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By Divya Kumar The newly appointed interim president of Florida A&M University has called on senior leaders of the state’s only public, historically Black college or university to resign, two weeks before the start of the fall semester. Timothy Beard, who was confirmed as interim president at the end of July, sent a letter Monday asking for resignations […]
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Courtesy of Gadsden State Community College 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 semesters of study. Once the curriculum and experiential learning training requirements are completed,
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Courtesy of Hampton University 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 pathway to federal employment at the agency upon graduation. The joint agreement is the latest addition
By Sara Weissman North Carolina A&T State University’s endowment hit $202 million this summer, the highest of any public historically Black college or university (HBCU) in the country. That sum is about 10 times larger than it was 15 years ago, when the endowment stood at a more modest $20 million. University leaders are celebrating
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Courtesy of Meharry Medical College Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development (EQBMED) has selected Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., as one of four sites aimed at addressing disparities in clinical trial access through industry and community partnerships. EQBMED is a joint venture led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Morehouse School of Medicine, the Research
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 associate professor of social work and the Ruby Lee Piester
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By Randall Barnes Clark Atlanta University has announced its partnership with MOGL, the leading athlete marketplace and operations software provider in the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) arena per a statement secured by HBCU Pulse. This collaboration positions Clark Atlanta as the latest HBCU athletics department to capitalize on the evolving NIL landscape, joining peers like Howard University,
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By Kathryn Palmer The largest donation Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ever received is “fraudulent” and the donor’s valuation of the gift was “baseless,” according to a third-party investigation by Pennsylvania-based law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. The 176-page report the firm released this week confirms months of widespread skepticism that donor Gregory Gerami is an impostor:
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Courtesy of Vanderbilt University The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University has recently digitized a collection of papers from Rev. James M. Lawson, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and advocate for nonviolent activism. Housed in the libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives, the collection was originally donated in 2013. Now, the collection can
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By Amber D. Dodd Howard University will receive $175 million in support of the endowment of the College of Medicine. Howard University President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D., will attend Bloomberg Philanthropies’ announcement in New York City Tuesday morning, as he called the endowment a “unreservedly transformational gift” for the University. “Endowment support has traditionally been an
