Daily News on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Dr. Shengmin Sang, lead scientist for functional foods at the Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, has received a $490,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to research the connection between diabetes and flavonoids, which are a group of compounds found in fruits, vegetables, herbs [...]
The need to protect and secure cyberspace for U.S. military and consumer use will continue to be a major challenge in the future. In response to this need, the College of Engineering at Tennessee State University is aggressively pursuing research opportunities to support and provide solutions to industry and government. Cloud Computing Security research at [...]
Nearly 16 years after the Environmental Protection Agency last declared drinking water safe in the predominantly black town of Triana, AL, Alabama A&M researchers Dr. Paul Okweye, a chemist, and Dr. Karnita Golson-Garner, an environmental scientist, recently discovered contaminants in the water supply exceeding federal limits for safe consumption.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a research grant to Marionette Holmes, Ph.D.,assistant professor of economics.
Dr. Melissa A. Harrington, professor of biological sciences, has been named as the “Neuroscientist of the Year” by the Delaware Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience.
Biotechnology students at Bowie State University turned a trip to the grocery store into a high-tech research project to determine the makeup of some common food items. They were surprised to find that many of their favorite foods, like bananas, cereal and even cake mixes, were genetically modified.
Isadora Porter, Jasmine Jenkins, Ebony Mason and Niara Taylor, all C’2013, are trying to find answers to some pretty tough neuroscientific questions:How can a protein act as a neuroprotectant against inflammatory stimuli? Or how can a particular gene affect the social behavior in small rodents like prairie voles? By researching these questions, the students hope [...]
Delaware State University researchers will play a small part in a big mission – NASA’s mission to Mars. That is how DSU Vice President of Research Dr. Noureddine Melikechi summarized the university’s involvement with the space mission to the red planet during a packed press conference held Friday on campus. NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory is [...]
Creighton University is a member of a training and research consortium that recently received a five-year $15 million renewal award from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). As a continuing member of NOAA’s Environmental Cooperative Science Center (ECSC), Creighton will receive $400,000 over the next five years focusing on student training and research with [...]
Martha Gwengi, a senior mathematics major in the College of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology, recently won a cash prize for her research poster at the 14th annual Philadelphia AMP Research Symposium and Mentoring Conference. Ms. Gwengi received a cash prize for her work entitled “Movements of Polystyrene Beads in Contraceptive Gels. Her research is [...]
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Fisk Jubilee Singers at the Annual African American Music Gala