AP | Now that she’s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is ready to reflect. The tennis great has a...
Eighteen specialty nurses from Ghana are scheduled to arrive in The Bahamas by the end of October to help relieve a shortage of nurses. There has...
As Jamaica moves ahead with plans to cut ties to the British monarchy – a shift that would remove King Charles III as its head of...
The eighth laureate of the Nasher Prize, an award given by the Dallas-based Nasher Sculpture Center museum that comes with a US$100,000 prize, is Otobong Nkanga,...
TheGrio | Claudine Gay has landed a spot in Harvard University history as the institution’s first Black president. Gay is also the second woman to lead...
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim If you ask just about anyone at Howard University what’s the other name for their school, they will readily tell you: “The Mecca.”...
Health officials in Jamaica have declared an outbreak of the dengue fever with at least 565 suspected, presumed and confirmed cases in the Caribbean nation. Jamaica’s...
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford said his commitment to marginalized communities, Black America, and his Democratic colleagues has always been unwavering. The 2023 National Newspaper...
AP | The HBCU Transformation Project, a coalition of 40 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), on Wednesday announced a US$124 million gift from philanthropic funders...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul says the new City University of New York (CUNY) has unveiled the Harry Belafonte Scholarship to honor the legacy of the...
Bloomberg Law | Maryland’s Supreme Court is set to take a step toward rectifying the state’s racist past, recognizing that Edward Garrison Draper should have been...
Sean “Diddy” Combs is giving back. The rapper and mogul, 53, had a busy Friday that ended with him writing two US$1 million checks for causes...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has posthumously awarded a “Key to the City of New York” to legendary Caribbean performer and civil rights activist Harry...
Press Release | Maurice Edington, Ph.D., an accomplished scientist, educator, and university administrator with a proven track record of success in improving student retention and graduation...
Phylicia Rashad is stepping down as dean of Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. The Tony Award-winning actor is stepping down as dean...
Reuters | Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event this week in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown, to demand reparations...
AP | The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he...
AP | Hill Harper, an actor known for his roles on “CSI: NY” and “The Good Doctor,” announced on Monday that he is running for Michigan’s...
By Marybeth Gasman The Supreme Court handed down a decision on Thursday rejecting the use of race in college admissions. Although the majority of commentary has...
Press Release | Johnson C. Smith University’s Board of Trustees announced yesterday the selection of Dr. Valerie Kinloch as the university’s 15th president, effective August 1,...
AP | Dr. Dre will need to make room in his trophy case for another prestigious award. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said...
A long-awaited museum of Black American history built on the site of a former South Carolina slave port is finally opening its doors to the public...
Press Release | Spelman College announced earlier this week the appointment of Pamela E. Scott-Johnson, Ph.D., C’82, as the College’s new provost and vice president for...
AP | At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar...
The Canadian Press | Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis has become the youngest person in Canadian history to graduate from university. The 12-year-old accepted her University of Ottawa...
Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s selection of Major General Janeen Birckhead as his top military advisor makes her the only Black woman in the United States currently...
Black Americans make up just six percent of the life sciences workforce, according to the PEW Research Center. Forty-eight percent of those professionals are women. A...
AP | Natalie Coles will never forget receiving an unexpected phone call in 2020. On the line was Virginia-based Dominion Energy, offering to give money to...
A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei, South Sudan, (UNISFA) has received the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of...
Reuters | Tina Turner, the American-born singer who left a hardscrabble farming community and abusive relationship to become one of the top recording artists of all...
US President Joe Biden has named Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Quinton Brown Jr., a Black Air Force fighter pilot, as the next chairman...
The Canadian Press | Another celebrity appears set to join in the bidding war for the NHL’s Ottawa Senators. Rap legend Snoop Dogg said on his...
AP | Howard University is turning to an experienced scholar of the African diaspora to serve as its new university president. Ben Vinson III, currently the...
Reuters | Harry Belafonte, a singer, songwriter, and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting “Day O” in his 1950s hit song “Banana Boat” before...
The Pythagorean Theorem—discovered by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras in the 6th century BCE—is a cornerstone of mathematics. Simply stated as a2 + b2 = c2, the...
By Phil Baty Ten years ago, the then-head of the University of Cape Town, Max Price, made a powerful case for Africa to compete against the...
