By Brooke Brinson During the short white coat ceremony to welcome new medical students, Howard University College of Medicine Dean Andrea Hayes Dixon said she hoped that the future of medicine would be less about the color of the doctor’s skin and
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By Todd Simmons North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s impact on the state economy is growing as quickly as the university itself, according to a study released today that quantifies that economic footprint at a whopping $2.4 billion. That represents growth
By Andrew J. Skerritt For third-generation Rattler Andrea Pugh-Kelley, walking onstage to be hooded for her Ph.D. was the culmination of a journey of scientific research and environmental justice that began in elementary school. In the aftermath of the city of Flint, Michigan, water crisis, Pugh-Kelley wrote her dissertation on PFAS, an emerging major contaminant in the Great Lakes region. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS are chemicals that resist
Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced Monday to 4 years and 9 months. Thao had testified that he merely served as a “human traffic cone” when he held back concerned bystanders
By Emmanuel Freeman New faces and enhanced spaces will kick off the new academic year at Tennessee State University. Freshman move-in, a highly anticipated event, will take place over three days from August 14-16. Returning students will arrive later that week. As
By Brittany Bailer The Howard University campus community embraced hundreds of freshmen students moving into campus housing this week. As families traveled from near and far, a new class of Bison was welcomed with music and smiles from student leaders, volunteers, housing
By Jessica Washington After a massive riverfront brawl in Montgomery, Ala., put his city in the spotlight, the city’s mayor is stepping into the fray. “Justice will be served,” said Montgomery Mayor Steven L. Reedin a statement on Sunday. The question is
By Markita C. Rowe North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University rising sophomore public relations majors Renee Douglas and Steven Matthews Jr., along with rising junior multimedia journalism majors Chrysta Nichols and Gabrielle Heyward, have been chosen to participate in the McClatchy
By Alexis Clark With the hottest month ever recorded around the world now over, Tennessee State University says it plans to continue taking precautions to keep the campus community safe. The University has been proactive all summer long in sharing important information
Courtesy of the University of the Virgin Islands New and transfer students enrolled at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) are set to receive a warm welcome next week as faculty and staff on both campuses prepare for the start of
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