Grand Valley State University (GVSU) launched an initiative with Fort Valley State University (FVSU) in an effort to increase diversity within its student population and within the STEM industry. The collaborative effort will allow students in STEM fields to earn a master’s degree from GVSU’s Padnos College of Engineering and Computing after completing their bachelor’s
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Acting administrator of NASA, Steve Jurczyk, recently honored Hampton University alumna Mary W. Jackson in the highest way. In an official ceremony, Jurczyk named NASA’s D.C. headquarters building after her. Featured in the movie “Hidden Figures,” Mary Jackson was the first African American female NASA engineer and was instrumental to American success in the 1960’s
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Bethune-Cookman University (BC-U) is excited to announce its ongoing participation in Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2 initiative. Funded by Apple Computer and an extension of its Community Education Initiative, HBCU C2 provides B-CU with the technology and training that makes coding more easily accessible to students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community. As part of
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Mekdes “Duni” Getaneh, a third-year medical student at Meharry Medical College, is a founding member of Alzheimer’s Buddies, which is a national organization that helps bring comfort and healing to people with Alzheimer’s. Getaneh is also a board member of Alzheimer’s Buddies, an organization that pairs college students with people living in nursing homes who
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Delaware State University has recently announced a new doctoral program it will offer in the field of Integrative Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. The new program aims to develop researchers and teachers so that they will be capable of conducting scholarly, independent research, acquire multidisciplinary skills and become efficient decision makers. The goal is that
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Meharry Medical College recently announced it received a $1.1 million grant from the Truist Foundation. This grant will help develop a national model for Covid-19 contact tracing. The goal is to help limit the spread of the virus, particularly among minority populations who have been most impacted by Covid-19. The project aims to trace the
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Florida A&M University (FAMU) journalism graduate Yewande O. Addie is making issues of racial equity and justice in academia a key element of her research. Addie is a doctoral student at the University of Florida (UF) College of Journalism and Communications (CJC). Addie and CJC associate professor of journalism, Bernell Tripp, are recipients of the
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Recently, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering took a major step towards strengthening their connection with HBCUs. On March 25, their Gradpath event brought together faculty, senior leaders and administrators to kickoff the Gradpath Collaborative. Attendees exchanged ideas and strategies aimed at facilitating recruitment of underrepresented students into graduate programs. The initiative will also serve
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The creation of the United States Army’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force is a new collaboration between the United States Army and HBCUs. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, or ASA (ALT), in coordination with Army Futures Command, held a virtual event to introduce this collaboration.
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Hampton University alum, Ashley McQueen, a NASA Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) and special emphasis program manager for Native Americans, said Hampton offered rigorous academics and opportunities for professional development. McQueen uses the skills that she acquired from Hampton at NASA in her work advocating for Native American communities. Requirements such as
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