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Howard University’s Dr. James Taylor Honored with John Benjamin Nichols Award

By Brooke Binson The Medical Society of the District of Columbia has honored the director of the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease, James G. Taylor VI, MD, with the John Benjamin Nichols Award. Taylor received the award from UnitedHealthcare. The awards ceremony was held at the National Press Club on May 5. This award highlights Taylor’s leadership of the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease. Taylor is being honored especially for his efforts in health equity and for cutting-edge medical research. Taylor has expertise in human genetics research, hematology, sickle cell disease, genetics, and genomics. He completed a post-doctoral

Free People Launches A&T-Inspired Clothing Line Designed By Alumna

By Dustin Chandler A new line of Aggie activewear apparel designed by an alumna of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s fashion merchandising and design program is about to fly off the shelves. This May, Bohemian fashion and lifestyle retailer Free People launched a line of historically Black college and university (HBCU)-inspired apparel for the company’s School Pride Capsule. N.C. A&T’s designs are the vision of fashion major Samya Gilliam-Frazier ’22. “I’m so happy with the way the clothes have turned out,” said Gilliam-Frazier. “I’m proud of myself and I feel that my vision, thanks to Free People, turned

The University of the District of Columbia Receives $2 Million Talent Pipeline Award from Pepco

Courtesy the University of The District of Columbia The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) has received a $2 million commitment from Pepco over the next three years as part of its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Power Partnership “Investing in Tomorrow’s Talent Today.” The Pepco award is the largest corporate grant in UDC’s history. The funding expands the partnership Pepco has forged with UDC and other HBCUs in the company’s Washington, DC and Maryland service areas. The grant funds will be managed through the UDC Foundation, the University’s charitable partner responsible for securing private funding and philanthropic support

BSU and Howard County Public Schools Team to Address Teacher Shortage

By David Thompson Over 20 paraprofessionals who work for the Howard County Public Schools (HCPS) have completed their course work at Bowie State University and will become certified teachers after they graduate in two weeks and pass the state’s Praxis examinations through a Maryland Department of Education program designed to address the teacher shortage in school systems across the state. The Para-educators Pathways to Culturally Responsive Teaching (PP-CRT) project is a teacher collaborative grant program between Bowie State and the Howard County Public Schools to prepare more elementary and high school teachers. It was also developed to promote a more

N.C. A&T Taps Yin To Lead Institutional Research

By Todd Simmons A planning and research professional with nearly two decades of experience at two of the nation’s top land-grant universities has been named to lead institutional research operations at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Alexander C. Yin, Ph.D., will be N.C. A&T’s new vice provost for the Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness (OSPIE), part of the Division of Academic Affairs. OSPIE is the primary source of official data for the university, providing data and analysis for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning throughout A&T. Yin joins A&T from the University of Vermont, where he serves

Inside Higher Ed Highlights LULETA: “Police Seek Recruits at HBCUs”

By Sara Weissman Students at the Lincoln University Law Enforcement Training Academy gathered on Wednesday for a class discussion about a policing incident in nearby Columbia, Mo. Two officers are under investigation after a video surfaced showing one of them beating a man pinned to the ground. The police officers and the victim all appear to be white. The group also had a class discussion after the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man killed by police officers. “We play that, and we talk about it,” said Lincoln University Police Department chief Gary Hill. “What do we think about this?

‘My Asian’ Short Film Directed by Howard University’s Jami Ramberan Tackles Asian-American Injustices

By Sholnn Z. Freeman  Howard University’s Jami Ramberan, Emmy-Award winning director and associate professor of film and television in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, is earning more and more accolades for “My Asian”  a lyrical short film currently on the festival circuit and earning recognition during Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May. Ramberan said “My Asian” is a lyrical short film written from the perspective of poet and performer Suzen Baraka, which tells her story of growing up Black and Korean in America. Ramberan, who directed the short, described it as a striking collage of the many tapestries that make up the often disregarded and

FAMU Wins $250K Grant and Third Place in Goldman Sachs Market Madness Contest

By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) placed third, earning $250,000 in the 2023 Goldman Sachs Market Madness: HBCU Possibilities Program. The five-person FAMU team included Destiny Felton, junior business administration student from Miami; John Stokes, a health science pre-physical therapy student from Memphis, Tennessee; Business administration student Olivia White; junior economics student Tyra Christie of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Kayla Delcham, a broadcast journalism from Orlando, Fla. In April, Goldman Sachs held its third-annual Market Madness competition, the culmination of Goldman Sachs’ HBCU Possibilities Program, with Spelman College taking home first place and a $1 million grant. Five finalist

Bowie State to Host Fifth Annual BOND Academy

Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University will host the fifth annual BOND Academy education conference from May 19-21 drawing education professionals from all levels to address the nationwide lack of male educators of color in the classroom. According to the National Center for Education Statistics’ National Teacher and Principal Survey, Black men make up less than two percent of public school teachers in the U.S. Dr. Julius Davis, a Bowie State education professor, says the conference serves as a platform for Black and Hispanic male educators to share their professional insights into the racial disparities in education. “We

Third-Generation N.C. A&T Graduate Alston Pope’s Family’s Agriculture Legacy

By Lydian Bernhardt In the 1960s, Albert Alston came to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, graduated with a degree in agricultural education and went on to become an agriculture teacher at Northern Nash High School. One of his students was his son, Antoine. In the 1990s, Antoine Alston followed in his father’s footsteps to N.C. A&T and into agricultural education. He went on to earn his Ph.D. and serve his alma mater as associate dean for academics in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES). In 2023, there is Antoine’s daughter, Kayla

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