By Kyle Kidd In close collaboration with the Mississippi Department of Health, the Jackson State University School of Public Health recently announced the launch of the Public Health Informatics and Technology Workforce Development Program. Girmay Berhie, Ph.D., a professor in the CEPH-accredited
By Andrew Slerritt Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., will hold a Black History Month Conversation with awarding-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien, executive producer of “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.” During the 6 p.m. Thursday, February 9 event at Lee Hall
By Alexis Clark Gospel music has the power to inspire change, unite communities, and serve as a voice for the marginalized. Oftentimes, the concept behind a soul stirring song or project can be just as profound. As the case for Tennessee State
By Claretta Bellamy New Jersey is honoring its Black history and culture with a new trail that will mark important sites throughout the Garden State. Gov. Phil Murphy signed Bill A2677 into law Wednesday, which gives the New Jersey Historical Commission $1 million to
By Anthony Howard Jackson State University’s Sonic Boom of the South (SBOTS) Band Director Roderick Little, Ph.D., has been named 2022 HBCU band director of the year by Best American Craftsman (B.A.C.) Musical Instruments. The manufacturing company held its inaugural Greatest of All Times
By Aaron Cantrell Tennessee State University’s marching band was hoping to follow in the steps of their sister HBCU Fisk University and take home a win in the same category at the 65th annual Grammy Awards. On Sunday, they successfully accomplished that
By Vanessa Romo Nine-year-old Bobbi Wilson may be in the fourth grade, but last month the Yale School of Public Health held a ceremony honoring the budding scientist’s recent work. The university entered Bobbi’s collection of 27 spotted lanternflies — an extremely
By Jeff Hager Students and faculty at Morgan State celebrate the passing of the HBCU RISE Act Five million dollars may not seem like much when it comes to our nation’s defense budget, but devoting that much for research at Morgan State
By Derek Bryant Rainbow-colored streamers and decorations greeted visitors as they passed through the Burr Gymnasium lobby, where a sea of informational tables greeted them from various offices on Howard University’s campus. Smiling students cherished their free black t-shirts that read “Howard Lives
By Gabino Iglesias These lines appear on the first page of Daniel Black’s Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America: “I write because we hurt. I write because some pain can’t be described. It can only be felt in the
