By Dakin Andone, Officials at Fort Hood in Texas are searching for Pfc. Jennifer Sewell, a soldier who’s been missing since last Thursday. Sewell was last seen leaving her barracks around 4 p.m. (5 p.m. ET) October 7, according to a statement by the Fort Hood Directorate of Emergency Services (DES), which said she failed to report
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Written by Aaliyah Butler The 2021-2022 Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy Lecture Series, chaired by political strategist and author Donna Brazile, returns Tuesday, October 12 at 5 p.m. EDT online via YouTube. This year’s series is themed “Make the Future Your Own: Building Forward Together.” The second virtual event will host approximately
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By Brianna Keilar and Ryan Bergeron, Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham has spent much of her Army career being a frontrunner. She is only the second African American woman ever to become a three-star General in the Army and as she advanced throughout her career, she has been either the first woman, the first African American, or
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By Chris Isidore, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, The problems at Southwest Airlines run deeper than the operational meltdown that caused more than 2,000 flight cancellations in recent days. And they’ll continue well after the airline is back on schedule. Although this weekend’s problems were mainly limited to Southwest, it is by no means the only airline
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Written by Felecia M. Nave, Fred A. Bonner and Chance Lewis Numerous reports assert that the United States must increase its production of highly educated workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in order to maintain its competitive edge in the global marketplace (Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering 2004; National
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By Sonia Moghe, Eighteen former NBA players have been indicted on charges that they allegedly defrauded a health care plan of millions of dollars that served current and former players, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday. Manhattan federal prosecutors allege in the indictment that the 18 former NBA players and one of their family members
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By Praire View A&M University, Agribusiness students in the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) College of Agriculture and Human Sciences (CAHS) will now have another opportunity to go beyond the classroom and get practical experience in their studies. Recently, a group of CAHS students launched the Agribusiness Club to provide students in the college opportunities
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By Drake State Community and Technical College, Calhoun Community College and Drake State Community & Technical College officials announced they have entered into a joint partnership that will not only address learning obstacles for adult learners, but job training as well. GOAL is a brand new initiative, which stands for Greater Opportunities for Adult Learners.
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By Howard University Newsroom, Amazon Studios and Howard University announced today that they will continue the Howard Entertainment program, an initiative designed to diversify the entertainment industry by creating a pipeline for Black and other underrepresented students, now in its third year. The Howard Entertainment program was announced in 2019 to help create opportunities for historically excluded students to train
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By Scottie Andrew, They were suffragettes, leaders, artists and astronauts who transformed the US — even if you don’t know them by name. Now, they’ll be immortalized on American currency. The US Mint has announced the full list of five pioneering American women who will appear on the first run of the “American Women Quarters Program.” Images
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