Courtesy of Spelman College Spelman College announced Thursday that actress, director and executive producer Angela Bassett will be the keynote speaker for the College’s 137th Commencement Ceremony and will receive a Doctor of Fine Arts honorary degree. The College will also award an
Courtesy of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Procurement Month at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff concluded with its culminating event, The UAPB Second Annual Small & Minority Business Expo. The engaging event, held at the UAPB STEM Conference Center, drew
By Brittany Bailer The United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office for Access to Justice visited the Howard University School of Law and participated in a panel discussion entitled “From Local Advocacy to Global Impact: Expanding Career Options in American Public Defense
By Nadia Lloyd Students are turning away from brands that they claim are fueling the Israel-Hamas war in an effort to show their stance against the war. National brands such as McDonald’s, Starbucks, KFC, Coca-Cola and Dominoes are all facing scrutiny. The
By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) Office of Communications has just published the Spring 2024 A&M magazine, The Technology issue, which highlights the University’s push to become a center of cyber research, artificial intelligence, and high-powered computing. In his magazine message, President Larry
Courtesy of Morgan State University Three esteemed Morgan State University faculty members were elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. Paul B. Tchounwou, D.Sc., Kevin T. Kornegay,
Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia’s largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets. While the beach will remain open, officials are blocking
By Nigel Roberts Five historically Black universities are on a list of 20 institutions serving students of color to receive federal education funding for research and development and to improve completion rates for underserved students. The Education Department announced $93 million in grants to
By Quintessa Williams Historically Black, Livingstone College in North Carolina, continues to benefit from anonymous donors. The school announced Wednesday that they received a $1 million anonymous donation, — the fourth consecutive anonymous donation of $1 million. President Anthony J. Davis announced the donation last Friday, April
By Oumou Fofana Uncle Nearest has announced the launch of its second annual HBCU Old Fashioned Challenge, a campaign aimed at raising money for underfunded HBCUs. This year’s challenge, which began on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 15) and will end on Juneteenth (Jun.
