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FAMU Ph.D. Graduate Contributes to Fusion Research at LLNL

By Andrew Skerritt Among the 600 Florida A&M University (FAMU) graduates earning degrees during the fall 2022 commencement was Jerry Clark,Jr., who earned a Ph.D. in physics. Originally from Miami, Clark attended Booker T. Washington Sr. High School before attending FAMU, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s in physics and completed his doctoral coursework. He then headed west to conduct research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) High-Energy Density Center in Livermore, California, under the direction of FAMU Physics Professor Ronald Williams, Ph.D., and Lawrence Livermore physicist Ronnie Shepherd, Ph.D. His dissertation, titled “Investigation of Electron-Ion Equilibration in High-Energy-Density

JSU Hosts Holiday Under The Stars for Jackson Community

Courtesy of Jackson State University Jackson State University’s Gibbs-Green Plaza recently became the central point for a winter candy land at the annual Holiday Under The Stars event, hosted by the university. Holiday Under The Stars is an annual event centered around bringing the local Jackson community and JSU together to kick off the holiday season. Both children and adults from the greater Jackson community warmed up with hot cocoa, danced to holiday carols, and celebrated the holiday season under the direction of the hosts: comedian and JSU alum Rita Brent and local media personality Othor Cain. After receiving a warm welcome from JSU

Hampton & Yale Launch Pennington Fellowship for HBCUs

Courtesy of Hampton University Hampton University announced today that it has entered into a collaborative partnership with Yale University, which has created the Pennington Fellowship. The new scholarship program will support New Haven public school students who choose to attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Pennington Fellowship will support 10 to 12 students in each college-bound cohort for four years, with each student receiving up to $20,000 toward tuition and fees per year. When fully implemented, 40 to 50 students will receive Pennington scholarships at any given time. “We are grateful for Yale’s collaboration with Hampton University in

Clark Atlanta Expands Digital Humanities with $578K Grant

Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU) was recently awarded $578,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to use over three years to develop a digital humanities infrastructure at the college. This year, CAU conducted a Workshop Series and Summer Institute aimed at helping faculty and scholars in graduate school from historically black colleges, and universities think deeply about digital humanities and how to build this type of program at their respective institutions. Digital Humanities (DH) is an interdisciplinary field that includes various topics in Humanistic research while incorporating computational/digital tools and quantitative methodologies. This broad range of

Fisk Makes History at NCAA Super 16 Gymnastics Event

Courtesy of Fisk University Sixteen women’s collegiate gymnastics teams are heading to Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6-7, 2023, for the inaugural Super 16 presented by Ozone at the Orleans Arena. The Super 16 presented by Ozone, the largest women’s collegiate invitational with more than 300 gymnasts, opens the first day of the women’s 2023 collegiate season. The two-day competition has four competitive sessions, with team, all-around and event champions for each session, and all-session tickets go on sale to the public today. The universities competing in the Super 16 are: Arizona State University, Auburn University, Brigham Young University, Fisk University,

FAMU Ranked Top Public HBCU by U.S. News for 4th Year

Courtesy of Florida A&M University Florida A&M University has been ranked the top public HBCU for the fourth year in a row, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2023” guidebook. Released Sept. 13, FAMU also ranked No. 103 nationally among public universities. The institution ranked no. 7 among all public or private HBCUs, with Atlanta’s Spelman College at No. 1. “FAMU continues to carve a path forward in educating and training our graduates to have an impact in the communities where they live, work and serve,” the university’s president Larry Robinson said in a statement. “These rankings are no reason

N.C. A&T Researchers Present Air Quality Work at AGU

By Jamie Crockett A research team comprised of professors, post-doctoral and graduate student researchers from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University presented at the 2022 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in Chicago. Solomon Bililign, Ph.D., Marc N. Fiddler, Ph.D., Vaios Moschos, Ph.D., Janica Gordon, Markie’Sha James and Megan Mouton participated in poster and oral presentations that focused on research related to air quality and health in Africa. Bililign, a professor of physics in the College of Science and Technology, is an expert in experimental and theoretical atomic, molecular and optical physics and chemical physics. His research interest primarily

ASU Named Top 5 HBCU in Alabama by University HQ

By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU All Hornets know in their hearts that Alabama State University is among the very best institutions of higher education anywhere, yet it is gratifying to know that sentiment is shared by several of the nation’s industry-leading, independent, educational organizations including University Headquarters (HQ) based out of Scottsdale, Ariz. University HQ compiles a comprehensive set of information for students who wish to pursue a higher education. In its latest research publication, University HQ named ASU as one of the top five historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs) in Alabama. The organization’s elite rankings of the top HBCUs within the state include Alabama State University, Tuskegee University,

Emmett Till, Mother Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

The House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. The bill, which passed the Senate in January, is meant to honor Till and his mother — who had insisted on an open casket funeral to demonstrate the brutality of his killing — with the highest civilian honor that Congress awards. The medal will be given to the National Museum of African American History where it will be displayed near the casket Till was buried in. Till was

Howard Hosts Virtual Family Reading Night with Vashti Harrison

By Leelannee Malin Through the Office of the Dean of the Chapel, the Howard University Social Justice Tutors offers a virtual family reading night in partnership with The Conscious Kid, an education, research, and policy organization. The Conscious Kid provides complimentary books to support the efforts of the Social Justice Tutors’ work with families and educators in taking action to disrupt racism, inequity, and bias through literacy initiatives. This semester’s Virtual Family Reading Night featured Vashti Harrison, author, illustrator, and filmmaker, reading Matthew Cherry’s “Hair Love,” in which Harrison is the illustrator. After the reading, Harrison did a demonstration of how she illustrates

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