Written by Lexx Thornton North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has partnered with the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute (BHLI) and Guilford County Schools to launch a groundbreaking course designed to educate and inspire the next generation of healthcare leaders. The course, “Health Systems Management Introduction to Health Professions,” introduces students to a wide range
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By Ryan Quinn The National Institutes of Health’s director ordered employees to “conduct an individualized review of all current and planned research activities,” including active grants and funding opportunity announcements, according to images of a document provided to Inside Higher Ed. The review comes amid concerns that the NIH won’t distribute all of its allocated
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By Wali Pitt Norfolk State University (NSU) recently joined an elite tier of American higher education. The HBCU, long recognized for its teaching mission, has been newly classified as a Research College and University (RCU) by the American Council of Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The designation places NSU
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Written by Lexx Thornton At Xavier University of Louisiana, students are empowered to pursue transformative experiences, whether locally or around the world. In an exciting milestone for the university, 12 Xavierites were awarded the prestigious Gilman International Scholarship for the 2024–25 academic year, doubling the number of recipients from the previous year. This record-breaking cohort
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By Delatria Palacios President Dr. C. Reynold Verret and XOCOM Dean Dr. Leonardo Seoane spotlighted challenges and solutions in Black healthcare during a key panel discussion An engaging and powerful conversation about the future of healthcare equity in America unfolded at the 2025 Essence Festival in New Orleans. The leadership panel featured health experts from
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By Delatria Palacios In an achievement for global cancer research, Nigerian scientist Dr. Olorunsola Kolawole of Jackson State University, Mississippi, has pioneered a cutting-edge nanotechnology approach that promises to revolutionize early cancer detection. This breakthrough not only represents a major stride in biomedical innovation but also underscores the growing influence of African scientists in shaping
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By Delatria Palacios To Inspire Future Educators, Doctors, Entrepreneurs, and Lifelong Learners: Dr. Jamal Bryant Awards $2 Million in Scholarships to 400 Metro Atlanta Grads via HBCU Partnership. On June 29, 2025, during a powerful Sunday morning service, Senior Pastor Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church transformed the altar into an
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Biotechnology has become a pillar of national resilience. Once considered niche, fields like synthetic biology, pathogen genomics, computational biology, and environmental microbiology now sit at the heart of U.S. biosecurity strategy, economic competitiveness, and geopolitical influence. Yet the nation’s training infrastructure remains dangerously underdeveloped. While the United States has invested billions in biomanufacturing facilities and domestic production
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Born May 14, 1955, Marian Rogers Croak is an African American engineer who was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her work. Ever heard of VoIP? VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol — it’s a technology that lets you make phone calls over the Internet instead of traditional telephone lines. Still
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Secure the Senator Bill & Tracy Frist Endowment Scholarship for research grants in planetary and human health at Meharry About Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College, founded in 1876, is the nation’s largest private, independent historically Black academic health sciences center dedicated solely to educating minority and other health professionals. True to its heritage, it
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