Howard University has secured a place among U.S. News & World Report’s 2025–2026 Best Global Universities, a ranking that evaluates 2,250 institutions across over 100 countries....
Morehouse College honored John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, with the prestigious “Candle Award” at its 37th Annual “A Candle in the...
Howard University has achieved Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, becoming the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to receive this prestigious designation. The classification, announced...
Meharry Medical College in Nashville has announced a US$20 million donation from an anonymous benefactor, following its record-breaking US$175 million gift in August this year. Dr....
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), the largest Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the United States, is proud to announce the...
Spelman College has once again been named the nation’s No. 1 Historically Black College and University (HBCU) by U.S. News & World Report, holding the top...
AP | As a young college student, Kamala Harris made the nearly 3-mile trip from Howard University to the National Mall to protest against apartheid in...
Howard University has become the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to partner with the Pentagon on military technology research through a five-year, US$90 million...
AP | Florida’s only public historically Black university (HBCU) has chosen an interim leader, after the school’s president announced this month that he intends to resign....
AP | Morehouse College President David Thomas announced that he will retire next year, saying it is time for new leadership at the prominent all-male, historically...
The Allen Media Group (AMG) free-streaming digital platform HBCU GO has announced its 2024 football season schedule. The season will feature a total of 26 football...
Florida Memorial University (FMU) President Jaffus Hardrick is stepping down after five years of service. The Miami Herald reported the news, which was later confirmed by...
Just 5.7 percent of doctors in the United States are Black or African American. Studies show that Black patients are more inclined to seek treatment and...
Karrie G. Dixon has been appointed as the new chancellor of North Carolina Central University (NCCU). She succeeds Johnson Akinleye, who announced his retirement earlier this...
Renowned actress Angela Bassett has been announced as the keynote speaker for Spelman College’s upcoming commencement ceremony, as confirmed by the college. In addition to delivering...
Texas Southern University has revealed its finalist for president, as per an official release by the Board of Regents. The appointee is James W. Crawford III....
AP | Xavier University, a small Catholic and historically Black school in New Orleans, formally signed an agreement Monday with Ochsner Health to establish a medical...
Press Release | During Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s bi-annual Board of Directors meeting on September 23rd, Racquel Oden, head of wealth and personal banking for HSBC...
Press Release | Virginia State University (VSU) is proud to announce that it has been chosen by the Commission on Presidential Debates to host a 2024...
Morgan State University is proud to be named as a Fulbright Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Institutional Leader for 2023, marking the fourth consecutive year...
Sean “Diddy” Combs has illuminated Howard University Homecoming 2023 by delivering his US$1 million pledge to the iconic Washington D.C.-based HBCU. Fulfilling a promise made at...
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...
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...
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...
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 | Howard University is turning to an experienced scholar of the African diaspora to serve as its new university president. Ben Vinson III, currently 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...
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...
Polaris and Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group’s HBCU GO are coming together to create exclusive content on the digital platform, as well as on other AMG...
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...
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....
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...
AP | Jackson State coach Deion Sanders says historically Black college football programs can be a path to the NFL for top recruits, but it is...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The HBCU becomes the latest school to clear student account balances
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...
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"
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
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.
"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...
Ballard-Washington replaces Cheryl Dozier, who retired in June 2019
UNCF taps student coaching pioneer InsideTrack to help 4,000 former students return to HBCU and PBI campuses and complete their degrees
Ivory A. Toldson has been named the new Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the U.S. Department of...
Virginia State University’s Department of Art & Design has been named by HBCU Digest, the Best Fine Arts Program at an Historically Black Collge and University...
Former South Carolina State University President George E. Cooper has died. Cooper served as president of the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and University) from 2008 until...
(PRNewswire) – Late last month the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) helped to launch the new Bipartisan Congressional HBCU Caucus, chaired by Representatives Alma S. Adams...
(BlackPRWire) – Miami Gardens – Florida – Florida Memorial University is pleased to announce that it will host its Spring 2015 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May...
Dr. Ronald A. Johnson has been named the fourth president of Clark Atlanta University. Johnson, who is currently the dean of the Jesse H. Jones School...
(NNPA) – In an effort to develop the next generation of global leaders, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, joined, Perfect World, the China Education Association for...
Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum. PHOTO/File Beverly Daniel Tatum the president of the all-female historically Black Spelman College has announced that she will retire next...
Education dean from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the United States met at Rutgers University to strategize on how best to strengthen teacher education...
HBCUX, a recently-launched digital media network, and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism are teaming up to produce the inaugural Bahamas HBCUX Classic. HBCUX is planning a...
(BlackPRWire) – Miami Gardens – Florida – Florida Memorial University (FMU) is preparing to celebrate another milestone birthday. South Florida’s only Historically Black College or University...
(Black PR Wire) – Miami Gardens, Florida – The Board of Trustees of Florida Memorial University (FMU) earlier this week announced the appointment of Dr. Roslyn...
Howard University has launched a new radio station that will showcase the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States. HBCU Sirius XM, located...
Receiving adequate, if not positive, media coverage United States, is a challenge Historically Black College Universities (HBCU) Sports have always faced. With the digital age in...
(Black PR Wire) – Atlanta – Clark Atlanta University has been listed in the top 650 American colleges and universities by Forbes. Clark Atlanta University is...
Dr. Rosalind Fuse-Hall Dr. Rosalind Fuse-Hall is set to becoming the 17th president of Bennett College on July 1, following a press conference that made her...
(Black PR Wire) – Miami Gardens, Florida – The Board of Trustees of Florida Memorial University, have announced the appointment of Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis (pictured),...
The United States Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, will deliver the commencement address to the Spelman College class of 2013 at the schools graduation ceremony scheduled...
Representatives of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) community have launched an effort to stream a techology-based entrepreneurship initiative at Black institutions. The United Negro...
A White House official said President Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr....
Fisk University has selected a college administrator from Michigan to be its next president. H. James Williams (pictured), is the incumbent Dean of the Seidman College...
Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. speaks at Fayetteville State University’s convocation. PHOTO/File (PRNewswire) – The Morehouse College Board of Trustees has announced that Dr. John Silvanus...
Sports began on American college campuses as a way for students to blow off steam and be healthy. Over the last century and a half, athletics...
Cancer patient after a scan at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. PHOTO/Jim Bourg/Reuters Howard University Hospital has partnered with a local Positron emission tomography/ computed tomography...
There is an abundance of research on academically underprepared students and their experiences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Likewise, there is a fair amount...
Morris Brown College officials have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a last ditch effort to prevent the 131-year-old school from being foreclosed on and sold...
Morris Brown College, a Historically Black College established in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church, is facing foreclosure. For more than a decade, Morris Brown...
Hazel O’Leary. PHOTO/Wikipedia Fisk University President Hazel O’Leary announced February 17 plans to retire at the end of the year, falling short of her stated goal...
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States, have contributed significantly to the effort to attain equal opportunity through post-secondary education for Black, low-income...
They are arriving on party buses and in car caravans, on planes and on trains. Alumni will join students to backslap and trash-talk, holler and rally...
