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Byron Allen’s HBCU Go streamer strikes deal with CBS stations to air HBCU football games

Byron Allen’s free streaming service HBCU Go has struck a nationwide licensing agreement with CBS stations that will run through the 2022-2023 college football season. Under the distribution pact between the Allen Media Group-owned digital platform, which focuses on coverage of the U.S.’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), HBCU Go’s sports programming will be carried on CBS owned-and-operated duopoly stations in these key TV markets: New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Tampa, Detroit, Miami and Pittsburgh. As a result of the new CBS stations deal, HBCU Go — which recently got the rights to air

N.C. A&T Selects Harris’ “The State Must Provide” As 2022 Text-In-Community Read

By North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Text-in-Community (TIC) program has announced Adam Harris’ highly lauded “The State Must Provide: Why America’s Colleges Have Always Been Unequal – And How to Set Them Right” as the campus book for the 2022-23 academic year. Harris is an award-winning staff writer for The Atlantic, and previously reported on higher education policy and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) for The Chronicle of Higher Education. In 2021, he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. “The State Must Provide” is his first book, and he

Meharry receives provisional accreditation to launch Physician Assistant Sciences Program

Courtesy of Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College has received provisional accreditation status from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) to launch the Physician Assistant Sciences Program in the School of Graduate Studies and Research. The program, which will begin enrolling students in January 2023, will build on Meharry’s legacy of training health care professionals dedicated to serving the underserved and extend the College’s efforts to advance health equity, conduct transformative research, and deliver exceptional and compassionate health services. “Physician assistants are important contributors to health care teams today,” James E.K. Hildreth, Ph.D., M.D., president and

Methodist Foundation for Arkansas Makes $250,000 Grant to support the Dr. Joycelyn Elders School of Allied and Public Health

Courtesy of Philander Smith College The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas has awarded a $250,000 grant to improve public health across the state through the Dr. Joycelyn Elders School of Allied and Public Health at Philander Smith College. “Philander Smith College is delighted to receive this support from one of our most ardent partners, The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas, to benefit the Dr. Joycelyn Elders School of Allied and Public Health,” said PSC President Roderick L. Smothers Sr. “As we commit to addressing health disparities in Arkansas, a partnership such as this is critical to the realization of the dream of our

Howard University Call to Service

By Leelannee Malin The ninth annual Howard University Day of Service (HUDOS) takes place Friday, August 19, 2022. HUDOS helps incoming students get acclimated to the University and the D.C. community by providing an opportunity for students of all faiths and backgrounds to embrace the Howard University motto of “Truth and Service.” Modeled after the University’s nationally recognized Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program, HUDOS provides service-learning opportunities as a part of the students’ orientation to the University. Incoming students both national and international as well as current Howard University students, faculty, staff and administrators, will serve across the Washington metropolitan area. An

Xaiver University of Louisiana’s College of Pharmacy is collaborating with Gilead Sciences and Morehouse School of Medicine to address health inequities

Courtesy of Xavier University of Louisiana Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) announced a new health equity collaboration with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine and the Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education (CMHDRE) at Xavier University of Louisiana’s College of Pharmacy. The collaboration is focused on addressing the inequities in HIV care for Black communities in the Southern United States. Gilead has a broad and long-standing commitment to advancing global health equity, which it regards as critical to helping to end the HIV epidemic and improving health outcomes for all. The

Cheyney Co-Hosts National Title III Conference For HBCUs

Courtesy of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania The two oldest Historically Black Colleges and Universities Cheyney University (HBCUs) and sister institution down the road, Lincoln University served as co-hosts for the National Association of Title III Administrators, Inc. Technical Assistance Workshop June 19th – 24th, 2022The annual event gathered more than 250 representatives from the 101 HBCUs to network, discuss grant compliance and share best practices during a participate technical assistance workshop. Title III Strengthening HBCUs funding started in 1965 with the Higher Education Act that among other objectives intended to level the educational playing field and provide financial support to institutions

UAPB Students Win Research Competition Awards at Professional Agricultural Workers Conference

By Wil Hehemann Four University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) students recently won awards for research presentations at the 79th Annual Professional Agricultural Workers Conference. The virtual student research competition was hosted by the Tuskegee University Chapter of the Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture. In the graduate student oral competition, Annik Segree, a student of aquaculture/fisheries, won second place for a presentation on the immune response of catfish to bacterial infections; Michele Jones, a student of aquaculture/fisheries, won third place for a presentation on the use of soybean meal in the diets of largemouth bass; and Danielle

Food Scientist Awarded $2.65M NIH Grant For Diabetes Research

Courtesy of North Carolina A&T State University A researcher at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received a four-year, $2.65 million grant to advance his work in functional foods and human health.  The grant was awarded to Shengmin Sang, Ph.D., for a project aimed at studying the biomarkers of dietary flavonoids and targeting carbonyl stress to help prevent type 2 diabetes. The grant came from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.   Sang is the Distinguished Professor of Functional Foods and Human Health with A&T’s College of Agriculture

TSU Welcomes Freshmen, Expects Record Enrollment for First-Year Students

By Emmanuel Freeman Tennessee State University’s Class of 2026 could be the largest freshman class in school history.  Over 2,000 first-year students have registered, with plans to attend TSU this fall. That’s in addition to nearly 300 transfer students who have also registered for the 2022-2033 academic year. During the first day of TSU’s traditional Freshmen Move-in Day, the new students received keys to their residence halls, picked up IDs, meal passes and gained access to other amenities.  Over 200 TSU administrators, student leaders, athletes and alumni helped students and their families with the move in. TSU President Glenda Glover

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