Greetings HBCU Library Alliance Membership! It is an honor to serve as Board Chair. I am excited about this opportunity to give back to an organization that assisted me in my leadership role as the Director of the James B. Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University (NC). The Board Members, Executive Director Sandra …
November (2019) — The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a $21,299,853 renewal over a five-year period to Morehouse School of Medicine as part of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program. Funding will support building Multidisciplinary Translational Teams (MDTT’s) through research … Continue reading
October (2019)– Charlamagne Tha God is giving back to students in his home state of South Carolina. During SC State University’s Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 19, he presented a $250,000 scholarship award to the SC State University Alumni Association (SCSUNAA) for student scholarships. The scholarship will provide funds for African American women who major in … Continue reading
October (2019)– Southern University was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation in the amount of $1.65 million to study cybersecurity for additive manufacturing (CSAM), better known as 3D printing. Students will be able to use virtual reality to visualize how cyber attacks on digital 3D printer files can cause changes that might not … Continue reading
October (2019) — Philanthropist Oprah Winfrey visited Morehouse College Monday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program and made a surprise announcement. She donated $13 million to continue the scholarship fund, pushing her total investment to $25 million, which is the largest endowment in the College’s history. Winfrey made the surprise … Continue reading
October 2019— ECS4Alabama — an ongoing, year-round project designed to provide underserved high school students in Alabama with greater access to computer science education — is receiving an additional $200,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation. The project, based at Tuskegee University and under the leadership of principal investigator Dr. Mohammed Qazi, trains in-service … Continue reading
ATLANTA (September 20, 2019) — The HBCU Library Alliance was recently awarded an $88,500 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This grant will help fund Year One of the HBCU Library Alliance’s project, Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In partnership with the Conservation Center for Art and … Continue reading
September (2019)– Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover has once again succeeded in her advocacy for the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and raised $1 million in a 24-hour campaign for the institutions. As International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Dr. Glover led the service organization in the one-day fundraising initiative, … Continue reading
