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Unprecedented Federal Support Predicted for HBCUs

At the conclusion of the 2009 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a gathering of Black college leaders Wednesday that he predicts HBCUs will receive “unprecedented” levels of financial support under the Obama administration.

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Archaeologists Search for Texas Plantation Remains

Archaeologists are combing through a site about 50 miles northwest of Houston that nearly two centuries ago became Texas’ largest plantation and then a staging area for Gen. Sam Houston’s troops before the decisive Battle of San Jacinto.

HBCU News Nuggets

With more than 100 historically Black colleges and universities in the country, we could not cover them all. Here’s a glimpse at initiatives some of them are pursuing.

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Gene Variant Predicts Racial Disparity in Hepatitis Treatment Success

Scientists say they’ve found a big reason why treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection works better for White patients than for African-Americans. It’s a tiny variation in a gene.

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Black Male Enrollment at Mississippi Institutions Lags

A task force commissioned by the Mississippi College Board to recommend ways to improve Black male college enrollment has not made much progress despite having more than a year on the job.

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Black male university enrollment still lags

More than a year after the Mississippi College Board launched a fact-finding mission to bolster the number of black males attending and graduating college, no specific recommendations are in hand. According to clarionledger.com, a statewide task force has met a few times since its creation in June 2008, but officials say it could be at […]

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CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE

For more than two decades, Dr. Warren M. Washington, one of the nationâ€™s leading meteorologists, has been among the U.S. scientists that have studied and predicted the long-term impact greenhouse gas emissions.

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IU Press Puts Books, Journals Online

Indiana University’s academic press has started putting books and journals online.

Who Should Teach Hip-hop Studies?

By most criteria, hip-hop has now been solidifi ed as an essential domain of inquiry and learning in higher education. This status entails a sizable body of scholarship; symposia, conferences and courses devoted to its study; and a growing pool of scholars who have centered it in their research agendas.

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Harvard Scholar Says He Received Death Threats

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Sunday joked about his arrest by a white police officer, but also described receiving death threats and dreaming about being arrested at the White House. According to the Washington Post, in his first public appearance since sharing a beer at the White House on Thursday with the officer, […]

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HBCU Battle It Out

Highlights from the 2008 Honda Battle of the Bands, held in Atlanta. Music from North Carolina Central University’s marching band, Sound Machine, directed by Jorim E. Reid, is featured in the slide show.

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Race Not Mentioned in Gates 911 Call

The 911 caller who reported a possible break-in at the home of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. did not mention race in the call, according to a statement issued by her attorney and backed up by Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas. According to the Detroit Free Press, Lucia Whalen placed the 911 call July […]

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