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AdWeek Editor David Griner discusses the prospect of HBCUs contributing more Black talent to the advertising and marketing industry, and how the industry can better support historically Black institutions.

SECTOR NEWS ‘Investment in the future’: Credit Suisse creating a scholarship for NC HBCU students Swiss bank Credit Suisse is launching a new scholarship for students that attend one of […]

Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, a former Dean of the Virginia State University College of Agriculture, is expected to be nominated today to serve as Deputy Secretary of the US Department of […]

INDUSTRY NEWS NBCUniversal News Group Launches NBCU Academy Diversity Plan Targeted to HBCUs and Community Colleges NBCUniversal News Group launched NBCU Academy, a new, innovative, multiplatform journalism training and development […]

SECTOR NEWS Corning Donates $5.5 Million to North Carolina A&T for STEM Student Scholarships North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced today a $5.5 million gift chiefly to prepare students […]

SECTOR NEWS JBL Teams With Culture Creators on HBCU Mentor Program JBL/HARMAN, in collaboration with the Black-owned agency Culture Creators, is launching JBL Campus SoundSessions. The new mentorship program will […]

SECTOR NEWS Apple Launches $100 Million National HBCU Initiative for Racial Equity and Justice Apple today announced a set of major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial […]

A group of businesses, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations met virtually last month in North Carolina to discuss the economic condition of the state’s eastern region. The East Carolina […]

SECTOR NEWS HBCUs Launch Data Science Consortium Dr. Felesia Stukes, Johnson C. Smith University Assistant Professor of Computer Science, and faculty from five collaborating HBCUs are building a consortium of […]

SECTOR NEWS White House Initiative on HBCUs Releases Contributions Report The federal initiative charged with connecting historically Black institutions to the executive branch and departments of the federal government has […]