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Howard University Leads Restoration of Historic LeDroit Park Home

By Joi Ridley Howard University is restoring the home of civil rights activist, education trailblazer, and suffragist Mary Church Terrell with the support of an African American Civil Rights (AACR) grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Renovations are currently under way with plans for completion later this year. “It is an incredible honor to be at the center of such an historic and meaningful real estate transformation,” said Derrek Niec-Williams, executive director of campus planning, architecture and development in Howard University’s Office of Real Estate Development and Capital Asset Management. “As an anchor in DC’s African

New TSU Academic Affairs Unit To Promote Student Career Pathways, University Partnerships

By Alexis Clark This month marks a fresh start for thousands at TSU, embarking on an exciting chapter as college students. Not only for first-year students but also as the university welcomes new departments this semester. This year’s move-in incorporated a collaborative effort between the newly formed unit in Academic Affairs, Academic Career Pathways and Partnerships (ACPP), Residence Life, and several Employer Partners. With these efforts, the collaboration welcomed nearly 1,000 first-year students over the course of three days, fed 300 community volunteers during move-in, and received a $10K donation from Enterprise Holdings. Antoinette Duke, Director of Academic Career Pathways

NHC Summer Institute on Teaching African American Studies Focuses on the Perspectives of Women

From The National Humanities Center How does our understanding of American history and culture change when viewed through the eyes of Black women? How should we incorporate Black women’s voices in curriculums to ensure students can benefit from those perspectives? These and related questions will be the focus of (re)Centering the Narrative: Black Women’s Voices of the 19th and 20th Centuries which will be held July 10–14 at the National Humanities Center (NHC). Presented in partnership with the Ruth J. Simmons Center for Race and Justice at Prairie View A&M University, this intensive, weeklong seminar will explore how Black women documented, inspired, and reflected

Morgan State University Advances Toward R1 Status, Securing Investments of More Than $100M in Grants, Contracts and Gifts During FY23

By Morgan State University With the beginning of a new fiscal year underway, Morgan State University today released the results of Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23), which saw Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University receive a combined $100.8 million in grants, contracts and gifts, in addition to a $27-million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The notable investment in the state’s largest Historically Black College or University (HBCU) includes a record-high $83.3 million in new federal funding commitments for University research and training. This marks the second consecutive year of historic funding commitments, an 11% increase over

Bowie State University Receives Grant for Entrepreneurship Pilot Program

Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University will launch a new pilot program, BSU Entrepreneurship Xtreme, geared toward pairing STEM students with founders of local startups. The program is funded by a $77,540 grant from TEDCO, a state supported economic engine for technology companies. The BSU Entrepreneurship Xtreme pilot program will provide students with an immersive experiential learning opportunity by pairing them with local tech-based companies. Eight students from the Department of Technology & Security will be placed with partner companies, to work on 2-to-3-month projects providing website development services, software development and testing, and other tech-based support services. “The

MSM Receives Grant for New Maternal Health Research Center

By Karys Belger and Akilah Winters, As the Peach State and the nation battle high rates of maternal mortality, researchers are seeking out ways to tackle the issue. Morehouse School of Medicine and Emory University will receive a grant to develop a new maternal health research center. The grant, which will last for the next seven years, comes from the National Institute of Health. It will help create a way to reduce deaths and pregnancy-related complications, according to the MSM. Researchers use take the data to take action in communities as an approach to tackle the issue. This comes after data

Howard University College of Fine Arts Hosts Chadwick A. Boseman Day

By Brooke Brinson Last night, the College of Fine Arts hosted the annual Chadwick A. Boseman Day in Ira Aldridge Theater. The event included music, dance performances, an art showcase from the art department, musical performances by the jazz ensemble, and more. This year’s theme was “Paying It Forward: Today, Tomorrow, and Forever.” Chadwick A. Boseman Day is a celebration of Boseman’s life and a continuation of his legacy, reminding us to model excellence for others as he did so well for the Howard community. “Chadwick Boseman Day is an incredibly important day on Howard’s campus because it is an opportunity for our

NASA Awards $1.3M To Fayetteville State University And Two Other N.C. HBCUs For Data Science and A.I. Research

Courtesy of Fayetteville State University NASA has awarded $1,336,700 to three North Carolina HBCUs, Fayetteville State University (FSU), Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) and North Carolina Central University (NCCU), through the new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority in Research and Education (DEAP) opportunity. The award will help establish an institute and build a partnership between the three universities to support students and faculty in conducting innovative data science research that contributes to NASA’s missions, accelerating innovation in NASA’s STEM research areas, and preparing the future workforce for data-intensive space-based Earth sciences. FSU will be the leading institution on this project.

Bowie State History Professor Receives Grant to Fund Underserved History Projects

By Jonathan Saxon A Bowie State University history professor doesn’t want Maryland’s history to be forgotten. Associate professor Dr. Karen Cook-Bell will use a $150,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support micro-history projects focused on documenting the lived experiences of the African American community of Tolson’s Chapel, located in Sharpsburg, MD. The project is sponsored by Bowie State’s Dubois Center for the Study of the Black Experience. Sharpsburg was the site of the Battle of Antietam, which is credited as the Civil War’s deadliest one-day battle. In 1866, a chapel was constructed on land donated by an African American couple

Morris Brown College Celebrated in Savannah

By Savannah Tribune Morris Brown College (MBC) President, Dr. Kevin James, was the featured guest at a Victory Celebration Reception in Savannah on May 26, 2023. The event was held at Carver State Bank’s Skidaway Road Branch. The tone for the uplifting evening was set by AME Savannah Central District Presiding Elder Billy G. McFadden who brought greetings from Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, Chairman of the Morris Brown Board of Trustees, before delivering an inspiring prayer of thanksgiving for the glorious history and promising future of dear Old Morris Brown College. The reception was the culmination of a fundraiser chaired

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