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Virtual Panel Discusses the Role and Needs of HBCUs

Historically Black colleges and universities continue to be needed and relevant. That was the sentiment expressed by higher education and political leaders who convened virtually on Wednesday to participate in Virginia Union University’s (VUU) “The Continuing Significance of HBCUs Today” event.

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Global Manufacturer of COVID-19 Test Kits Partners with HBCUs to Ensure Safe Return to Campus

On Wednesday, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world’s largest maker of scientific tools, announced a project to support testing, at no-cost, to the nation’s HBCUs, including establishing national HBCU testing centers to process COVID-19 tests and provide timely results throughout the academic year.

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Biden Picks Harris as Running Mate

Former Vice President Joe Biden has tapped U.S. Senator Kamala Harris—a Howard University graduate—to be his running mate in this year’s presidential election.

Dr. Dwayne Smith: From First Gen Student to CEO of Housatonic Community College

In July, Dr. Dwayne Smith began his new role as CEO of Housatonic Community College.

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A New Initiative Supports Rural Community Colleges

Education Design Lab, a nonprofit for innovation in higher education, will focus on supporting rural community colleges in its new initiative, called “Building Rural Innovation, Designing Educational Strategies” or “BRIDGES.”

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Virtual Book Club Puts Focus on Implicit Bias

To understand individual prejudice, the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) has developed a virtual Implicit Bias Book Club for faculty members and community partners to participate in virtually.

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International Conference Explores Religious Diversity in Higher Education

When we talk about diversity, equity and inclusion on campus, religion isn’t always a part of the conversation. But with its inaugural international conference, Convergence, a nonprofit focused on campus religious diversity, worked to change that.

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Benedict College Ramps Up Safety Measures As In-Person Classes Begin

About now, Benedict College would have been bustling with the excitement of a fall start. Instead, campus leaders must now assume the role of public health watchdogs as in-person classes at Benedict begin Monday, August 10.

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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Morehouse School of Medicine Welcomes Its Largest Class

In June, most historically Black colleges and universities were racing against the clock to come up with a plan for what the fall semester would look like or rolling out and then revising strategies to safely re-open. But at Atlanta’s Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), faculty, staff and most future physicians were already back training, teaching and learning — virtually and in person.

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Howard, Johns Hopkins Reverse Course, Opt for Virtual Fall Semester

Howard University, in the nation’s capital, will now hold its fall semester entirely online for undergraduates and will not house students. The decision announced late Friday afternoon is a reversal of plans to offer students the option of in-person and virtual classes. It also signals the angst and gravity that campus leaders are facing as they decide how or if they will re-open their institutions as the coronavirus pandemic rages.

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Apple Expands Partnerships With Historically Black Colleges and Universities

At a time when whole industries have shifted online in response to the coronavirus, historically Black colleges and universities are deepening their coding education through a partnership with Apple. The tech giant recently expanded ties with HBCUs as a part of its Community Education Initiative, launched last year.

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HBCUs Have Benefited From Philanthropy in Wake of Black Lives Matter Protests

Within days after Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin pledged a total of $120 million to the United Negro College Fund and two of Atlanta’s historically Black colleges, another HBCU became an indirect beneficiary of that philanthropic gesture.

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