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Civil rights activist and journalist Charlie Cobb to keynote 55th Annual MLK Convocation at Jackson State University

By William H. Kelley III The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University is pleased to announce Charlie Cobb, civil rights activist and journalist, will keynote the 55th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Convocation on Friday, Jan. 13 at 9 a.m. CST in the M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge Auditorium. Born in Washington, D.C., Cobb is a former field secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He helped to organize Freedom Summer with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in 1964. In the same year, Cobb contributed to the Mississippi Summer Project by proposing the creation of Freedom

MSM Gets Grant to Advance Genomics Research

By Donovan J. Thomas Morehouse School of Medicine is joining a $46 million collaboration focused on expanding genomic research efforts in order to discover new ways to treat and prevent diseases. The partnership, known as the Accelerate Precision Health program, is supported by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, an organization created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan to “solve some of society’s toughest challenges.” The grant is part of a multi-year, $500 million investment to support healthcare research advancing racial equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts. Together with the nation’s three other Historically Black Medical Colleges — Charles R. Drew

Jackson State generates record increase in sponsored research funding for 2022 fiscal year

Courtesy of Jackson State University Jackson State University (JSU) experienced a dramatic increase of 90.96% in sponsored research funding for the 2022 fiscal year, far outpacing the previous cycle. The growth aligns with the ‘Elevate’ theme of JSU’s Strategic Plan, which notes that the institution “will raise the level of research prominence by leveraging our ‘high research activity’ status, increasing our research capabilities, growing strategic partnerships, driving innovation and economic development, and providing opportunities for faculty and students to engage in impactful collaborative research.” The JSU Division of Research and Economic Development reports that the record $65,862,291 million in awards does not

Short on Community Health Workers, a County Trains Teens as Youth Ambassadors

By Pien Huang Of all the things she could have done on her summer vacation, Bithaniya Fieseha, a senior at West Springfield High School in Fairfax County, Va., decided to study chronic disease, mental health and contact tracing. Some of her friends didn’t understand the appeal. “I feel like people are like, ‘You wasted your summer,’ ” she says. “But I enjoyed it. I really enjoyed meeting up with everyone, going through the struggle.” She practiced taking temperatures, weight, and blood pressure readings on her family. Fieseha topped it off with an internship at a local health clinic. Her hard

FAMU President Larry Robinson Named to USDA/1890 Task Force

By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/1890 Task Force, which seeks to strengthen the partnership between USDA and 1890 land-grant universities. “I’m delighted for the opportunity to serve on the USDA/1890 Task Force. It’s a framework for leveraging the resources of the federal government on behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to more effectively unleash the talent, research and extension services needed to strengthen the nation’s agricultural system. I am excited to be part of crafting solutions to these issues and other challenges on behalf

HBCU Men’s Basketball Program Tackles Black Maternal Health

Courtesy of Howard University An HBCU men’s basketball program has decided to take on a surprising cause for their team’s social justice project.  According to HBCU Gameday, the Howard University men’s basketball players will take on the issue of Black maternal health and the implications of the Roe v. Wade reversal on Black women. The decision came after intense discussions among players and coaches. “The team chose to organize around Black maternal health as its social justice project this season due to the amount of attention in the past year given to these issues, like the overturning of Roe v. Wade,” said

Tuskegee unveils monument honoring work to eradicate polio

Courtesy of Tuskegee University The research conducted at Tuskegee Infantile Paralysis Center at Tuskegee Institute to eradicate polio decades ago was acknowledged Aug. 4 with the unveiling of a monument provided by fundraising and collaboration of the Rotary Club. The life-size bronze statue depicts Dr. John W. Chenault, nurse Warrena A. Turpin and a young polio patient named Gordon Stewart. They represent the spirit of excellence that was prevalent at the Tuskegee Infantile Paralysis Center, where Black doctors, researchers and support personnel conducted significant work critical to eradicating polio. The monument’s permanent home is in front of the Museum beside

Morehouse School of Medicine Named Second-Best Online Master’s in Biotechnology Degree

Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine is proud to announce that its online Master of Science in Biotechnology degree program has been ranked second-best in the United States by Intelligent.com. The degree program was also recognized as the best in the nation offered by a Historically Black College or University. To determine its rankings, Intelligent.com evaluated 155 colleges and universities and 400 education programs. Other honorees included Harvard University, George Washington University, and University of Maryland Global Campus, which was ranked Number One. First established as a two-year medical program at Morehouse College in 1975, Morehouse School of

Why Students Are Choosing H.B.C.U.s: ‘4 Years Being Seen as Family’

By Erica L. Green SeKai Parker looked on last spring as her prep school classmates tearfully embraced and belted out in unison every word of a Kelly Clarkson song. It was the senior farewell at Holton-Arms in Bethesda, Md., and many of the teens were making college plans that would have them trading one elite, mostly white setting for another. Ms. Parker intended to accept an offer from Yale, which she had fallen in love with on a recent visit. But as she scanned her school auditorium, a familiar sinking feeling washed over her. “I was sitting there by myself,

NAACFRC, Compassionate ATL Launch Partnership to Improve Lives of Black Families

By Janelle Ward The National African American Child & Family Research Center (NAACFRC), an institute housed within Morehouse School of Medicine, is joining forces with Compassionate Atlanta, a nonprofit aiming to inspire compassion-oriented change throughout Atlanta and surrounding cities. In doing so, both organizations aim to incite positive change among Black families in the region, state and beyond by prioritizing Black voices and experiences within the community and changing the narrative regarding poverty and government assistance. Both organizations have laid out a plan to improve the state of Black families in Atlanta through means of research and community involvement. The

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