Category : Education

Gadsden State Community College Launches Medical Assistant Program

Gadsden State Community College, a historically Black institution in Alabama, has launched a new medical assistant program. Susan Thrasher has been selected to serve as the program’s inaugural director. The new academic program consists of five...

Sigma Xi Presents Its Highest Honor to Cato Laurencin

The Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society has awarded Cato T. Laurencin, professor at the University of Connecticut, with the 2024 Golden Key Award. The award, the society’s highest honor, is presented to a member who has made outstanding scientifi...

Hampton University Joins Department of Defense’s “Taking the Pentagon to the People” Progam

Hampton University, a historically Black educational institution in Virginia, has recently established a new partnership with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) within the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to provide Hampton students with a p...

Five African Americans Appointed to Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Tammy J. Samuels has been named associate dean of talent and administration for the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. Prior to her new role, she served the university as executive director of career and leadership for MBA an...

HBCU Alumna Recognized as Chiropractor of the Year

Magen Henry, an undergraduate alumna of historically Black Florida A&M University, has been named the 2024 Chiropractor of the Year by the American Black Chiropractic Association. She was honored for her commitment to the association and her work...

Counties With Historical Ties to Lynching Associated With Low Economic Mobility Among Blacks

According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, lynching is defined as a severe form of public racial violence. A new study published in Wiley Online Library’s journal Kyklos has found an association between countie...

Monica Williams Named First President of Texas Woman’s University at Houston

Monica G. Williams has been named the inaugural president of the Houston campus at Texas Woman’s University. She will begin her new role on August 26. Across its three campuses in Denton, Dallas, and Houston, Texas Woman’s University enro...

Racial Differences in Victims of School Crime and Bullying

A new report from the Institute of Education Sciences has examined the number of students who were victims of violent crime, nonviolent crime, and bullying at school during the 2021-2022 school year. Although rates of crime and bullying in elementary...

A Change in Leadership at Florida A&M University

Tim Beard has been selected to serve as interim president of Florida A&M University. The appointment follows the recent resignation of former president Larry Robinson, who will officially step down from his role on August 4. Florida A&M Unive...

Pew Research Center Survey Reveals Registered Voters’ Opinions on Racial Diversity

Ahead of the upcoming 2024 presidential election, a new survey from Pew Research Center has reported on the opinions of registered voters regarding a number of cultural issues relevant to the United States. The survey includes data regarding both Dem...

Three Black Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities

Henrika McCoy has been appointed as a professor of social work and the Morris Endowed Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. She comes to her new role from the University of Texas at Austin, where she served as an ass...

Howard University to Build New Hospital Facility

Howard University, a historically Black educational institution in Washington, D.C., has announced plans to build a new hospital building directly in front of the existing Howard University Hospital at a cost of $650 million. The new 200-bed facility...

New Faculty Appointments for Four Black Scholars

Harold Dean Trulear has been named director of the Black Congregations Resource Center at the Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, D.C. He has been an associate professor of applied theology at the School of Divinity for nearly two dec...

Florida A&M University to Establish New Center for African and African American Studies

Florida A&M University, a historically Black educational institution in Tallahassee, has recently received $550,000 in donations to establish a new Center for African and African American Studies. Two philanthropic organizations, the Henry Luce F...

Stephanie Asabi Howard Recognized for Lifetime Achievement in Performing Arts

Stephanie Asabi Howard, associate professor and chair of the department of theatre and dance at North Carolina Central University, recently received the inaugural Mabel Robinson Lifetime Achievement Award from the 2024 Artists Celebrating Excellence...