STEM Fields

The new 60,000-square-foot facility will serve as the new home for the historically Black medical school's College of Medicine. It features tech-enabled classrooms, new laboratories, simulation spaces, and collaborative learning areas for students.

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College, and Alabama A&M University will benefit from a new partnership with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that will open the door for new entrepreneurship and STEM opportunities at the HBCUs and in their surrounding communities.

Morgan State's new bachelor's degree program in artificial intelligence is a reimagining of the HBCU's former undergraduate program in cloud computing. The new curriculum aims to prepare students to design, develop, and responsibly deploy intelligent systems across a wide range of industries.

Under a new agreement, qualified students at Voorhees University in South Carolina will have access to a structured pathway that prepares them to pursue a medical education at the American University of Antigua College of Medicine.

“Providing access to a quality math education for all Black students requires a transformation of our entire math education system, including dismantling the gatekeepers that perpetuate inequity. It must be grounded in the belief that all students are capable of math success when provided with the proper support,” writes Andrea McChristian, national policy director at Just Equations.

Dr. Jenkins, an alumna of two historically Black universities, was recently recognized by the the American Veterinary Medical Association for her lifetime contributions to advancing opportunities for underrepresented students and veterinarians.

Housed in the HBCU's College of Sciences and Engineering, the new bachelor's degree in chemical engineering aims to prepare students for high-demand careers in Louisiana's industrial, manufacturing, and technology sectors.

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

An expert in pediatric infectious diseases and community health, Dr. Davies has led the University of Nebraska Medical Center for the past two years. Effective July 1, he will officially become the university's ninth chancellor.

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

Dr. Martin comes to his new role form the Medicine College of Wisconsin, where he has been serving as system chair of the department of emergency medicine and interim associate dean for faculty affairs and leadership development.

Dr. Walker is a known for his advanced propulsion research, specifically his experimental and theoretical studies of plasma propulsion concepts for spacecraft. He has been serving as the William R.T. Oaks Jr. School Chair in Georgia Tech's Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.

North Carolina A&T State University's forthcoming Ph.D. in bioengineering is slated to be the first stand-alone doctoral degree of its kind at a historically Black university.

New undergraduate and graduate degrees in public health are set to launch at Winston-Salem State University. Pending final accreditation approval, the new master of public health degree will be the first of its kind offered at an HBCU in North Carolina.

“The question is not whether HBCUs can produce rigorous science. They already do,” said M.C. Brown II, executive director of the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Research Center. “The question is whether we — the research enterprise and the nation — will choose to invest in them as the strategic national assets they are.”

Dr. Parker comes to her new role with nearly two decades of experience in higher education. Most recently, she served as associate vice president and executive dean for the College of Health Sciences at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.

Drawing from foundations in anatomy, movement science, nutrition, and health promotion, the three-year kinesiology degree program is designed to prepare students for careers in health care, fitness, physical therapy, sports science, and wellness.