Written By Lexx Thornton In the two weeks since the White House reversed course on the 1890 National Scholars Program and lifted its suspension, Kendall Strickland still feels a sense of unease about the program’s future.Ā Ā Created in 1992, the program covers full tuition and room and board for underserved or rural students interested in
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Written By Lexx Thornton On June 14, 2025āthe U.S. Army’s 250th birthdayāthe nation will honor its legacy with a grand military parade in Washington, D.C. President Donald J. Trump will join veterans, active-duty troops, wounded warriors, Gold Star Families, and Patriotic Americans from across the country to celebrate our heroes who have protected our country
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Written By Lexx Thornton A new digital platform has launched with bold ambition and deep roots: HBCU Research, a storytelling hub created by HBCU graduates, for the culture, the legacy, and the future. This groundbreaking site is more than a publicationāit’s a movement, powered by a team of passionate, dedicated writers who all share one
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Written By Lexx Thornton Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed and handcuffed after interrupting a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, in an episode that deepened partisan tensions over the Trump Administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles. The confrontation came shortly after Noem made a forceful
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) graduated the third cohort of the HBCU Innovation Internship Program on Friday, April 4. The event, held at Innovation Depot in downtown Birmingham, was not one of pomp and circumstance but instead was a professional development opportunity for the graduating participants, as well as
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Written By Lexx Thornton Representatives from nearly a dozen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) recently visited North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s campus to brainstorm ways to advance technology transfer and commercialization.Ā Ā N.C. A&T, The Commercializer, LLC, and the 1890 Universities Foundation co-hosted the inaugural HBCU Technology Transfer (T2) Symposium, bringing together thought
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Biotechnology has become a pillar of national resilience. Once considered niche, fields like synthetic biology, pathogen genomics, computational biology, and environmental microbiology now sit at the heart of U.S. biosecurity strategy, economic competitiveness, and geopolitical influence. Yet the nationās training infrastructure remains dangerously underdeveloped. While the United States has investedĀ billionsĀ in biomanufacturing facilities and domestic production
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Thereās been a huge desire for BET to start back broadcasting HBCU athletics and it has been a huge topic on social media. At the Inception of BET, one of the main tenets of the channel was their ability to showcase nearly every aspect of black culture, and that included HBCUs. The āBET Sportsā coverage
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The “HBCU on the Lawn” event, presented by Commissioner DeMont Davis and the Clayton County Parks and Recreation, is set to bring alumni, students, and families together to celebrate historically black colleges and universities in a community gathering filled with entertainment and camaraderie. Scheduled for Saturday, June 21, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., the
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By Alicja Hagopian, James Liddell Los AngelesĀ remains the epicenter of unrest after protests erupted in the wake of a string of raids byĀ Immigration and Customs EnforcementĀ agents on Friday. Now, demonstrations have beenĀ sparked across the country, with dozens reported in at least 21 states since Friday. The first protests followed after crowds attempted to thwart ICE
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