The Milken Institute launched its first fellowship program with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to prepare students for careers in finance, with the aim of building a more diverse talent pipeline to help close the racial gap in asset man ...
Posted Wednesday, March 1st 2023 at 1:34PM
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Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick is the 17th president of Howard University, one of 107 historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S., serving some 11,000 students across its undergraduate, graduate, and professional student programs. Frederick is ...
Posted Wednesday, March 1st 2023 at 1:30PM
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WASHINGTON (WSFA) - U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell has announced $18.4 million in funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to expand access to reliable, high-speed internet at historically Black colleges and universities an ...
Posted Wednesday, March 1st 2023 at 1:16PM
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NEW YORK, February 28, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diageo North America is providing an additional $1.75 million in endowments to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority-Serving Institutions. The additional funding is an ...
Posted Wednesday, March 1st 2023 at 11:40AM
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Google recently collaborated with Spelman Innovation Lab to host the 2023 HBCU Game Jam. Held at the Atlanta University Center library, the HBCU Game Jam was a 48-hour hackathon, where participating HBCU student teams competed for industry-sponsored ...
Posted Wednesday, March 1st 2023 at 11:25AM
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In 2019, a natural gas explosion near downtown Durham, N.C., killed two people and injured 25 others, including nine firefighters, after contractors installing underground cables mistakenly cut through a gas line.
A passing driver first reported t ...
Posted Wednesday, March 1st 2023 at 11:14AM
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland HBCU's will receive a total of $3 million in grants over the next four years for the BGE Scholars Program.
Governor Wes Moore was joined by BGE CEO Carim Khouzami and leaders from Bowie State University, Coppin State ...
Posted Wednesday, March 1st 2023 at 11:12AM
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Newsflash — Deion Sanders is no longer at an HBCU. The former Jackson State head coach is now at Colorado, but it’s clear he’s looking to replicate some things about his HBCU experience — including particularly from the marching band.
Sanders rec ...
Posted Wednesday, March 1st 2023 at 10:10AM
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Today, the Peace Corps and Prairie View A&M University announced a new partnership centered on an undergraduate certificate program called Peace Corps Prep. Scheduled to launch on March 1, 2023, students in the Peace Corps Prep program will combine t ...
Posted Tuesday, February 28th 2023 at 4:25PM
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In August 2022, Harris-Stowe State University’s (HSSU) Office of Institutional Advancement launched the Annual Faculty and Staff Giving Campaign, aiming for the goal of $50,000. At the Spring 2023 Faculty and Staff Institute, the Office of Institutio ...
Posted Tuesday, February 28th 2023 at 4:11PM
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WASHINGTON D.C. (WSET) — U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced Monday $9,685,734 in federal funding to support the expansion of broadband at three Virginia Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
The funding w ...
Posted Tuesday, February 28th 2023 at 4:05PM
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RAIRIE VIEW, Texas — Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University, nationally recognized leader in higher education, and president emerita of Smith College and Brown University, will serve as a senior adviser to the president of Harvard Uni ...
Posted Tuesday, February 28th 2023 at 3:52PM
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A former white student at Howard University's law school is suing the HBCU on allegations of racial discrimination.
According to Fox News, Michael Newman, who attended Howard School of Law starting in the fall of 2020 before he was expelled in ...
Posted Tuesday, February 28th 2023 at 3:38PM
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National Geographic Content proudly names the recipients of its National Geographic Media Scholarship geared toward Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) students. Now in its second year, National Geographic granted a $10,000 financial ...
Posted Tuesday, February 28th 2023 at 3:27PM
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