By Anthony Howard Jackson State Universityâs College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) received a $79,200 contract grant from the Jackson Public School Districtâs Office of Innovative Strategies in September. The funds will be used to reopen the COEHDâs Kids Kollege after-school program
Courtesy of Savannah State University Savannah State University (SSU) recently celebrated its 132nd Foundersâ Day honoring two esteemed alumni with prestigious awards – The Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence and The Cyrus G. Wiley Distinguished Alumni Award. Presented to alumna Tatia
By Alexis Clark Tennessee State Universityâs Aristocrat of Bands has been nominated for a Grammy for their album The Urban Hymnal in the Best Roots Gospel Album category! AOB also received a second Grammy nod for their collaboration on Spoken Word Artist and Poet,
Courtesy of the Howard University Newsroom Staff A statue of the great American playwright and civil rights leader Lorraine Hansberry, created by the renowned sculptor Alison Saar, was installed at Howard University on October 26. The statue was created earlier this year
Courtesy of Edward Waters University Edward Waters University made history on Tuesday with the announcement of its first African-American woman to lead the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics in the over 155-year history of the institution. Dr. Ivana Rich was named the Associate Vice President and
By Hazel Scott Under a collaborative research opportunity, Alabama State University Cancer Biology Research and Training  (CBRT) researchers have received a  pivotal one-year $73,942 pilot grant from the National Institute of Healthâs Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Consortium to Advance Health Equity and
Courtesy of Morgan State University Morgan State Universityâs Department of Sociology and Anthropology has received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct hands-on studies of âsituational policingâ techniques and their impact on citizens living in Baltimore neighborhoods. The concept of situational
By Emmanuel Freeman The U.S. is facing a potential triple threat of flu, COVID-19, and RSV or Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and a Tennessee State University infectious disease expert is calling on individuals to get immunized, as the surest way to avoid serious
By Robyne McCullough Coppin State University has received a $3.7 million Teacher Quality Partnership grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will be used to support Coppinâs Pathways to Professions (P2P) initiative over the next five years. The P2P program
Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee announced it had received a $1 million endowment from Clif Bar & Company, The funds will support the advancement of organic agriculture and farming practices through the Universityâs College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences (CAENS). With this investment, Tuskegee
