Written By Lexx Thornton Two Alcorn State University School of Business professors were invited to the AltFinance 2025 Workshop at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which took place September 5–6, 2025. Dr. LaTuesday Guy, assistant professor and director of the Business Administration Program, and Dr. Tawfiq Abu-Raqabeh, associate professor of accounting, were
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Artificial intelligence adoption at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is nearly universal at the user level, but formal institutional supports don’t match uptake, a new joint report from the higher-ed software company Ellucian, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Huston-Tillotson University (HTU) found. According to the report, titled The Shift Ahead: HBCUs, Artificial Intelligence, and a
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Salisbury campus is becoming one of only two historically Black colleges and universities in the country to receive the 2025 Excellence in Mental Health and Well-Being Award from Insight Into Academia magazine. The award honors institutions that demonstrate a deep commitment to innovative mental wellness support in higher education. At
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Written By Lexx Thornton As technology and artificial intelligence are continuous and evolving factors in our world, with emerging AI tools, the LeMoyne-Owen College Department of Information Technology engaged the college and the city in exploring tech solutions and conversations at the Next in Tech: Cybersecurity and AI Conference. The conference welcomed nearly 150 attendees
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) has awarded $7.5 million in grants to eight organizations supporting local education and workforce innovation, furthering efforts to help Texas students thrive in school, in a career, and in life. The following organizations received grant awards: Aspire to Learn, AT LAST!, Café Momentum, The Commit
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By Adriana Fraser A Howard University-led research coordination network is working to investigate the current state of artificial intelligence jobs by developing a multi-disciplinary national network with a goal of predicting future trends in the AI job market. Dr. Talitha Washington, executive director of Howard’s Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics, is the principal investigator of
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Written by Lexx Thornton In honor of her distinguished career as a practitioner and educator, Dr. Susan Stone, DNSc, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, was inducted into the first class of the Frontier Nursing University (FNU) Alumni Hall of Fame. Dr. Stone joined Dr. Pat Caudle, Kitty Ernst, Dr. Kerri Schuiling, and Dr. Joan Slager in the
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Written By Lexx Thornton The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Emerging Caribbean Scientists (ECS) Program and the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) will host the 2025 Annual Fall Student Research Symposium on Sunday, Sept. 28, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the 13D Research and Strategy Innovation Center on the Orville E. Kean
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Written by Lexx Thornton The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Voorhees University a federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant totaling $1.5 million to improve college retention and graduation rates among low-income, first-generation students, and students with disabilities. This award marks the continuation of 28 years of TRIO SSS services on the campus. Since
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Written By Lexx Thornton The Geneviève McMillan-Reba Stewart Foundation has invested $300,000 in Texas Southern University to establish the Geneviève McMillan-Reba Stewart Foundation Endowment. This gift will be matched by the Texas Southern University Office of Civil Rights Scholarship Matching Fund, creating a total endowment of $600,000. The newly established endowment will support scholarships for
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