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Howard University Strengthens Academic and Community Efforts in Colombia with HU-COL Avanza (Photo: Dr. Wanye A. I. Frederick, president of Howard University and Edgar Varela Barrios, president of Universidad Del Valle in Colombia in 2018) WASHINGTON – For the past five years, Howard...

Ellicott City woman provides local, global jobs while creating beauty products for Black women Feb 2021 Funlayo Alabi believes that shea butter and its devotees — mostly Black women — will revolutionize the beauty industry where Black consumers already account for 86% of the ethnic...

fixed , now permalinked 2020, running time is 57 minutes Old article about the premiere ============================ New ‘Gullah Roots’ documentary will be screened on SCETV and at drive-in Sep 29, 2020 Mount Pleasant basket weaver Nakia Wigfall makes sweetgrass baskets with...

Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection "Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection" traces the historic influence of the small island of Barbados on the wealth and success of a place 2,000 miles away: the Carolinas. Scholars examine the cultural exchange that impacted the development of...

Reupped ========== January 06 2021 Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Grants Citizenship to 22 African Americans State House, Freetown, Tuesday 5 January 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 22 African Americans who...

Opening of the LuccaHealth Medical Specialty Center in Ghana 10/25/19 Deputy Minister of Health Alexander Abban, Dr Rodney Armstead, Ambassador Sullivan, Cheryl Mills, Archbishop Duncan-Williams and Rosa Whitaker Duncan Williams at the opening ceremony. =========== Located in the heart...

Dallas Engineering Firm Presents $50,000 Gift for UT Dallas Diversity Scholars Program Aug 5, 2020 Anthony Mbroh, President of Mbroh Engineering [Image: Courtesy UT Dallas] A $50,000 scholarship presented by Dallas-based engineering design, consulting, and professional services firm Mbroh...

UF Law Announces HBCU Pathway to Law Endowed Scholarship YOLANDA CASH JACKSON August 24, 2020 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Becker, a multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists, and other professionals at offices throughout the East Coast, announced that Management Committee Member...

Wantchekon leads new effort to propel Black students into top economics Ph.D. programs Delaney Parrish, Department of Economics Aug. 20, 2020 Leonard Wantchekon In 2014, Princeton professor Leonard Wantchekon opened the doors to what is now one of the top-ranked economics programs in...

Morgan State University to Offer Three Degree Programs in Ghana Following Board Approval February 10, 2020 BALTIMORE — Morgan State University (MSU) is slated to establish an international presence on the African continent by way of a new pilot program. During the recent public session...

Morgan President David Wilson welcomes Professor Suleiman E. Bogoro, Executive Secretary of TETFund to the campus New Agreement With Nigeria’s TETFund to Bring Up to 50 International Students Seeking Ph.D.s to Morgan State University Annually - May 19, 2020 Morgan State University, the...