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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Donate $15 Million to HBCUs

In partnership with The Just Project, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will make a $15 million investment to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as part of its COVID-19 response. Among the more than 100 HBCUs in The Just Project, 29 schools are collaborating to increase access to COVID-19 diagnostic testing for campuses and […]

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Harvard Business School Launches Action Plan for Racial Equity

Harvard Business School – long critiqued for its lack of minority representation – launched an action plan for racial equity on Sept. 23, as universities across the country engage in an ongoing national reckoning with racism.

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University of North Carolina Ashville Placed on Lockdown After Threats

The University of North Carolina Asheville was placed on lockdown Friday, after direct threats were made to several university offices, according to Asheville Citizen Times. On Friday, several offices at the university received a direct from an unidentified individual demanding to paint over an on-campus Black Lives Matter mural, according to university officials. State and […]

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Houston Rapper Travis Scott Offers to Pay Tuition for 5 HBCU Students

Houston Rapper Travis Scott offered to pay the tuition of five students that currently attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), reported Click2Houston.com. Scott said he plans to cover tuition for the students’ first semesters. His announcement on Twitter said, “Why not?” The tweet went viral on social media. He also revealed that his mother […]

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Mellody Hobson to Establish New Residence College at Alma Mater, Princeton University

Mellody Hobson and the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation have made the lead gift to establish a new residential college at Princeton University in 2023, according to officials at Princeton University. The Hobson College will be the first residential college at Princeton named for a Black woman and will be constructed on the site of First College, […]

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University of Notre Dame Reflects on Campus Climate Through a Communal Read of Black Alumni Essays

Over the course of seven weeks, the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association will be hosting a communal reading of “Black Domers: African-American Students at Notre Dame in Their Own Words,” a book co-edited by two Black alumni, highlighting the personal experiences of seven decades of Black students.

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8 HBCUs Receive Millions to Expand COVID-19 Testing Facilities on Campus

Eight historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received $15 million in funding by the Thermo Fisher Scientific to expand and establish on-campus COVID-19 testing facilities, as reported by The Tennessean. This funding and expansion are part of The Just Project, which seeks to address the COVID-19 pandemic in communities of color — especially since […]

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Duquesne University Fires Professor For Repeated Use of Racial Slur During Virtual Class

Duquesne University has fired an education professor for “serious misconduct,” having suspended him less than a month ago for using a racial slur in a virtual lecture related to race, the Tribune-Review reported. “We have 30 days to grieve the termination and certainly will do so,”  Warner Mariani, the attorney for Dr. Gary Shank told […]

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Harvard Medical School Renames Academic Society After First Black Tenured Professor

Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley has approved renaming the school’s Holmes Society in honor of physician-scientist William Augustus Hinton, the first Black tenured professor at Harvard, The Harvard Crimson reported. Two medical students had started a petition to rename the Holmes Society earlier in 2020, accruing more than 1,000 signatures. A task force […]

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University of Florida Students Call for Building Name Change, Citing Racism of Namesake

The University of Florida (UF) students protested Tuesday, calling on the administration to change the name of one of its buildings, WUFT reported. Two UF groups, a student government political party called Change Party and an activist group called Goddsville Dream Defenders, led the protest. The building in question, the J. Wayne Reitz Union, is […]

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UT President Forms Committee to Address Controversy Surrounding Alma Mater

The University of Texas President, Jay Hartzell, unveiled a plan to address the racist history of the school’s anthem, “The Eyes of Texas,” in an email to the UT-Austin community Tuesday, the Dallas Morning News reported. “As we move forward and continue to perform and sing ‘The Eyes,’ it is critical that we understand the […]

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Annual HBCU Moguls in the Making Business Competition Begins Thursday

The second annual Moguls in the Making, a business plan pitch competition offering Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students opportunities to develop vital skills, will take place virtually Oct. 8-11. The competition is hosted by Ally Financial Inc., Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), and rapper and singer Big Sean’s foundation, the Sean Anderson Foundation […]

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