The Recording Academy and Amazon Music have announced their 2026 “Your Future Is Now” scholarship program recipients. Presented by the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective (BMC) and Amazon Music, the “Your Future Is Now” scholarship program was established in 2021 to cultivate the next generation of music industry leaders at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Delaware State athletic director Tony Tucker is returning to St. Andrew’s School as the Hornets prepare for a major football showcase, a national leadership search and a $55 million facilities project. Delaware State University is building momentum across its athletic department, but the man who helped guide much of that progress is leaving. Athletic director
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Edward Waters University will build its first new on-campus dorm since 1982 as part of a $33 million campus investment, with the residence hall expected in fall 2028. Edward Waters University is preparing for a major change to campus life, announcing plans for a new student residence hall that will mark its first on-campus dormitory
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The leadership teams of Spelman and Morehouse Colleges, two Atlanta Historically Black Colleges and Universities, hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for new student housing. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson was at the Atlanta University Center, where leaders from both HBCUs said the development is the first of its kind of affordable student housing. The lot where
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Artificial intelligence has evolved into a common part of everyday life, from voice assistants to speech-to-text tools. But when technology struggles to recognize the way Black people of varied regions speak, using these tools becomes another exercise in code-switching. Howard University is working with Google Research to change that by teaching artificial intelligence to better
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Stratagon and The Motivational Foundation (TMF) have announced the inaugural recipients of the Possibility Forward Scholarship, awarding three $1,000 scholarships to scholars who participated in TMF’s 2026 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Tour Initiative. The 2026 Possibility Forward Scholarship recipients are: Jaeta Green, who will attend the University of Michigan-Flint before transferring to the
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ATLANTA – Clark Atlanta University has been awarded nearly $10 million in federal funding to expand its science and technology programs, alongside several other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock announced. What we know: The $9,784,632 grant for Clark Atlanta University is part of a $97.1 million federal
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Talladega College enrollment is up nearly 14% for Fall 2026, according to the college, and that makes it the school’s highest mark since 2022. The jump reverses a three-year decline at Alabama’s oldest private HBCU. Retention is moving the right way too, rising from 60% in 2025 to 62% this fall. Talladega College Enrollment by
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The Clark Atlanta University community is mourning the loss of one of its own following the death of senior Morgan Gamble, whose life was tragically cut short in a car crash. According to reports, Gamble was struck by a vehicle traveling 95 mph in a 35 mph zone, nearly three times the posted speed limit.
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Protests were held outside a home in Austin over the weekend after a viral video showed a White homeowner involved in a parking dispute with a Huston-Tillotson University student. The incident happened in a historically Black neighborhood, and Huston-Tillotson University is an HBCU. The student, who goes by the name of Bri, recorded the confrontation
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