The president of Oklahoma’s only historically Black university will end his tenure leading the school after 11 years. Langston University’s president Kent J. Smith recently wrote...
AP | Stacey Abrams will join the faculty at Howard University in Washington, D.C., the next step in her reemergence after the Democrat lost her second...
You won’t be able to walk on by Bowie State University’s theater without seeing Dionne Warwick’s name. The historically Black university in Maryland has named the...
Xavier A. Cole, Ed.D., with his commitment to the tenets of Jesuit education, his dedication to empowering his campus community, and his love of jazz is...
AP | Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) play an outsize role in producing teachers of color in the U.S., where only 7 percent of teachers...
Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange was invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Star of Honour of Ethiopia. The investiture was...
By Stacy M. Brown Viola Fletcher, a 108-year-old survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has become a Ghanaian citizen alongside her 101-year-old brother, Hughes Van...
From pioneering physicist George Alcorn to trailblazing engineer Camille Wardrop Alleyne, Howard University has a legacy of nurturing generations of STEM innovators. The Washington, D.C.-based historically...
Two medical researchers from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus in Barbados are sounding the alarm on the rising incidence of cancers...
Globe Newswire | Following the establishment of the Toni Morrison Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities in May 2021, President Wayne A. I. Frederick and the...
Renovations are underway for a new medical school building at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Willowbrook, California. The University administration says it’s...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been able to achieve 57 percent of the target to reduce the US$5 billion regional food import bill by 25 percent...
A South Florida law school has undergone a historic name change, and a couple of famous faces were on hand to commemorate the occasion. Attendees at...
Seattle entrepreneur Kingsley Ndoh is driven by the memory of his aunt, who died too young of colon cancer. A lot of things went wrong when...
AP | Mya Smiley is a student at the University of Akron thanks to an assist from LeBron James, and she is determined upon graduation to...
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is reminding the public that arboviral diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika are still circulating in the Caribbean region....
Howard University becomes the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to partner with the Pentagon for military technology research featuring a 5-year, US$90 million contract....
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) revealed the winners of the 14th annual AAFCA Awards on Monday. The Woman King, Till, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever...
Bloomberg | Bloomberg for Education and Bloomberg Human Resources put the finance knowledge of more than 60 students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to...
AP | US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Jackson, the first Black woman appointed to the court, is calling the...
AP | Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, died Saturday at the age of...
The remainder of Barbados’ COVID-19 protocols, which included mandatory mask-wearing in schools and on public transportation, has been discontinued. A statement from the country’s Ministry of...
AP | The House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists...
Two more universities will soon join the list of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with medical schools. The programs, to be located at Xavier University...
AP | Harvard University announced Thursday that Claudine Gay will become its 30th president, making her the first Black person and the second woman to lead...
AP | The late congressman and civil rights giant John Lewis will be honored with a postage stamp in 2023, the U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday....
AP | The Black Lives Matter (BLM) Global Network Foundation launched a new relief fund Monday aimed at Black college students, alumni and dropouts overburdened by...
Nigeria’s former minister of finance and current Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, and Nigerian media mogul Mo...
AP | Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming, and weapons. The government...
This spring, Ovell Hamilton, a professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, will guide students through a first-of-its-kind course in which Black history is taught entirely through...
AP | Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation inspired stories of black struggles that grew into universal tales of grace...
Howard University’s College of Medicine has named its new dean, and for the first time in history, a Black woman will lead the school. Andrea A....
For the first time in 45 years, a new medical school at a historically Black college or university is opening and it’s proposed at Morgan State...
AP | Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop’s biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age...
The National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference is an event where the HBCU community comes together to envision how to combat the barriers it...
AP | Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys. Obama won...
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on Monday upheld a motion by a self-described gay man challenging the constitutionality of sections of the Offences Against the Person...
A number of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are seeing an increase in Black students applying and enrolling after years of decline. “The percentage of...
Earlier this week, the internXL digital platform announced its commitment to provide quality jobs for the next generation of Black innovators with free training courses and...
By Imali Ngusale The 5th of June was set aside by the African Union (AU) to observe and commemorate the Day of the African Child (within...
