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UNCF Launches Annual Student Leadership Conference

Late last week, 34 UNCF scholarship recipients attended a leadership training institute in Washington, D.C. to gain preparation for the internships in various firms and organizations at which they will work this summer.

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Black Sorority, Fraternity Coalition Launches Anti-hazing Campaign

Alarmed by the recent hazing death of a Florida A&M University band student, a coalition of Black fraternities and sororities joined with Al Sharpton and others in pledging to work harder to end the practice.

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Hampton University Lifts Promotion, Tenure Freeze

Trustees of Hampton University voted this month to lift a four-year freeze on promotions and tenure.

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Campaign Aimed to Demonstrate Fisk University’s Fundraising Strength

Fisk University, plagued with questions about its financial stability, is in a ramped up fundraising effort aimed at convincing a skeptical higher education accrediting agency of the school’s viability.

Andrew Patterson

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Amended Bill Would Allow South Carolina State Trustees to Finish Their Terms

An amended bill to restructure the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees was approved Wednesday by a Senate education committee in the South Carolina legislature.

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

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Minority-Serving Schools Targeted by Howard Hughes Medical Institute STEM Grants

Ten minority-serving institutions are among 47 small colleges and universities receiving science education grants totaling $50 million-plus from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Thurgood Marshall College Fund STEM Internships Funded by $400,000 USDA Grant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded the Thurgood College Fund $400,000 to underwrite a 10-week summer internship program to enable public HBCU undergraduates to work in agriculture-related fields.

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Celebrities Help Cornel West Bid Princeton Farewell

Celebrities like Lupe Fiasco, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Harry Belafonte, joined with high-profile academicians to pay tribute to Dr. Cornel West.

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FAMU Marching Band Suspension Expected to be Costly

Questions still linger over FAMU marching band operations, including how 101 non-FAMU students participated in marching band performances for the university this past fall.

Florida A&M University

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Famed FAMU Marching Band Suspended Another Year

Florida A&M University’s famed marching band is being suspended for at least one more school year as officials try to cleanse the hazing culture that led to the death of a drum major, the school’s president said Monday.

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Commentary: Young, Black and Attending College in Small Town, USA

As I find myself working in higher education in a rural setting, I look at the African-American population and realize there is a desperate need for support of these college students, a Kentucky-based student support specialist writes.

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Northwestern U. Scholars Mobilized in Countering Blog Attack on Black Studies

Northwestern University scholars wasted no time responding to the April 30 blog by Naomi Schaefer Riley that criticized Black Studies dissertations of their Ph.D. students.

Keeanaga-Yamahtta Taylor

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