By Will Hehemann A University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) project seeks to ensure local low-income parents are meeting their children’s nutritional needs and overall wellbeing. UAPB 1890 Cooperative Extension Program administrators are collaborating with administrators of the UAPB Early Head
by Larry Bleiberg In Little Rock, Arkansas, history was made at a high school, where soldiers escorted nine students past taunting crowds to integrate a formerly all-white campus. In Greensboro, North Carolina, it unfolded at a lunch counter, where months of sit-ins
By Sholnn Z. Freeman Each year Black History Month calls attention to the role that leading African Americans have played in shaping American life. Howard University proudly puts the spotlight on the contributions of Dr. Roland B. Scott, whose tireless research and advocacy in
Written by Savannah State University, Savannah State University has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) to operate a Minority Colleges and Universities pilot project in Savannah. The goal of the project is
Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing (CON) students have played a significant role in the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. With a recent Texas A&M University Health Science Center and Texas Department of State Health Services award
Courtesy of Hampton University To help expand the diversity of the talent that will shape the future of robotics, Amazon has invested in a number of academic engagements with colleges and universities, including a new collaboration with Hampton University. At Hampton University,
By Kerry Laird The Journal of Black Innovation has selected Prairie View A&M University Chief Information Officer Tony Moore as one of its 50 Most Important African Americans in Technology. “Throughout the course of his career, he has consistently proven to be an
By Xavier University The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry (UAB + SOD) and Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) have partnered together for an Early-Assurance Program to recruit promising students from Xavier into UAB’s dental program. This sophomore-year program, which
Courtesy of History.com, The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the
By Morehouse College Morehouse College, the nation’s only historically Black liberal arts college dedicated to educating and developing men, has launched the $500 million “Making Men of Consequence” comprehensive capital campaign to fund scholarships for top students nationally, support faculty research, expand