Kenyan engineer Norah Magero, has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2022 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with Vaccibox, a small, mobile, solar-powered fridge that safely...
Haiti has named a candidate for the position of director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to replace the Dominica-born Carissa Etienne, who has served...
JIS | The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is exploring opportunities for collaboration with tertiary institutions in the United States, particularly Historically Black Colleges...
On May 13, Cornell Engineering presented billionaire and philanthropist Robert F. Smith with a Distinguished Alumni Award. During his acceptance speech, the founder and CEO of...
AP | Spelman College, one of the nation’s only two historically Black colleges for women, on Monday chose as its president an epidemiologist who spent decades...
Reuters | Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day in gum boots, white veil tucked under a builder’s hat, manning the micro hydroelectric plant she...
Howard University has announced that the school’s president, Wayne A. I. Frederick, will retire by June 2024. Frederick was appointed as interim president in 2013 and...
Howard University has announced that it’s planning to spend US$785 million for the largest campus construction initiative in the institution’s history. As part of the Howard...
Press Release | Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) announces that Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith is the 21st President of the University. Dr. Collins Smith is the first...
AP | The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Diébédo Francis Kéré, a Berlin-based architect, educator and social activist, for a craft that is “sustainable...
AP | The largest African American population growth in pure numbers over the past decade didn’t take place in Atlanta or Houston, long identified as hubs...
By Marybeth Gasman With growing applications and enrollment at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), these important institutions need more support to put African American students...
Press Release | The Howard University Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) received a US$2 million grant from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation to support the preservation and...
AP | The achievements of George Washington Carver, the 19th century scientist credited with hundreds of inventions, including 300 uses for peanuts, have landed him in...
Press Release | Morehouse College, the nation’s only historically Black liberal arts college dedicated to educating and developing men, has launched the US$500 million “Making Men...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization, has been named the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s...
Businessman and philanthropist Robert F. Smith is furthering his efforts to support students at historically Black colleges and universities through a new project. The Vista Equity...
Leaders of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have agreed to co-sign a letter being sent to United States President Joe Biden as they announced...
Howard University, a leading private Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Washington, D.C., is establishing an endowed faculty chair to honor Toni Morrison, one of...
Press Release | The Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI) and Chair of the Association of Commonwealth...
Press Release | The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Wednesday celebrated the life and legacy of Edmonia Lewis, the first African American and Native American sculptor...
Press Release | Morehouse College has launched the Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI), a pioneering initiative to study the economic, social, cultural, and personal outcomes of...
PRNewswire | The Propel Center, the global HBCU technology and learning hub intended to level the playing field and open greater doors of opportunity for their...
Sidney Poitier always insisted on playing smart, poised and thoughtful African and African American characters.
Press Release | University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings is ranked No. 2 in the annual Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings that are designed to spotlight top education...
Reuters | Africa’s top public health official said on Thursday that severe lockdowns were no longer the best way to contain COVID-19, praising South Africa for...
Press Release | During a launch event at Dunbar High School with JPMorgan Chase and Youth Guidance to announce the D.C. expansion of their respective programs,...
Press Release | Botswana has become the first high-burden country to be certified for achieving an important milestone on the path to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of...
Gebru’s effort is an attempt to forge a research group outside of corporate or military influence that tries to prevent harm from AI systems by focusing...
Nabaweesi will lead the Center’s health policy research on minority health and education inequities in rural and urban communities
Publishing houses have sprouted across Africa in recent years, along with literary reviews, festivals and regional prizes.
AP | The 53rd NAACP Image Awards will be held in-person February 26 in Los Angeles with a live audience, the group announced Thursday. The ceremony...
The acting sensation and iconic tennis star have joined with others to help aspiring entrepreneurs from Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) launch businesses. Actor Michael...
Gift from esteemed alumni couple marks the largest alumni donation in Howard history
“Henrietta Lacks was exploited. She is one of many women of color whose bodies have been misused by science" - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
All hackathon participants will have an opportunity to interview for a Zillow internship
Reuters | The novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. Gurnah was born on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. His work focuses on...
Globe Newswire | Howard University and Netflix have announced a US$5.4 million endowed scholarship to honor alumnus Chadwick A. Boseman, the esteemed actor, director, writer and...
