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Benedict College Launches Accredited Environmental Engineering Program

Courtesy of Benedict College Benedict College is now the first South Carolina HBCU to offer an accredited environmental engineering program. The Environmental Engineering Program at Benedict College received its initial accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the national organization that accredits undergraduate programs in engineering, engineering technology, and computer science. Clemson University is the only other institution in South Carolina with an accredited Environmental Engineering program. Now Benedict makes history as the first HBCU with an accredited program of its kind. Since the program debuted in 2012, it has more than doubled its enrollment, showing the growing demand for the major.

Morgan State to open a medical school — first at a historically Black university in decades

Courtesy of Morgan State University Morgan State University is one step closer to opening the first new medical school affiliated with a historically Black college or university in nearly 50 years after winning state Board of Public Works approval to lease space for the school on its Baltimore campus. The proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan State has two primary goals, the founders say — increase the number of Black doctors entering the profession and, in turn, increase Black Baltimore residents’ access to physicians that look like them. Fewer than one in 10 medical school graduates today are

The Real HU Game!

By Maynard Eaton We huddled at Gate C inside Armstrong Stadium for what proved to be an impromptu team reunion of Hampton alumni.  This ’71 graduate was attending a Hampton University football game for the first time in 50 years as the guest of attorney Derryl Zimmerman, Class of ’77.  It was riveting old school – “OG” – cockiness, compelling conversation, and camaraderie in a sideline pre-game session. The game was a magnet for Zimmerman’s Hampton alumni family of friends.  “We see each other quite often,” he said. “One of the reasons I moved down here from New York is

Teixeira-Poit Receives NIH Grant To Study Impact of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Design

By Jackie Torok Stephanie Teixeira-Poit, Ph.D., associate professor at the John R. and Kathy R. Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has received a $568,960 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, “Identifying and Mitigating Health Disparities Following a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Design Change from Open-Bay to Single-Family Rooms.” Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are critical to providing high-quality care and ensuring optimal health outcomes for sick and premature newborns. Although NICUs began as open bays with many babies admitted to large rooms of variable size, a growing trend in NICU design is single-family rooms

Benedict football sets sights on Year 2 leap under coach Chennis Berry

Courtesy of Benedict College The Benedict College football team had a 5-5 record in Chennis Berry’s first full season as head coach. After dissecting the Tigers’ 2021 campaign, he and the assistant coaches went to work. Berry and the staff set out to visit every high school in South Carolina, something the group did prior to its first season of competition as well. “Our staff did an amazing job,” Berry said. “We wanted to make sure we did a good job recruiting the state of South Carolina. We tried to hit every school in the state. That’s very, very important

Inaugural Class of Ozzie Newsome Scholars Announced, Five Morgan Students Selected

Courtesy of Morgan State University The inaugural class of Ozzie Newsome Scholars has been selected and five incoming Morgan State University students were among the recipients to receive scholarships. Along with Morgan, Maryland’s remaining Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – Bowie State University, Coppin State University, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore each had five incoming freshmen selected as Ozzie Newsome Scholars. Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti and his wife, Renee, created the Ozzie Newsome Scholars Program, which funds scholarships for Baltimore City Public Schools graduates who attend an HBCU in Maryland in honor of Ozzie Newsome – the Ravens’

Satcher Health Leadership Institute at MSM Releases First-Ever Report Demonstrating the Devastating Cost of Mental Health Inequities

Courtesy of the Morehouse School of Medicine The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), with support from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., a leader in mental health, today released the executive summary for “The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States Report.” SHLI looked at a four-year period (2016-2020) and found, at minimum, nearly 117,000 lives and approximately $278 billion could have been saved. The full report will be released and available for download in the coming days. “Investing in mental healthcare saves lives and dollars — we have known this for decades, but until now did

NCCU Awarded $1.1M NSF Grant to Lead Earth Mapping Project

By Quiana Shepard North Carolina Central University has been awarded $1.1 million to lead other historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), some minority-serving institutions and local communities in a three-year project fostering Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and open-data-science support for faculty and student researchers. The award to NCCU is being supported by the National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, and will enable NCCU to have an increased presence in the burgeoning field of GIS, a computer system for capturing, storing, checking and displaying data related to positions on Earth’s surface. GIS can show different

​​ASU Receives $1.459M Grant From the National Institutes of Health

By Hazel Scott A collaboration between researchers at Alabama State University’s Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn  University’s School of Pharmacy has yielded a grant totaling $1,459,000  for the next five years to pursue research and training in aging.  ASU’s share of the grant is $980,000 while AU will receive $475,000. The new grant, titled “Promote Diversity in Aging Research,” was awarded by the National Institute of Aging at the National Institutes of Health. ASU’s Dr. Manoj Mishra, professor of biology, founding director of the University’s Cancer Biology Research and Training and the Freshmen Biology Program, will serve as the principal

Bowie State University Has Historic Collaboration With Saginaw Valley State University

Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University has entered into a partnership with a Michigan university that will put HBCUs in the spotlight. Learn more in the story by Ann Williams at WSGW below. Saginaw Valley State University and Bowie State University are partnering for a program that will highlight the history and experience of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The two universities will compete in a football game a 6 :00 p.m. on Saturday, September 10 at SVSU’s Wickes Stadium. “While our athletic teams and those of other HBCUs often compete against non-HBCUs in various sports, the experience is

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