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Program Aims to Train the Next Generation of Equity-Focused Principals

New partnership is designed to create a program that will produce more people of color to become principals in the public K-12 school systems.

March 9, 2022

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Vorhees College Receives Funding for Campus Restoration

Voorhees College is one of five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that have been awarded portions of a $650,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative.

March 3, 2022

Massachusetts Hall, on the Voorhees College campus, was built in 1930. Its rehabilitation will be funded with this new grant.

Delta Airlines Partners with Hampton University to Diversify Pilots

Delta Airlines has announced a partnership with Hampton University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in order to diversify their pilot workforce and train more pilots of color.

February 28, 2022

The Black Press Archives to be Preserved and Digitized at Howard University

A $2 million grant from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation will fund the preservation and digitization of the Black Press Archives at the Howard University Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC).

February 28, 2022

Nikole Hannah-Jones, journalist and Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University.

Wiley College Receives Propel Grant for Short Film

Wiley College, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Texas, has received a $300,000 Impact Grant from the Propel Center, part of Apple’s Nationwide Investment in Racial Equity and Justice.

February 22, 2022

Wiley College President Dr. Herman J. Felton, Jr.

Faculty & Staff

Southern University Names New Leader

University of Wisconsin-Platteville President Dennis Shields has been tapped to serve as the new president of the Southern University System and its president-chancellor.

February 21, 2022

Bennett College Receives Fellowship for Alumnae-Student Mentorship Project

Bennett College, an historically Black, liberal arts college for women, has been selected as a 2022 Steelcase Social Innovation Fellow to develop a mentorship project for students and alumnae seeking community.

February 18, 2022

Bennett College Commencement

White Violence and Black Success: Why HBCUs Receive Bomb Threats

Throughout the long arm of history, the ebb and flow of white violence against HBCUs has always stemmed from instances of Black progress.

February 16, 2022

Howard University received three bomb threats in just under two months.

Life After the Acquisition: Delaware State and Wesley College

After Wesley College closed its doors and became DSU: Downtown, the work to combine two thriving cultures continues.

February 15, 2022

Wesley College's main building, wearing its new moniker. It is now the hub for DSU: Downtown's Wesley College of Health and Behavioral Sciences.

The Persistence of Denmark Tech: How a Two-Year HBCU Survived Closure

Denmark Technical College was on the verge of closure in 2018. But things have turned around.

February 11, 2022

United Negro College Fund, Thurgood Marshall College Fund Respond to Bomb Threats Targeting HBCUs

United Negro College Fund and Thurgood Marshall College Fund issued a joint statement in response to recent bomb threats targeting historically Black colleges and universities.

February 8, 2022

Dr. Harry L. Williams, president and CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Air Force Global Strike Command and Tuskegee University Form Partnership, Honor Historical Relationship

February 4, 2022

Gen. Anthony Cotton

Spelman College to Build Creativity Hub on Campus, Thanks to $10 Million Gift

Spelman College has announced that it has received a $10 million grant from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation to create a creativity hub on campus that supports young entrepreneurs and innovators set to open in 2024.

February 3, 2022

Spelman President Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell.

Historic Wilberforce University Rises

Wilberforce University, the country's first private HBCU, enters a renaissance.

January 31, 2022

Multiple HBCUs Receive Bomb Threats for the Second Time this Year

Multiple historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) received bomb threats on Monday morning, the second such threat made in less than a month.

January 31, 2022

UNCF and The Steve Fund Partner on Mental Well-Being Conference

Presentations addressed mental health needs of HBCU students during the pandemic.

January 28, 2022

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Getty Images Partners with HBCUs to Document History

Claflin University and Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) have been selected as two of four recipients for the first annual Getty Images Photo Archive Grant for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

January 26, 2022

An archival photo from Claflin University that has been added to Getty Image's online collection.

Howard University to Open Data Science Center with Gift from Mastercard

Mastercard has given a $5 million grant to Howard University to create the Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics (CADSA).

January 25, 2022

Howard University students