AP | Entertainer Nick Cannon is promising to pay off the loan debt of 7 students at historically black colleges (HBCUs), including 3 in North Carolina,...
UWI moves up 94 places, now stands in the top 1.5 percent in the world.
For the 15th consecutive year, Spelman earned the distinction of being the No.1 historically Black college or university in the country
AP | Actor Michael K. Williams, who as the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on “The Wire” created one of the most popular characters...
The HBCU becomes the latest school to clear student account balances
With federal funding and private donations, these schools are wiping out current students’ account balances – including tuition and fees – and giving them a fresh...
While some traditional universities are experiencing declines in students, many historical Black colleges and universities are having an enrollment boom.
The college is making tuition free as the school hopes to ensure their students get a college education despite financial hardships brought on by the COVID-19...
AP | Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang known for such hits as “Celebration” and “Get...
The money went toward paying off students’ outstanding tuition and fee balances during 2020-2021 school year.
The University's commitment includes impacting the creation of 1000 Black entrepreneurs and business owners by 2030. The 1MBB partnership with Operation HOPE is a natural extension...
Her inauguration as the school’s 9th president is planned for next April to coincide with Founder’s Day
HBCU ELI aims to serve as an incubator for recruiting and developing the next generation of leaders for over 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Nigerian delegation visits the University to observe progress, research capabilities in preparation for More than 80 Doctoral and Postdoctoral candidates in Fall 2021
"Settling past due account balances allows students facing financial challenges to continue their education"
Blake becomes Georgia State University’s first Black president
"This story is deeply personal to me, and inspired by real events in my life." - Colin Kaepernick
AP | A fund formed in response to the deadly racial violence 4 years ago in Charlottesville, Virginia, said Thursday it will award US$3 million in...
Hannah-Jones opted against teaching at the University of North Carolina after a protracted tenure fight centered on conservative objections to her work and instead chose Howard
Zaila’s win breaks a streak of at least one Indian-American champion every year since 2008
Business Wire | Blackstone LaunchPad today announced that it has expanded access to its entrepreneurship and skill-building program to students at Morehouse College, Spelman College and...
S&P Affirms A+ rating for 5th consecutive year and Moody’s A1 rating collectively present Morgan in the best financial position in 30-plus years
"It means a great deal to Skip Gates and to PEN America that Wole Soyinka has decided to join us for what will be an unforgettable...
Harris issued the challenge as part of the national tour to promote vaccinations in Southern states .
Initiative is designed to diversify the alternative investment industry by attracting, training, and providing career opportunities for college students.
Since 1996, Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa's Higherlife Foundation has provided education to vulnerable and orphaned African children.
Wingard, who becomes the first Black president in the university’s 137-year history
Virginia middle school that was once named after a Confederate soldier has been renamed in honor of African American NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. The former Sidney...
"Your accounts have been cleared and you don’t owe Wilberforce anything. Congratulations." University President Elfred Anthony Pinkard told the classes of 2020 and 2021.
Press Release | The Texas Southern University Board of Regents named Lesia L. Crumpton-Young as the sole finalist for the position of President of Texas Southern...
Donation is part of a larger philanthropic donation by Jordan and Jordan Brand called the Black Community Commitment
The city's "Black Wall Street" was among the most prosperous neighborhoods in America, and a Black utopia - and then it was burned to the ground
AP | While studying at Howard University, young Chadwick Boseman helped lead a student protest against plans to merge his beloved College of Fine Arts into...
A group of families have purchased land in Georgia to build a town called Freedom, hoping to escape inequality and police violence
Ballard-Washington replaces Cheryl Dozier, who retired in June 2019
Press Release | Howard University is proud to be named a Fulbright Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Institutional Leader. For the second consecutive year, the...
UNCF taps student coaching pioneer InsideTrack to help 4,000 former students return to HBCU and PBI campuses and complete their degrees
The family is establishing the Martin Henry Freeman Memorial Scholarship to serve needy studentsn Henry Freeman
NAACP has been dedicated to fighting this pandemic from the outset - Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO
Adewumi’s goal is to become the world’s youngest grandmaster
Rashad's return to Howard, represents a reemergence of the fine arts college
Press Release | The Louisiana State University (LSU) Board of Supervisors, have named William Tate IV as as the next president of the university. Tate is...
