Category : Education

Oakwood University Wins 2024 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, is the winner of the 2024 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge. The event is an annual academic competition for students from historically Black colleges and universities hosted on the American Honda corporate ca...

Eight Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Osamudia James has been named the Henry P. Brandis Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law. Before joining the University of North Carolina faculty in 2021, she spent over a decade teaching law at the University of M...

MIT Launches HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship

The Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has established the HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship. The new initiative aims to increase diversity in the field of scientific journalism. The new program, launching...

Two Black Scholars Named American Economic Association Distinguished Fellows

The American Economic Association has recently honored William Darity, Jr. and Margaret Simms with the title of Distinguished Fellow. The title is bestowed annually to no more than four prominent economists of high distinction in the United States an...

American Economic Association Honored Dr. William Darity, Jr. and Margaret Simms With The Distinguished Fellow Title

Delaware State University Establishes Transfer Agreement with Rowan College of South Jersey

Historically Black Delaware State University has recently formed a new partnership with Rowan College of South Jersey. The community college, located in Deptford County, New Jersey, was established in 2019 when Rowan College of Gloucester County and...

Five African Americans Appointed to University Administrative Positions

Katrece Boyd has been named executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at historically Black North Carolina Central University. She previously served as a general business counselor with the Small Business and Tech...

In Memoriam: William Hamilton Harris, 1944-2024

William Hamilton Harris, two-time president of historically Black Alabama State University, passed away on April 19. He was 79 years old. Dr. Harris had a long career in higher education leadership, serving as president, or interim president, of mult...

Three Black Leaders Appointed to Diversity Positions at Colleges and Universities

Marsha McGriff has been appointed vice chancellor of equity and inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She most recently served as chief diversity officer and senior advisor to the president at the University of Florida. She previously...

Remembering the Impact of Black Women on College Basketball

Caitlin Clark is an undeniably talented basketball player. She is a prolific shooter, reminiscent of Steph Curry as they both like to shoot from various logos. Her ability to suddenly change the trajectory of a game is fascinating. And her passion a...

Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney Announces Retirement

Joanne Berger-Sweeny, president of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, has announced her plans to retire in June 2025 at the conclusion of the next academic year. Dr. Berger-Sweeney became the twenty-second president of Trinity College in 2014,...

Study Discovers Link Between Midlife Exposure to Racism and Risk of Dementia

A team of researchers led by the University of Georgia, in partnership with University of Iowa and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have found a link between middle-aged Black American’s exposure to racism and their risk...

Josie Brown Named Dean of University of Hartford College of Arts and Sciences

The University of Hartford in Connecticut has appointed Josie Brown to serve as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as Hillyer College, which offers associate’s degrees and pathways to four-year degree programs. For the past 20 ye...

UCLA Study Reveals Black Americans are More Likely to Die from “Deaths of Despair” Than White Americans

A new study from University of California, Los Angeles Health has found middle-aged Black Americans are more likely to die from “deaths of despair” than White Americans of a similar age. The study defines “deaths of despair” a...

Kamau Siwatu to Lead the Texas Tech University College of Education

Kamau Siwatu has been selected to serve as interim dean of the College of Education at Texas Tech University. He will assume his responsibilities on June 1. Dr. Siwatu joined the Texas Tech University faculty in 2005 as an assistant professor of educ...