By Apoorva Mandavilli The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues. The cuts are likely to further hamstring state health departments, which are already underfunded and struggling with competing demands
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In the ever-evolving landscape of college basketball, the transfer portal has become a revolving door, spinning faster than ever for players from historically Black colleges and universities. The college sports transfer portal—the system that allows NCAA athletes to more seamlessly change schools and earn potentially more NIL money—has changed the face of college sports since first
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By Cedric Mobley The American Council of Education (ACE) today announced that Howard University has been conferred a Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, indicating “very high research spending and doctorate production.” R1 is widely considered to be the highest research activity classification among colleges and universities in the United States. Howard University is the only
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By Daniella Silva, Chloe Atkins, Julia Ainsley and Abigail Williams Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday the State Department has revoked 300 or more student visas, as the White House increasingly targets foreign-born students whose main transgression seems to be activism. Rubio warned that the administration was looking out for “these lunatics.” Around the country, scholars have been picked
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The CEO of the HBCU STEM Education Run Danielle Lewis joined 48 Now to share more about the upcoming 5th Annual HBCU STEM Education Run. The HBCU STEM Education Run is a run that strives to raise funds and awareness through fitness. Each year, funds are dedicated to an HBCU. The 5K run supports their
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Written By Howard University Newsroom Staff On March 27, “Deep Azure,” a play written by the late Chadwick A. Boseman (B.F.A. ‘00), will take center stage at the historic Howard Theatre. The one-night-only event will raise funds for the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts and feature a staged reading of Boseman’s play, directed by
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Hip-hop legend Boosie Badazz has found himself at the center of controversy following his announcement of the Caleb Wilson Memorial Scholarship during his sixth annual Boosie Bash Festival at Louisiana HBCU Southern University. The scholarship was intended to honor Caleb Wilson. A Southern University student and band member who tragically died in February in an alleged hazing incident. ?
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The Skky Brand, Inc. and Alabama State University (ASU) present the inaugural Brain, Brand, and Beauty HBCU Collegiate Conference — a dynamic, free one-day event designed to empower and inspire female students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This elevated and immersive experience will take place on Saturday (March 29) from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Alabama State University in the Hardy Student Center Ballroom. This marks
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The college basketball world is feeling the pressure of the transfer portal era—and nowhere is that more evident than with the HBCU programs in the MEAC. The eight-team HBCU conference released its all-conference teams earlier this month, and of the players with remaining eligibility, all but one have entered the portal. That lone holdout? Toby
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BY Susan Haigh The U.S. Postal Service is facing an uncertain future after the resignation this week of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the suggestion by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency, that the mail service could be privatized. Unions representing postal workers have balked at the idea of privatization, staging protests across
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