Spelman College’s pilot Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Women and Girls Program will expand into a national internship managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation, D.O.T. Secretary Ray LaHood today announced. Initially launched at Spelman in 2009, the program to attract and develop women in leadership roles in transportation will allow female students internship opportunities [...]
Drugs, homelessness and rough surroundings were the hallmarks of Tennessee State University sophomore Tyree Taylor’s upbringing in suburban Chicago. But as he recently told a group of students at Chicago State University’s Wisdom for Greatness Success Camp for Teens, circumstances do not have to define future success. From the Chicago Tribune: He told the nearly [...]
A writing professor at North Carolina A&T State University faces sex crime charges after witnesses say he inappropriately touched a 15-year-old girl at a fraternity parade in Raleigh over the weekend. Javelin Edrick Hall faces indecent liberties with a child charges and an internal investigation from North Carolina A&T. From WXII.com: “North Carolina A&T State [...]
The death of former Alabama A&M University Board of Trustees President Dr. Herbert Gray has been ruled a homicide, according to Huntsville police. The A&M alumnus was found dead behind the counter of his electronics store early Friday morning after suffering an apparent gunshot wound. From the Hunstville Times: The Rev. D. Tom Bell Jr., [...]
Researchers from Howard University and George Washington University have developed a solar-powered system to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The process, which could clean air to pre-industrial levels, can also be used to make diesel and aircraft fuel sources. From PhysOrg: By showing how to take advantage of both the sun’s heat and [...]
North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue sent a letter of support to members of the North Carolina Study Abroad Engagement Consortium for pioneering international learning opportunities for HBCU students. Pioneered by the IERC Educational Foundation, the SAGE Consortium’s endorsement from Gov. Perdue is the second from a government official in as many months, with the first [...]
Researchers from South Carolina State University are among the leaders in finding environmentally-safe methods to begin recovery efforts from the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast. Led by SCSU microbiology professor Dr. Waltena Simpson, the team has discovered a bacteria commonly found in soil that may provide great support in breaking down contaminants left [...]
Two former and two current members of the Morgan State University marching band were arrested last week and face multiple charges stemming from an alleged off-campus sexual assault. Renard James, Dante Green, Dale Lawton, and Howard Smith Cook are being held without bail after a woman says the four men forcibly removed her clothing and [...]
Albany State University will host the 6th Annual “Kids on the Move” fun run and walk this Friday beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the ASU Hampton Smith Sports Complex. An event to raise awareness about childhood obesity, Albany State officials expect more than 200 children and parents from Southwest, GA to participate in the the run [...]
As Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. prepares to celebrate its 99th anniversary, the organization finds itself at a unique crossroads of public service accomplishments and social stereotypes. The fraternity, the first founded at an historically black college or university, boats a membership in excess of 100,000 and millions of dollars given to community building projects. [...]
