By Marlene Lenthang Serena Williams will return to Wimbledon for the 2026 singles competition as a wild card, the tournament announced Sunday. The tennis legend and 23-time Grand Slam singles champion made her return to professional tennis earlier this month at the HSBC Championships in London,
North Carolina A&T, a major HBCU, is facing scrutiny after a state audit found the university improperly distributed $5.1 million in scholarship and financial aid funds over an eight-year period. The findings were presented Thursday by North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek
In the state of Ohio’s most recent capital budget proposal, lawmakers have allocated some $29 million for Central State University to fund campus renovations. However, the funding comes with a key stipulation: the HBCU must give the Ohio Department of Administrative Services
In 2022, a group of students at Florida A&M University, a historically Black educational institution in Tallahassee, filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida, claiming the state had systematically underfunded the HBCU over the past three decades compared to the state’s predominately
On Juneteenth, Texas Southern University’s “Ocean of Soul” marching band graced the pages of Vogue. The Houston HBCU’s band, under the direction of Brian Simmons, appears in the magazine’s article titled “Lone Star State of Mind: Snapshots of Texas Today.“ The 2026
by Morgan State U BALTIMORE — Morgan State University is among the newest members welcomed into the Association of University Research Parks (AURP), becoming the only Historically Black College or University (HBCU) currently represented in the organization’s international membership of research universities, innovation
Theodore Callier, Grambling State University’s Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs and president of the National Sponsored Programs Administrators Alliance, led NSPAA’s 30th Annual National Conference and Technical Assistance Workshop June 1–5 at Caesars New Orleans. The event brought together representatives
Alabama State and Morris Brown — are at the center of a new agreement designed to create a smoother path from undergraduate study to graduate education. ASU and Morris Brown College signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday, June 16, on ASU’s
HBCU football will be returning to Maryland Eastern Shore in the form of women’s flag football. UMES announced that it is adding women’s flag football one day after the MEAC announced it would be adding the sport. The program will begin competition during
