ByĀ Rose Horowitch Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a bill restricting how race and gender can be taught in Florida’s public higher education institutions and banning them from using state or federal funding for diversity programs. At a ceremony at
Courtesy of Bowie State University Susan Batten, president of the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) says data shows foundations are woefully behind the curve in hiring people of color asĀ senior executives which she believes is a major factor in HBCUs
By Brittney Dabney A multidisciplinary team from Tuskegee University has received a $100,000 grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to support the assessment of a research and teaching partnership in engineering between Tuskegee and Columbia University. The grant, āEducation
Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University received the 2023 Governor’s Trade Excellence Award presented by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey at a ceremony held at the State Capitol. Tuskegee is the first university ever to receive the award. The Governor’s Trade Excellence Award
By Ken Makin Shortly after the NFL draft ended Saturday, the Twitter account for Florida A&M Universityās football program offered a glimpse into the moment one of the biggest draft prospects in the historically Black college community got the call. The Dallas
By Claretta Bellamy One year after a mass shooting at a Tops supermarket devastated aĀ Black communityĀ in Buffalo, New York, one victim is being memorialized through the gift of education. Friends and former colleagues spearheaded a scholarship fund for local high school students
By Emmanuel Freeman Oprah! Oprah! Oprah! That was the deafening chant that permeated the 12,000-seat Hale Stadium on Saturday, as Oprah Winfrey, Tennessee State Universityās most famous alumnus made her triumphant return to her alma mater as the spring undergraduate commencement speaker.
By Sholnn Z. Freeman TheĀ Center for Journalism &Ā DemocracyĀ (CJD) at Howard University hasĀ wonĀ a $4 million award over three years from theĀ Robert Wood Johnson FoundationĀ (RWJF) to establish innovative academic and applied research programs that will advance health equity journalism atĀ HBCUs. The Center for Journalism
By Kenneth Mullinax An assistant professor of recording technology in the Department of Communications at Alabama State University has been awarded theĀ EBSCO Scholarship for Audiovisual Preservation and Archiving, which is a national fellowship. Professor Michael BeanĀ received the prestigious award that paid for
Courtesy of Bowie State University Over 20 paraprofessionals who work for the Howard County Public Schools (HCPS) have completed their course work at Bowie State University and will become certified teachers after they graduate in two weeks and pass the stateās Praxis
