- 3 weeks ago
Historically Black Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, is transitioning to full remote-learning in April. The university has asked all students to move out by April 3. The move to online-learning comes in the midst of an ac...
- 3 weeks ago
Crystal Fleming has been appointed professor of Africana studies with tenure at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She currently serves as a professor of sociology and Africana Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She...
- 3 weeks ago
Following the suicide of Antoinette Candia-Bailey, vice president for student affairs at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, a third-party investigation was launched to review her claims of mistreatment and bullying by Lincoln University...
- 3 weeks ago
Shawna Patterson-Stephens, vice president for inclusive excellence and belonging at Central Michigan University, has been honored with the 2024 Bobby E. Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award from the National Association of Student Personnel A...
- 3 weeks ago
Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland, received 13 patents in 2023, the highest number of patents ever received by an HBCU in a calendar year. Patents awarded to students and faculty of Morgan State Universit...
- 3 weeks ago
Donald R. Pearsall has been appointed interim assistant vice president of auxiliary enterprise at historically Black Alabama A&M University. He has an extensive career in auxiliary services, most recently serving as associate vice president for f...
- 3 weeks ago
Shani Tahir Mott, a lecturer in the department of history and Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, passed away on March 12. She was 47 years old. Dr. Mott first joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University in 2008....
- 4 weeks ago
Recently, California State University, Sacramento established a first of its kind Black Honors College which will support students from all backgrounds who study Black history, life, and culture. Starting in the fall 2024 semester, students who have...
- 4 weeks ago
Norman B. Anderson, assistant vice president for research and academic affairs at Florida State University, passed away on March 1. He was 68 years old. Dr. Anderson’s career began with Duke University in 1983, where he started as a postdoctora...
- 4 weeks ago
Two professors from Georgia State University, Anu Bourgeois and Nannette Napier, have established a new program that supports Black women students interested in computing and technical fields. The initiative was funded through a $500,000 grant from t...
- 1 month ago
A recently released publication from the Institute of Education Sciences has reported on the rates of bullying among 6th to 12th grade American students from the 2022 School Crime Supplement of the National Crime Victimization Survey. The report cons...
- 1 month ago
Aondover Tarhule has been named the twety-first president of Illinois State University. He has served as interim president for the past year. Illinois State University enrolls over 18,000 undergraduate and more than 2,600 graduate students. Black stu...
- 1 month ago
A new study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic has found older African Americans with depression are more likely to experience a faster cognitive decline compared to White Americans with depression who are of a similar age. The research team conduct...
- 1 month ago
Royce D. Burnett has been named dean of the School of Business and Management at historically Black Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. He most recently served as a professor and chair of the School of Accountancy in the Strome College of...
- 1 month ago
A new study published in Cornell University’s research archive, arXiv, has found popular artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT hold racist stereotypes regarding African American Vernacular English, the native variety of English spoke by...
