By Sholnn Z. Freeman Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA, president of Howard University, announced today that Joseph R. Biden Jr., the 46th president of the United States, will serve as the commencement orator during the 155th commencement ceremony on Howard University’s Upper
By David K. Li Three-timeOlympic medalist Tori Bowie, a Mississippi native who sprinted to gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, was found dead in a Florida home, officials said Wednesday. She was 32. Her management company and USA Track & Field announced her death. No cause
Courtesy of Norfolk State University Norfolk State University is pleased to announce a major gift from Board of Visitors Board member Mr. Conrad Hall. Hall has contributed a gift of $1M to support the creation of the Conrad M. Hall Endowed Chair in
Courtesy of Lincoln University of Missouri Lincoln University’s (LU) creative writing students from English 271: Introduction to Fiction Writing and English 375/475: Intermediate and Advanced Fiction Workshop read their works of fiction at the Missouri River Regional Library (MRRL) on April 24, 2023, for the
By Hazel Scott Dr. Derrick Dean, director of the Biomedical Engineering program in the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Alabama State University, has been inducted into the class of 2023 of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Dean
By Jackie Torok Kennedy Reid has been named North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s first Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program recipient. Reid will graduate May 13 with a B.S. in economics with a law concentration from the Willie A.
Courtesy of Bishop State Community College The Memorandum of Agreement signed Monday by Bishop State President Olivier Charles and Miles College President Bobbi Knight will guarantee the transfer of academic credits and provide ongoing collaborative campus advising for students. Bishop State students
Howard University is turning to an experienced scholar of the African diaspora to serve as its new university president. Ben Vinson III, currently the provost at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, will officially take over as president from the retiring Wayne Frederick
By Jonathan Saxon Bowie State University hosted the second annual Data Science and Analytics (DSA) Symposium, a two-day event which brings together data analytics experts from academia, government and private industry to discuss the latest trends on how organizations can use raw
By Janey Tate When Slip-N-Slide Records founder Ted Lucas decided to start investing in the tech industry, he quickly realized Black people were being left out of the high-paying jobs and startup funding. The Miami rap pioneer, who is responsible for discovering multiplatinum artists
