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$200,000 Department of Energy Grant Keeps ECSU Poised to Produce Energy, Engineering Industry Professionals

Written By Leha Byrd According to department leaders, the grant helps strengthen program offerings with lab upgrades and targeted field and project-based training for students. It will also expose students to renewable energy research, support a summer enrichment program for high school students, and provide professional development and support to faculty from other institutions interested in adopting renewable energy curriculum. The award is one of several the university has acquired recently in an effort to address energy industry shortfalls, like underrepresentation of minorities and women, with its programming and curricula. Last year, ECSU received a five-year grant totaling $825,000 from the U.S.

ECSU Receives Grants For Preserving, Digitizing University History

By Leha Byrd The Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) Archives and Special Collections has received more than $102,000 in grant funding to enhance and ensure long time preservation of various artifacts that tell the story of the university’s 132-year history. The Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Library Alliance awarded ECSU $25,000, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded *$75,639, and the North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) awarded $1,815 for 2023-2024. The university’s Archives and Special Collections is housed inside the G.R. Little Library. It stores items like VHS and U-Matic tapes of ECSU commencement ceremonies, papers from former ECSU chancellors, ECSU

JSU-Princeton research collaborations continue with 4 new projects

By L.A. Warren Jackson State University researchers, in collaboration with Princeton University, begin a second round of projects aimed at addressing some of the nation’s most difficult challenges. The program is funded by the Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation (PACRI) and was developed in partnership with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Each project receives up to $250,000 in funding for a duration of two years. Each of the collaborations is co-led by a team of researchers from Princeton and one of its five partners at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Howard University, JSU, Prairie View A&M, Spelman

Claflin University Celebrates 40 Outstanding Leaders Under 40

Courtesy of Claflin University Claflin University hosted its Third Annual 40 Outstanding Leaders Under 40 Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 27, at Sulit Luxe Affairs in downtown Orangeburg, S.C.  This year’s event was the first in-person celebration for the 40 Outstanding Leaders Under 40. The inaugural event in 2020 was held virtually. “I had a vision for this event several years ago during discussions about how to acknowledge the accomplishments of our younger alumni,” said Claflin President Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack. “Every place I go, I am asked, ‘What are we doing for younger alumni?’ You know we are getting

U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the National Laboratories Embark on a Collaborative Journey with FVSU’s Cooperative Development Energy Program

Courtesy of Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University’s (FVSU) Cooperative Development Energy Program (CDEP) recently hosted a momentous visit from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), featuring distinguished representatives from the Office of Science and the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity. The half-day event, designed to integrate FVSU students and faculty into the cutting-edge research conducted at the National Laboratories, served as a testament to the University’s commitment to fostering scientific excellence and innovation. Gracing the occasion was the esteemed Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Ph.D., Director of the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy, who

International Conference on Stigma Focus Set for November 14-17

By Sholnn Z. Freeman Howard University’s 14th Annual International Conference on Stigma returns to campus on November 14-17, 2023, as a hybrid event. The conference will address the impact of stigma around various issues, including HIV, reentry from life in prison, food insecurity and other intersecting health-related issues. “The stigma associated with health conditions is a major problem and impedes treatment and prevention efforts,” said Sohail Rana, M.D., a professor of pediatrics at the Howard University College of Medicine and conference director. This year’s theme is “My Story- Who Can I Tell? Disclosure
Harm
Healing.” Virtual sessions will take place November 14-16 and a main session will be

Barber-Scotia College Partners With Skilldora To Launch Certification Programs

Written By Barber-Scotia College North Carolina- Barber-Scotia College partners with Skilldora, a state-of-the-art AI Ed-Tech company based in Fort Mill, S. C., known for its history-making modernized app-based eLearning community, to launch certification programs. Skilldora, an African American company founded by DeMario and Dawn McIlwain, is an accredited e-learning provider, state-of-the-art platform and app that is partnering with Barber-Scotia College to offer continuing education and career skills programs for adult learners. Known for being first in the world to accredit courses taught by digital human AI-generated Instructors, Skilldora specializes in offering AI and other emerging technologies certification programs and is

Maryland’s Attorney General and Public Defender Form Collaborative

Courtesy of Bowie State University Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and Natasha Dartigue, the state’s Public Defender, announced the formation of the Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative (MEJC), a new initiative designed to reduce the number of Black men, women and other marginalized groups who are incarcerated in Maryland prisons. Maryland leads the nation in the number of Blacks who are in state correctional institutions. Bowie State’s Institute for Restorative Justice and Practices brings to the collaborative its work to transcend traditional approaches to crime and punishment and school-based discipline. “Blacks comprise 30 percent of Maryland’s population while the state’s prison

Experimental payload designed by UMES professor launched aboard Virgin Galactic’s Galactic 05

Written by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore The University of Maryland Eastern Shore soared above and beyond into the stars as the institution was represented aboard Virgin Galactic’s Galactic 05 spaceship on Nov. 2 A payload, designed by UMES assistant professor Dr. Aaron Persad tested how confined fluid behaves in a low-gravity environment, was part of the ship’s second dedicated research flight. Kellie Gerardi, the payload specialist and bioastronautics researcher for the International Institute for the Astronautical Sciences, conducted the experiments in space. “What’s really special about this opportunity is we’re doing it all through commercial means,” Persad said. “We’re not going through a

Morehouse School of Medicine Opens Clinic in East Point to Help “Healthcare Desert”

By Madeline Montgomery, Morehouse School of Medicine opened a new clinic in East Point to help provide more healthcare access for south Fulton County. “Our long-term plan is to meet people where they are for their needs of healthcare, their needs of community care, for their needs of service,” said Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, President and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine. Morehouse Healthcare at East Point is opening at a critical time. Last year, Wellstar Health System closed Atlanta Medical Center South in East Point and Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta, which left the city with no hospitals south

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