By Ashley Brown The University of the Virgin Islands is inviting applications for its newly approved Professional Science Master in the Marine and Environmental Science program. This innovative two-year program, approved by UVI’s Board of Trustees in Spring 2024, aims to equip
Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University Prairie View A&M University is moving forward with a 10-year plan to become part of the Top 10 public HBCUs nationwide. By 2035, the goal is to become “a premier, public, research-intensive HBCU that serves as a national model for student
Courtesy of Howard University Vice President Kamala Harris will return to Howard University on election night. Harris, who graduated from the university, plans to spend Tuesday evening with at her alma mater. With that comes and increased security presence and safety measures
Courtesy of Jackson State University The Jackson State University community is poised to experience a culinary treat this week as Slim + Husky’s Pizza opens its doors at the university. The grand opening is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Thursday, coinciding with
By Cedric Mobley For 157 years, Howard University has served as the nexus of intellectual engagement and social advocacy to ensure that all Americans can fully exercise all the rights of citizenship. Even before the end of slavery, the work of Frederick
By Sydney Cullier My vote matters. It’s a simple sentence reflecting a profound ideology, but until you have the privilege of physically staring down a ballot at a voting machine, you may not grasp the power you feel when you cast your first
By Kui Mwai Students from Philander Smith University and Southern University and A&M College won the sixth annual Moguls in the Making entrepreneurial pitch competition, which invites 50 students from historically Black colleges and universities to develop business concepts designed to improve Detroit’s economy. This year’s participants competed
Courtesy of the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff The John Brown Watson Memorial Library at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has officially launched its new One Button Studio. The state-of-the-art facility aims to make video production accessible and effortless for
By Sara Weissman Hemorrhaging money and students, Central State University in Ohio is turning to the state for guidance. The historically Black land-grant institution has run a deficit for three years in a row, suffered declining enrollments and struggled to pay its
By Daniel Arkin Quincy Jones, a maestro of American music and a titan of the entertainment industry who influenced nearly every popular genre, produced landmark albums and earned 80 Grammy Award nominations, died Sunday, his publicist said. He was 91. Jones “passed away peacefully”
