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Three A&T Students Selected For Astronaut Scholarship, Make HBCU History

Courtesy of North Carolina A&T State University Three North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduate students have been selected as 2023 Astronaut Scholars, an elite scholarship awarded annually to the nation’s most academically accomplished students pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees. N.C. A&T is the first historically Black university (HBCU) to have more than one Astronaut Scholarship available in an application cycle. Christi Barnes, Maya Odom and Breyana Robinson will each receive up to $15,000 for eligible educational expenses and lifelong engagement with astronauts, executives, STEM researchers and innovators, Astronaut Scholar alumni and the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

Bowie State University Partners With Environmental Group to Rehab Land

Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University, in collaboration with a local environmental group, will restore forested areas on the north-eastern boundary of the campus for recreational and research purposes.   The university is working with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, which received a $579,576 grant from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation’s Chesapeake WILD program to restore hundreds of acres of forests and wetlands areas. Bowie State’s campus contains about 86 acres of the larger forested area,  located just beyond Bulldog Stadium and stretches to the Patuxent River.  Maryland Park Service will also be a major partner in the project.  “This starts

TSU Kicks Off Semester Focused On Continued Excellence And Underfunding

Written by Alexis Clark Highlighting major accomplishments, headline grabbing news, and historic underfunding, Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover delivered her final address to faculty and staff. President Glover took the stage in front of over 200 employees and reflected on the remarkable achievements and pride she felt for the university and its dedicated staff. After leading the institution for eleven years, President Glover will retire following the 2023-2024 academic year. “TSU will continue to be a great university,” Glover said. “We will continue to win. This is more than a full-circle moment for me,” she said due to graduating

Reinstated Pensole Lewis College, Michigan’s Historic HBCU, Looks To Expand It’s Team

By Quintessa Williams Michigan’s first and only HBCU, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design, is looking to expand it’s team after reopening in 2021. On Wednesday via Instagram, PLC announced their plans to hire an Academic Compliance Manager to help the college “steward well over their mission and vision.” “Our mission is to activate the creative ability in everybody by removing the limits of the classroom providing access to one of a kind education,” the college account stated. “If you thrive on the synergy of project management, uncovering educational compliance nuances, and have a creative flare – we need YOUR help.” The main function

Champions of Character women’s conference held at Delaware State

Courtesy of Delaware State University DSU Division of Administrative Service has launched new initiative – a Women’s Impact Series that began on Jan. 17 with daylong Champions of Character forum in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center. DSU undergraduate females were exposed during the day to top level executive women, the wisdom of very seasoned ladies, information about Women’s health and how to “Dress for Success,” and representatives of the several sororities to discuss the value and importance of sisterhood. The Champions of Character event began with a panel discussion featuring Dr. Vilicia Cade, the first Black CEO and Superintendent

Morehouse School of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic Moves to Families First

Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has partnered with the non-profit organization Families First to open a new location for its weekly child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) clinic. Beginning today, MSM behavioral health clinicians will be available to see patients on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 80 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30314. “We are excited to partner with Families First to provide these culturally and structurally informed child and adolescent psychiatric services in this community,” said Sarah Y. Vinson, MD, DFAPA, Chair of the MSM Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MSM

More Settlements in Financial Aid Antitrust Lawsuit

By Josh Moody After more than a year of litigation regarding a federal antitrust lawsuit against 17 wealthy universities, more institutions reached preliminary settlement agreements Tuesday. Brown, Columbia, Duke and Yale Universities all filed settlement agreements Tuesday, according to court documents. Emory University also filed documents to formally settle, though Inside Higher Ed reported last week that Emory had already noted a settlement agreement in its fall financial documents. Those institutions join the University of Chicago, which was the first to settle back in August, as well as Rice and Vanderbilt Universities, which quietly settled in the fall or reached agreements to do so pending

Howard University Research Reveals D.C.’s Rent Control Winners and Losers

By Gary Thill For years, cities have used rent control to address the persistent problem of housing instability among underserved populations, such as African Americans. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the nation’s mounting housing affordability crisis, rent control has again become a lever that policymakers are looking to pull. Per United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) standards, 40% of renters nationwide are in the “cost burdened” category, meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. Moreover, though rent has climbed 135% since 1999, incomes have only increased by 77%, according to research

Telehealth Survey Reveals Improvement Measures Needed for Georgia’s Disability Community to Access Healthcare Services

By Jacob Segura With the expansion of telehealth and similar methods of virtual care, many people, particularly people with disabilities, may have questions about the efficacy and availability of telehealth. A study at the Morehouse School of Medicine’s (MSM) National Center of Primary Care (NCPC) strived to answer these questions. Led by Megan Douglas, principal investigator and director of research and policy of the NCPC; Mitchell Blount, co-project lead and associate project director of research of the NCPC; and Rasheera Dopson, research assistant, the team received a one-year grant from the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) to study the

University Of Maryland Eastern Shore Launches Veterinary Medicine School

By Quintessa Williams A new School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be the first of its kind in Maryland and among the nation’s public historically Black colleges and universities. The school, slated to accept students in fall 2026, received approval mid-December by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. “Our new veterinary medicine school will help UMES fill an unmet need on the Eastern Shore and throughout the state,” said UMES President Dr. Heidi M. Anderson. “Deeply rooted in our 1890 land-grant mission, this program will enable us to serve farmers, the food industry and

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