Letitia Plummer is the next Harris County judge, and the Spelman College alumna made history in Texas’ most populous county. On Tuesday night, the former Houston City Council member defeated Republican Orlando Sanchez. As a result, she becomes the first African American elected to lead Harris County. Early unofficial results showed Plummer with about 62%
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Colleges throughout North Carolina and the HBCU community are extending their support to a campus rattled by gun violence during homecoming weekend. Two shootings occurred on Saturday just thirty minutes apart during Winston-Salem State University’s homecoming weekend. One shooting resulted in one man losing his life and one woman being injured. The second shooting left
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Howard University students who conducted research in Harvard University’s Du Bois Scholars Program are encouraging students at Howard and participating HBCUs to apply for the summer research opportunity. The program’s latest application cycle opens this month. Supported by Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Initiative, the program connects students from research-focused HBCUs with Harvard faculty mentors.
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When Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover arrived at the president’s office of Tennessee State University in 2013, recovering decades of missing state funding was not at the top of her agenda. “I was more concerned about taking care of the students,” said the 1974 graduate of the Volunteer State’s only public HBCU. “I knew in the
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Ten HBCUs will share $97.1 million in Defense Department research funding aimed at building toward R1 status. Ten historically Black colleges and universities will share $97.1 million through the Department of Defense’s HBCU and Minority-Serving Institutions Research and Education Program, money aimed at building the research muscle needed to reach R1 status. Florida A&M University,
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Virginia Union took care of business in the final week of the regular season in the CIAA, defeating its in-state rival Virginia State 36-14. As a result, the Panthers punched their ticket to their fourth straight CIAA championship game, establishing a new school record for consecutive conference title game appearances. Virginia Union controlled the game
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Sour Patch Kids partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and received support from basketball star Chris Paul for a scholarship initiative backed by a $1 million commitment over five years. The programme, called the Mischief for Change Scholarship, aimed to provide financial assistance to students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and
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By Adam Gramegna The National Military Monument at the Lincoln Memorial, a digital tribute listing more than 41 million Americans who have served since the Revolutionary War, will stay on the National Mall well past its original closing date. What the Monument Is The installation is built from two double-sided digital displays designed to look
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The SWAC has suspended 23 HBCU football players and fined Grambling State and UAPB a combined $50,000 following Saturday’s postgame brawl. The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced the disciplinary measures Monday, Nov. 9. The penalties followed an altercation after Arkansas-Pine Bluff defeated Grambling State 35-32 on Saturday. The conference suspended 14 Grambling State players and nine UAPB
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By Adam Edelman California voters have rejected a ballot measure that sought to impose a one-time tax on the state’s billionaires, NBC News projected Monday, dealing a blow to progressives who championed the proposal. Proposition 40 sharply divided Democrats in the state and nationally as the party figures out what direction it wants to take
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