B. Denise HawkinsAfrican-AmericanA Coalition of Maryland HBCUs Keeps the Hope of a Legal Settlement AliveLast month, Maryland’s governor vetoed a bill that would allot $577 million to the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over 10 years. Still, the institutions hold hope for the legal resolution of a suit that alleges state policies perpetuate segregated higher education by underfunding its HBCUs.June 19, 2020HealthBlack Scientists Applying for NIH Grants Consistently Receive Lower Scores, Says StudyA new scoring approach introduced in 2009 was supposed to diminish bias during the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Enhanced Peer Review process, but Black researchers applying for the agency’s prestigious and highly competitive R01 grants consistently receive lower scores than White applicants in the first and critical phase of consideration, a new study reveals. […]June 16, 2020African-AmericanHBCU Meharry Medical College Gets NIH Support to Advance COVID-19 Drug DevelopmentThe historically Black Meharry Medical College said on Friday that it will get vital research and technical support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance its development of a drug for patients infected with COVID-19.May 31, 2020African-AmericanMeharry Proposes Consortium of HBCU Med Schools to Tackle COVID-19’s Uneven TollThe president of the historically Black Meharry Medical College said on Wednesday that a consortium of the nation’s four Black medical schools would be the group best prepared to tackle the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black people and communities of color.May 27, 2020COVID-19Meharry Medical College’s Dr. James E.K. Hildreth Weighs In On COVID-19Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, infectious disease expert and president of Meharry Medical College, the nation’s oldest and largest historically Black academic health science center, discusses COVID-19, from the nation’s response, to the need for a “new normal,” to HBCUs and, of course, the science behind the novel coronavirus.April 30, 2020COVID-19Howard University Hospital Doctors Prepare For a Potential Surge in COVID-19 PatientsFor infectious diseases doctor Siham Mahgoub, some diligent “detective work” and plenty of curiosity are what many medical breakthroughs in challenging patient cases are made of. Now that she is on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mahgoub admits that the stakes are higher and the learning curve is steep, but her approach remains the same.April 30, 2020HomeWith a Stirring Recital, the Nation’s First Youth Poet Laureate Inspires HopeAt 18, Amanda Gorman made history when she was named the nation’s inaugural Youth Poet Laureate in 2017, a post that she felt had been a lifetime in the making. For Gorman, who published her first collection of poetry at 16, this literary honor afforded her a big open door — and a world stage.April 29, 2020COVID-19Meharry Medical College Enters Global Race for an Antiviral Drug to Treat COVID-19For Meharry’s Dr. Donald Alcendor, finding an effective antiviral strategy not only for COVID-19, “but for current viruses within that family and future viruses within that family, is the ultimate strategy.”April 5, 2020Latest NewsRemembering Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke, the Man Behind the Harlem RenaissanceDr. Alain LeRoy Locke, a longtime Howard University professor, art critic, Harvard-educated writer, first Black Rhodes Scholar, pioneering philosopher and complex race man gave expression to a movement he called “the New Negro.” We know it as the Harlem Renaissance.February 10, 2020HBCUsIn a First, Washington National Cathedral Will Host HBCU Sunday on Feb. 16For the first time, on Sunday, Feb. 16, Washington National Cathedral will host alumni, students, organizations, families and community representing the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), at its 11:15 a.m. worship service and Eucharist.February 5, 2020Previous PagePage 3 of 15Next Page