Written by Lexx Thornton What started as a proposal on paper has turned into a multimillion-dollar reality at Livingstone College. Dr. Anthony Davis, president of Livingstone College, announced on Tuesday to a crowd gathered at Aggrey Student Union that an anonymous donor had made another $10 million gift. “Investments like this are why Livingstone will
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Written by Lexx Thornton Dr. Aditi Pai, special assistant to the Office of the Provost and a professor of biology, was elected vice president (North America) of the International Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE). Dr. Pai started her two-year term in November 2024. “This is the largest disciplinary society in my field, and
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Written By Lexx Thornton Winston-Salem State University students will soon have more opportunities to take part in cutting-edge research in organic synthesis and green chemistry, thanks to a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation awarded to Dr. Fenghai Guo, professor of organic chemistry and provost fellow for Research & Sponsored Programs. The goal of
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Written By Lexx Thornton South Carolina State University has reaffirmed its commitment to student success through a new $1.5 million federal grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education. The competitive TRIO Student Support Services grant, awarded for a five-year cycle beginning Sept. 1, 2025, will provide academic and personal support to low-income, first-generation college
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Written By Lexx Thornton Getty Images, a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, has announced a first of its kind genealogy focused partnership with Ancestry, the global leader in family history, and Lincoln University, the nation’s first Historically Black College and University to grant degrees. As part of Getty Images’ HBCU Grants Program, this
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Written by Lexx Thornton One of the core functions of Lincoln University’s College of Agriculture, Environmental and Human Sciences (CAEHS) is to address emerging animal and plant pests and diseases. As part of this effort, Lincoln partners with the 1890 Universities Center of Excellence for the Global Food Security and Defense Symposium, a collaboration among
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Written By Lexx Thornton The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is proud to announce its selection as one of 35 colleges and universities nationwide to join the Amazon Machine Learning University Educators Consortium, a groundbreaking initiative by Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) education across higher
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Written By Lexx Thornton Two Lincoln University of Missouri graduate students, Monika Pokharel and Ujjwal Kamboj, got recognized for their research and professional development in June at the 77th annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) North Central Division in Brookings, South Dakota. Both students are pursuing master’s degrees in sustainable agriculture and began
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Written By Lexx Thornton The National Science Foundation has granted Savannah State University’s College of Science and Technology a $399,999 grant to establish an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center on campus that will focus on bringing environmental preservation and solutions to underserved communities in the region.  The two-year grant will enhance SSU’s research capacity to address
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Written by Lexx Thornton A research team from Kentucky State University, led by Dr. George F. Antonious, has published four peer-reviewed articles in 2025, contributing significant findings to agricultural and environmental science. The work, conducted with graduate students, focuses on sustainable farming, soil remediation, and the nutritional benefits of crops.  Graduate students Basanta Neupane and
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