Students say the week-long festivities at FAMU are about more than Saturday’s football game — they’re about community, culture and generations of alumni coming together. Homecoming week at Florida A&M University celebrates family, tradition and Rattler pride beyond football There’s nothing quite like homecoming at Florida A&M University. And while Saturday’s football game may be
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Global music icon and Virginia native Missy Elliott put HBCU marching band culture center stage Sunday at the inaugural Missy Elliott Presents HBCU Band Battle, drawing 21,894 fans on Sunday, Oct. 18 to William “Dick” Price Stadium at Norfolk State University. Five HBCU bands took the field for an afternoon of performances, stand battles and
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By Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado The vision for Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy was to provide as many as 500 Denver students with an education modeled after historically Black colleges. But five years after opening, the school has just 24 students and is set to close at the end of this school year. Denver Public
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The African Open brought Howard University and Morgan State University together for an electrifying HBCU Professional Showcase, celebrating elite tennis talent, Black excellence, and the powerful connections between the African diaspora and historically Black colleges and universities. Morgan State emerged victorious, but all four players helped deliver a standout moment at the intersection of sport,
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UNCF and Prime Buchholz, an independent institutional investment advisory and outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) firm, have partnered to expand educational access to professional investment reporting and analytics through Project ACCLAIM (Accelerating Learning in Asset Investment Management), an initiative designed to provide students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with hands-on investment management experience.
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By Christopher Harris Spelman College has once again been named the No. 1 historically Black college or university in the country by U.S. News & World Report. It is the 20th consecutive year the Atlanta women’s college has claimed the top spot in the publication’s annual rankings. Spelman also ranked No. 2 for social mobility
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North Carolina Central University was awarded $4.9 million by the U.S. Department of Education to expand its research programs, increase opportunities for students, and prepare graduates for careers in biotechnology, biomanufacturing and artificial intelligence. The 48-month initiative aims to accelerate the university’s progress toward Carnegie Research 2 (R2) status. R2 universities conduct high levels of
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By Lindsay Whitehurst Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday said voting and elections decisions from her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have helped make the country more politically polarized and less democratic. In a speech two weeks before the pivotal midterm elections for control of Congress, the liberal-leaning justice sharply criticized how the majority’s rulings have affected
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By Jocelyn Noveck Already embroiled in a tense legal standoff with the White House, CNN is threatening further action in the courts if its journalists continue to be denied access to Air Force One and the “pool” of journalists who accompany President Donald Trump when he travels. The network has been entangled in legal action
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A pioneering chapter in medical education begins today for the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, which has received preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the accrediting body for U.S. programs granting medical doctorate degrees. With this milestone, the College of Medicine will begin recruiting students in coming weeks for its inaugural
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