Category: Black Education

A trio of crypto-funded super PACs spent $62 million on video ads last month that never mentioned digital currencies.

Jeff Yass and Harlan Crow are among donors for school that touts a “fearless pursuit of truth.”

Elon Musk’s brief Cybercab unveiling doesn’t hurt the case for the ride-booking operator’s key role in the robotaxi business.

By Julia Busiek, UC Newsroom University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., has awarded the UC Presidential Medal to hoops legend, best-selling author, philanthropist and UCLA alum Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The university’s highest honor, the award recognizes Mr. Abdul-Jabbar’s transformative advocacy for education, health and social justice, his steadfast support of his alma mater and his efforts to inspire student-athletes on and off the court. Athletic excellence “I remember when Kareem started out at UCLA,” said President Drake, speaking at a ceremony honoring Mr. Abdul-Jabbar on September 19 in Los Angeles. “He was already a legend, and many of us were The post Kareem Abdul-Jabbar awarded UC Presidential Medal appeared first on HBCU News.

By Sarah Hammond, Atlanta News First Solving the gun violence epidemic with data is what a group of Atlanta leaders came together to do Wednesday, September 18. During a roundtable discussion, representatives from Morehouse School of Medicine, the nonprofit 100 Black Men of Atlanta, law enforcement and elected officials discussed paths forward. Organizers said the meeting was to gather ideas ahead of a major symposium to present solutions next year. As an emergency physician, Dr. Adrian Tyndall has seen the impact of gun violence firsthand. “I’ve been facing this issue for the last 27 years,” Tyndall, Dean and Executive Vice The post Atlanta Community Leaders Work to Prevent Gun Violence Using Data appeared first on HBCU News.

By Aziah Siid What do Martin Luther King Jr., Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and Vice President Kamala Harris have in common? They’re all graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The schools saw a surge in applications from high school seniors after the murder of George Floyd. And along with increasingly being seen by Black high school students and families as havens of safety — both physically and culturally — HBCUs produce nearly 13% of all Black graduates, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. I’m a Morgan State graduate, so I know first-hand these schools aren’t just academic institutions. They’re a The post 5 HBCUs Leading the Charge in Creating Black Excellence appeared first on HBCU News.

Oil prices edged lower in early European trading as prospects of increased supply from OPEC+ offset risks of supply disruptions in the Middle East.

With the Fed cutting interest rates, some savers are learning that there is fine print on their certificates of deposit.

The pound was mocked as the “Great British Peso” not long ago. Suddenly, it is the best-performing currency in developed markets.

Base-metals demand in China will be largely driven by electric vehicles, renewable power, lithium-ion batteries and related infrastructure investment in 2025, offsetting some losses from a weaker property market, the Shanghai Metals Exchange said.

U.S. stock futures wavered. Growth was in focus as a new quarter got under way, with data on manufacturing and the U.S. jobs market due.

Walt Bettinger, who oversaw the company’s rise to a personal-finance juggernaut, will retire after a 16-year tenure.