HBCUs
Trump Admin Ends $350M in Grants to Minority-Serving Institutions
The Department of Education called the grant programs “discriminatory” and “unconstitutional.”
1 HBCU, 8 Hispanic-Serving Institutions Achieve Top Research Status
Howard University became the first HBCU to reach R1 status in the Carnegie Classifications Research Activity Designations.
Minority-Serving Institutions Awarded $49M in New Grants
Grantees include HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities.
Bloomberg Gives 4 Historically Black Medical Schools $600M
Three of the four are receiving the largest gifts to a historically Black medical school of $175 million each.
10 HBCU Student Newsrooms Awarded Funding to Strengthen Journalism
Howard University’s Center for Journalism & Democracy awarded the newsrooms between $4,000 and $29,200.
HBCU Students Relaunch College Newspaper After Yearslong Absence
Spelman College students revived The Blueprint with the help of the ReNews Project, an organization that helps HBCUs restart student newspapers.
Lincoln University President on Paid Leave After Death of VP of Student Affairs
Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey died by suicide Jan. 8, five days after Lincoln University fired her. In emails shared with news outlets, she said she was depressed and felt unsupported in her role.
United Negro College Fund Receives Historic $100M Unrestricted Gift
The organization will use the Lilly Endowment Inc. gift to increase endowment funds for all 37 member historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Morehouse School of Medicine to Launch Health Equity Institute
The historically Black medical school’s new David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute is addressing health inequalities within low-resource communities and the Black population nationwide before they become worldwide issues.