nationwide selected for the designation, which honors more than a century of military
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