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Fisk Trustee Donates $1 Million to University
Fisk University Trustee Robert W. Norton and his wife Janice have donated $1 million to the school’s general scholarship fund, following a movement of increased philanthropy at the historic private […]
Fisk Opens Community Financial Advancement Center
Fisk University last week debuted its campus-based Center for Financial Advancement, a community resource which will help students and employees of the university and members of the Nashville metropolitan area […]
Norfolk State/Fisk Alumna, History Making Astrophysicist Jedidah Isler Talks Black Holes and Black Pride
Jedidah Isler is the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in astrophysics from Yale University. In an exclusive interview with our HBCU Voices of STEM Excellence series, the […]
WATCH – Tennessee Lawmakers Pass HBCU Support Bill
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed into law this week a bill designed to help the state’s public and private HBCUs to communicate strengths and needs to lawmakers. The bill creates […]
Fisk's Sharee Brewer Selected for National STEM Research Internship
Sharee Brewer, a senior Biology major from Jackson, TN has been selected to attend the Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (SRE) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). The SRE […]
Reports: Kevin Rome to Be Named Fisk President
Lincoln University President Kevin Rome will be named to the same position at Fisk University, sources close to the school’s board of trustees have confirmed. Dr. Rome, who has served […]
For Fisk, Art-Selling is Not Fundraising
Secret art sale is classic example of shortsighted HBCU leadership in face of financial crisis. Asbury Park South — Florine Stettheimer I really don’t know how to say this. My alma mater […]
Middle Tenn. State Student Calls for Mass Transfer of Black Students to HBCUs
At Middle Tennessee State University, one black graduate student is calling for action – the mass transfer of black students to area black colleges like Fisk University and Tennessee State University.
Fisk Professor Kent Wallace Spurs Recognition for Nashville STEM Excellence
Fisk University Physics Lab Director Kent Wallace makes a name as an advocate for STEM excellence in Nashville’s secondary schools.
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