By Leah Asmelash and Homero De La Fuente, For months, NBA stars and executives have pushed for every player to get vaccinated. Though 90% of the league is vaccinated, according to a CNN source, there are still a few holdouts — and it could
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By Winston-Salem State University newsroom, Back in the fall of 2019, LaMonica Sloan Wilhelmi and senior staff members at Winston-Salem State University were brainstorming, searching for ideas to help provide more career development options for students. The innovative ideas from that session
Written by Xavier University of Louisiana newsroom, Xavier University of Louisiana announced that Myriad Genetics (MYGN:NASDAQ), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, will support its new Genetic Counseling Program with a donation focusing on the advancement of healthcare equity, data
By Jeremy Diamond, President Joe Biden on Thursday named 10 nominees to the federal bench, continuing his efforts to diversify the judicial branch with picks who would notch demographic firsts on their respective courts. The eighth slate of federal judicial nominations brings Biden’s total to 53
By Scottie Andrew, The National Inventors Hall of Fame lineup is full of familiar faces: Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers and Eli Whitney, along with many other mostly White men. Joining them in the next class of inductees are two Black women inventors who changed the
By Emmanuel Freeman Tennessee State University recently showed its appreciation for frontline workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by gifting more than 2,500 potted African Violet plants to healthcare workers at several hospitals, clinics and other facilities in the Nashville
Written by Felecia M. Nave, Fred A. Bonner and Chance Lewis Numerous reports assert that the United States must increase its production of highly educated workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in order to maintain its competitive edge in
By Clare Foran, Government funding expires at midnight and Congress has not yet passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown, though Democratic leaders are on track to do so later Thursday. Lawmakers are racing the clock with the Senate and House
By Lucas Johnson Tennessee State University’s College of Engineering has been awarded a $70,000 grant from Lockheed Martin Corporation for student scholarships and other support. The funds will be used to support four students with scholarships of $3,000 each. The grant will
By Lincoln University Newsroom, The Lincoln University Center for the Study of the Underground Railroad and Voices Underground—an organization focused on preserving and sharing the Underground Railroad’s story—next spring will host their inaugural conference: “Seeking Freedom: The Underground Railroad in the Mid-Atlantic.”
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