South Carolina State University still owes $6.5 million on bills and needs more help from the state to move forward, President Thomas Elzey told the Budget and Control Board on Tuesday.
The state’s only public historically Black university is seek ...
Posted Wednesday, October 15th 2014 at 3:43PM
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The Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC) is accepting applications for the 2015 NSSC-MSI Summer Research Fellowship Program. Applications are due on February 2, 2015. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Additional information and required app ...
Posted Monday, October 13th 2014 at 2:24PM
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Join a diverse group of students from around the globe in learning how to address the most pressing problems in society. The intimate WWS community offers students the opportunity to study public policy and international affairs from renowned faculty ...
Posted Friday, October 10th 2014 at 4:05PM
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Attorney Edward Pollard was elected President of the Houston Black American Democrats (H-BAD). H-BAD is a long standing progressive organization dedicated to building a strong political power base focusing on issues that directly affect the Black com ...
Posted Wednesday, October 8th 2014 at 4:43PM
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A patient with Ebola-like symptoms who had recently traveled to Nigeria is being treated at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., a hospital spokesperson confirmed late Friday morning.
That person has been admitted to the hospital in sta ...
Posted Friday, October 3rd 2014 at 3:43PM
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During the month of September in New York City nothing matters more for film lovers than attending Urbanworld Film Festival, the nation's largest competitive multicultural film festival....and this is year was no different! For five consecutive days ...
Posted Thursday, October 2nd 2014 at 7:50PM
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Grambling State University will unveil a newly commissioned mural honoring legendary Grambling football coach Eddie G. Robinson, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division 1 football, at the historic Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.
The ceremony ...
Posted Friday, September 26th 2014 at 7:01PM
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TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
The University of Colorado-Boulder is looking for individuals with a specialization or expertise in integrative physiology for a tenure track position at the level of assistant professor.
Start Date: August 17, 201 ...
Posted Thursday, September 25th 2014 at 6:35PM
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The National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR) brings the
2014 National Conference to Philadelphia, PA
The National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR) invites you to join your human resource colleagues and friends at the 2014 NAAAHR National c ...
Posted Monday, September 15th 2014 at 5:23PM
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Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry came to Texas Southern University to speak with student leaders about the importance of registering and voting in the upcoming November elections.
“In order for elections to be successful everyone has to vot ...
Posted Thursday, September 11th 2014 at 6:34PM
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How does your HBCU rank against the other top HBCUs in the country? Check out this recent ranking on HBCUConnect.com! ...
Posted Thursday, September 11th 2014 at 3:17PM
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Thirteen years ago, militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. On that day - September 11, 2001 - which has come to be known as "9/11" - two of the four airplanes ...
Posted Thursday, September 11th 2014 at 2:49PM
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Dozens of volunteers and alumni spent Thursday at Knoxville College to give the struggling school a helping hand.
Help came with huge handout of $50,000 worth of renovations from Home Depot. The national hardware chain named Knoxville College the ...
Posted Monday, September 8th 2014 at 5:16PM
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Southern University students got a rallying cry from civil rights activist, the Rev. Al Sharpton, encouraging them to speak out against injustice and to become a strong voting block for change.
Sharpton, who was joined by legal counsel for a New I ...
Posted Friday, September 5th 2014 at 2:42PM
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Courtesy of TSPN Sports
Three HBCU products — Michael Strahan (Texas Southern), Claude Humphrey (Tennessee State) and Aeneas Williams (Southern) — were officially enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday night.
Their paths to the NFL ...
Posted Tuesday, August 5th 2014 at 2:43PM
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During the Grand TimkenSteel Parade, a tradition for the Pro Football Hall of Fame weekend, there were huge inflatable balloons, classic cars, walking units, football legends and bands as far as the eyes could see – then almost an hour into the popul ...
Posted Tuesday, August 5th 2014 at 2:25PM
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Last night Cheyney University of Pennsylvania alum and media correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant was on the red carpet to cover the THIRD INSTALLMENT of Sean Combs REVOLT TV's community initiative, "HELLO HARLEM" -a summer series to benefit the BOYS ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2014 at 6:23PM
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Last night in New York City at the premier of the new medical drama for Cinemax called "The Knick" Cheyney alum and media correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant had an opportunity to chat with a star of the show actor Andre Holland. Mr. Holland who is a ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2014 at 5:35PM
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to announce that Marita Rivero has been named chairman-elect to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees. Marita will assume the chairman’s role in October 2014.
Marita is currently of counsel ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2014 at 3:25PM
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In a move that many educators, prognosticators and medical practitioners saw coming for years, Georgia native Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice becomes the first woman president of Morehouse School of Medicine.
The Macon, Ga. native succeeds outgoing pr ...
Posted Wednesday, July 9th 2014 at 2:02PM
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Aken Technologies, LLC seeks $25,000 to help bring “LiquidOff” to market. Product uses breakthrough eco-friendly nanotechnology.
A new company with a revolutionary product likely to disrupt the clothing industry has launched a Kickstarter crowdfun ...
Posted Wednesday, July 2nd 2014 at 6:22PM
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Tanisha LaVerne Grant media correspondent and Cheyney University alum interviews legendary director Spike Lee about his kickstarter film the "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus" which was the closing film for the 18th annual American Black Film Festival held in ...
Posted Monday, June 30th 2014 at 5:28PM
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by George Johnson Jr., director of integrated marketing and public relations
Twenty-one representatives from Oakwood University consisting of students, and staff, and a few non-Oakwood volunteers, arrived in Kenya on June 11 for the 2014 4HIM Over ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2014 at 6:47PM
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Last night Cheyney University of Pennsylvania alum and media correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant was on the red carpet to cover Sean Combs REVOLT TV's community initiative, "HELLO HARLEM" -a summer series to benefit the BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HARLEM ...
Posted Wednesday, June 25th 2014 at 5:33PM
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Media correspondent and Cheyney University of Pennsylvania alum Tanisha LaVerne Grant was on the red carpet last night for one of New York City's most anticipated events ... the inaugural of the American Black Film Festival also known as ABFF. What a ...
Posted Friday, June 20th 2014 at 5:34PM
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