By Hayya Smith Cristiano Reis, Ph.D., chemical engineering assistant professor at Howard University’s College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA), has been awarded nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to expand Howard’s capabilities in bioindustrial manufacturing and biorefinery research while creating new opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience with advanced scientific
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Three HBCU research grants landed in the same week. Together they cover a wide stretch of what these campuses are building toward — AI safety, clinical research, and STEM workforce pipelines. Tuskegee University, Howard University, and a joint effort between South Carolina State University and Voorhees University all secured new federal funding this month. Each
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Jackson State University breaks new ground in the world of research for HBCUs. They are developing the next generation of leaders and conducting research that could shape the future. The Mississippi university is working toward joining the nation’s highest tier of research institutions, a designation that could bring more federal funding, top faculty, ambitious students and
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Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) will receive more than $1 million in federal funding to bolster its STEM education, undergraduate research, and career preparation initiatives. JCSU will use the money to buy advanced equipment for research across multiple fields, including environmental chemistry, biology and agriculture. In addition to hardware, the funds will support undergraduate research
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Jackson State University breaks new ground in the world of research for HBCUs. They are developing the next generation of leaders and conducting research that could shape the future. The Mississippi university is working toward joining the nation’s highest tier of research institutions, a designation that could bring more federal funding, top faculty, ambitious students and
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Nearly every student across two Alcorn State University summer history classes failed part of their midterm after falling for an AI trap hidden in their assignment. Dr. Jason Gibson, a history professor at the Mississippi-based Historically Black College and University, secretly embedded the word “Madagascar” in white font within an essay prompt asking students to compare the
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Courtesy of Howard University Howard University keeps stacking research wins, and the latest one comes straight from the Pentagon. Dr. Karam Jaradat, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Howard, recently received a $780K Howard University DoD grant from the United States Department of Defense. The one-year award funds his project titled Unraveling the
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By Charlie Reed NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University has achieved a historic milestone in campus innovation, executing its first faculty research licensing agreement. The deal transitions a novel food-processing technology from the lab to the marketplace through FloUV Technologies, a startup co-founded by Dr. Ankit Patras, professor of food and biosystems engineering. The agreement allows
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North Carolina A&T State University has been approved to offer a new Ph.D. program in bioengineering through its College of Engineering. It will be the first stand-alone doctoral degree in bioengineering offered at a historically Black university. The new Ph.D. program features two concentrations: neurotechnology and neural engineering and molecular, cellular, and systems engineering. These
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By Hayya Shah As industries evolve and workforce demands shift, Howard University’s College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) is introducing three innovative academic pathways designed to prepare students for emerging opportunities in technology, infrastructure, and engineering management. Beginning in Fall 2026, students will have access to a new university-wide Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence Certificate, a construction engineering
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