Matanda has supported African Continental Free Trade Area negotiations; Helped in the design of AfCFTA national strategies; Engaged stakeholders on behalf of the Common Market for...
Through consistent action, focusing on what is best for kids, Sebastian is making a difference building capacity of staff, students and community members through anti-racist book...
The campaign total is believed to be the largest ever raised by a public HBCU
The money will be paid over a decade for scholarships and financial aid support services
Board was united in choosing Powell to lead institution because of his institutional history and knowledge of the school as well his leadership experience
During the ceremonies, both Davis and Gurira will receive honorary degrees
The move means Morris Brown can offer federal financial aid for the first time since 2002
HBCUs continue to equip Black students to compete globally, become entrepreneurs and close the wealth gap
Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest"
Black entrepreneurs come together to pay it forward to hard-working, inspirational HBCU undergraduate students with the Step into Greatness College scholarship
Spelman College is largely regarded as the global leader in the education of women of the African diaspora
An increase in the number of applications from suggests that the momentum of the campaign is having a beneficial effect
Furthering its commitment to opening pathways of success for students, the Student Freedom initiative names permanent leadership team.
The University’s investment will support the Fearless Fund’s mission to address the disparity that exists in venture capital funding for women of color-led businesses
Smaller countries proved more agile than most of their larger counterparts
The gift will fund scholarships that were established under the Tylers’ name at the historically Black university.
Center for Black Entrepreneurship will include a core curriculum on business development, speakers, mentorship opportunities and chances to connect with investors.
The funding is part of a larger initiative by the National Trust, which launched the action fund in 2017 as a US$25 million campaign to preserve...
Students participate in 4 month training in finance fundamentals taught by Goldman Sachs professionals; culminating in a case study competition with prizes awarded
Investing in my community will always be one of the smartest, most valuable business decisions I'll ever make.
Wilson died Monday night at her home in Las Vegas.
Boseman scored nods for his work in the Netflix films “Da 5 Bloods” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
Tyson is best known for her Oscar-nominated role in the 1972 film, “Sounder.”
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School was unveiled at a virtual ceremony on Monday Jan. 25
Marshall-Motley Scholars Program builds upon its legacy of fighting for racial justice in America and producing leading advocates against racial injustice.
Let’s normalize hesitancy to take a new vaccine. Instead of judgement, we need to empower trusted messengers to answer community questions and dispel myths.
The museum highlights 50 music genres that were created or greatly influenced by African Americans, like jazz, gospel, R&B and hip hop.
Both Perry and the MPTF have strived to help people in the entertainment industry impacted by the health crisis. Perry helped create a safe way for...
As the Vice President-elect prepares to be sworn in on inauguration day, the Howard University community shared their reflections on what it means for Kamala Harris,...
The book provides an account of the author’s life – that puts forward her story easily and spontaneously about various situations she went through in her...
Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health unite for 10-year, US$100 million partnership to reduce health disparities, increase access to culturally competent care.
'If it were not for those educators who helped me along the way, I wouldn't be where I am today,' says Darrion Cockrell
New museum in Tennessee focuses on African American music.
Tsegaye, a 17-year-old student, was named the winner of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation's sixth annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge.
The award-winning journalist will teach in the department of Media, Journalism, and Film in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications.
Program will provide an alternative to high-cost college loans and empower students for success.
By Benjamin Kagina Scientists are working around the clock to develop and test vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. Experts agree that widespread use...
Harris, was elected president of Harvard’s Undergraduate Council on November 12
NAACP Image Awards celebrates outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts and those who promote social justice through their creative work.
Barber, a track star with a stated desire to work as a Marine Corps ground officer, becomes the first Black woman to lead the Naval Academy’s...
Adjaye, the museum’s architect, said he hopes the building will establish a new paradigm for what museums in African can be.
Covington’s gift is the largest of this magnitude to an HBCU by a former athlete who was a product of its program.
Initiative is named after one of TSU’s most distinguished graduates, Dr. Levi Watkins Jr., an internationally renowned cardiac surgeon who holds an honorary degree from Meharry.
HBCUs are likely to be health protective for the segment of society who needs it most - those growing up in the most racially isolated environments