By Savannah State University Savannah State University’s College of Business Administration (COBA) is hosting the Tiger’s Den Business Pitch Competition, an event to allow student entrepreneurs with developing business enterprises or business concepts the chance to win $1,500 in seed money to
Courtesy of Texas Southern University Texas Southern University (TSU) and Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced TSU as a university partner – and the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) – in the airline’s First Officer recruitment program: Destination 225°. On a compass,
By Bria Bolden 54 years after his assassination, Memphis clergy and community members plan to honor the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today, the anniversary of his death, the community is coming together to honor his life and legacy. 54 years
By Meharry Medical College The Black Coalition Against COVID has released their report titled The State of Black America and COVID which continues to underscore long-standing health disparities in Black Americans revealed to many during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two-year data assessment
By Fayetteville State University In a much-anticipated ceremony, Fayetteville State University recently honored alumnus Dr. Clarence E. Lloyd, Jr., ’65 for his dedication and philanthropic gifts to the university by way of bestowing his namesake upon the College of Health, Science and
By Jesse Chambers The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Alabama State University (ASU) have received a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health to fund a four-year effort to help reduce cancer health disparities among minorities in the
By Misha Cornelius Howard University officials today announced plans for the largest construction real estate initiative in the institution’s history. The University will invest $785 million to build three new state-of-the-art multidisciplinary academic halls and renovate several existing structures, including the historic Myrtilla
By Bowie State University Each year about 1,000 civilians are killed in the United States by law enforcement officers, leaving families and friends of the victims asking why and searching for answers. Now, a new system developed by James Hyman, assistant professor
By Curtis Bunn Public calls and protests to have WNBA star Brittney Griner released from a Russian prison, where she has been held for a month on drug charges, could work against the Olympian’s case, according to experts and scholars. Basketball Hall of
Courtesy of Hampton University Hampton University students will participate in an exciting and exclusive virtual event, ’Fashioning the Future: An Afrofuturistic Conversation with Ruth E. Carter’hosted by the Taubman Museum of Art on March 31, from 1pm-3pm. Carter’s exclusive conversation will discuss
