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Due to the inclement weather, the Lyceum Event scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2011 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Doxey Morehouse Auditorium. The Rust C

On this National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (Monday, Feb. 7), we are reminded that African Americans, more than any other race or ethnicity, face the most severe rates of HIV in the United States.

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) is Monday, February 7. Stillman College has joined "HBCU Get Communities Tested," an initiative, aimed at engaging students and supporters of historicall

Harris-Stowe State University and the Anheuser-Busch School of Business proudly announces its free tax preparation service and low-income tax clinic, from February 3-April 16, 2011. Free tax servi

"Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway." From Sir Stephen Jackson: Here is my mom after her third round of chemotherapy. She was feeling down until I played this song for h

In 0ct.2009, a Winston-Salem State University student, Devease Simpson, made a song for the school which is now becoming well-known to the students on the WSSU campus. Thanks for sharing this video with all of us and we will be looking out for your next anthem video.

Stillman held it's annual United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Super Viewing Party Saturday, January 29 at the McDonald Hughes Center in Tuscaloosa. This year, UNCF paid tribute to music icon, Chaka Khan.

Keyser Wilson's painting "Remnants" has been selected for display in a national juried exhibition, entitled EPHEMERA, at Olive DeLuce Art Gallery at Northwest Missouri State University, in Maryville,

Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church is celebrating their 130th anniversary this year in a unique way. Lifelong member Yvonne Wells conceived an idea to combine an assortment of quilts, made by several

Distinguished alumna and notable businesswoman Deborah Scott Thomas will deliver the keynote address at Alabama State University’s 111th Founder’s Day Convocation on Friday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. in the

Dr. Sylvester Oliver, chair, Division of Humanities, Rust College, will give a lecture on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in the Heard Auditorium, McCarty-Varnell BCS Center at 7:00 p.m. The presentati

Event coverage of the largest M.L. King Parade in the country. (San Antonio,Tx.) . www.blacksinsanantonio.com

Rust College is pleased to announce that Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. has agreed to be its special stage guest during its 145 Commencement. "I am honored by your invitation and look forward to bein

JACKSON, Miss. -- Alcorn State has hired Melvin Spears as its football coach. The 50-year-old Spears was the offensive coordinator at Alabama State last season. He replaces Earnest Collins, who lef

The Princeton Review recently published its annual 373 Best Colleges guide. Among the 373 colleges chosen as America’s best are six historically black colleges and universities. They are Fisk University, Hampton University, Howard University, Spelman College, Tuskegee University, and Xavier Univ

The Washington Post's Dana Priest and William Arkin issued a report entitled "Monitoring America," which analyzes the exponential growth of Homeland Security in this country. The report looks at how H

By Alex Tausig If you're an entrepreneur, you're probably going to screw up at some point. That's ok. Entrepreneurship is a constant process of quickly testing hypotheses, failing, refining and testing again. If you're not failing, you're not learning, right? Well, not all fails are created eq

The Black Inventor Online Museum ™, is a look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation. Achievements by Black inventors can be seen as far back as ancie

200,000 Americans or more have HIV and don’t know it The number of adults tested for HIV reached a record high in 2009, according to an analysis of national survey data released today in a CDC Vita

Columbia University is giving away free money to further your education! The Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University (DBMI) is currently accepting applications for the certificate, Master of Arts, PhD, and postdoctoral degrees. You can find out more on HBCUConnect.com!

The Battle Presented by AT&T – an inside look at the HBCU (Historically Black College and University) Marching Bands from Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M – will air five 30-minute shows during four st

Harris-Stowe State University has been selected as a recipient of the 15th Annual Greater St. Louis Top 50 Award. Presented by the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA) and Rubi

The Rust College Lyceum Committee is excited to announce the start of the 2010-2011 Lyceum Series. The Lyceum Series features the best of European/African American cultural expressions in the forms of

Ralph Jones Jr., a brilliant 16-year-old who had his pick of colleges and chose Florida A&M University, chatted with The Root about why he went with a historically black school over an Ivy League, and

During the same week of the Miami premiere of the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls," original "Dreamgirl" Sheryl Lee Ralph will receive this year's Community Leadership Award during "A Night to Remember,"