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JACKSON, Miss. -- Alcorn State has hired Melvin Spears as its football coach. The 50-year-old Spears was the offensive coordinator at Alabama State last season. He replaces Earnest Collins, who lef

The Princeton Review recently published its annual 373 Best Colleges guide. Among the 373 colleges chosen as America’s best are six historically black colleges and universities. They are Fisk University, Hampton University, Howard University, Spelman College, Tuskegee University, and Xavier Univ

The Washington Post's Dana Priest and William Arkin issued a report entitled "Monitoring America," which analyzes the exponential growth of Homeland Security in this country. The report looks at how H

Rust College and Hendrix College’s men battled through 11 lead changes and seven ties in a nip and tuck contest in Conway, AR. on Tuesday afternoon. Junior Marcus Erves scored 16 points and denied th

By Alex Tausig If you're an entrepreneur, you're probably going to screw up at some point. That's ok. Entrepreneurship is a constant process of quickly testing hypotheses, failing, refining and testing again. If you're not failing, you're not learning, right? Well, not all fails are created eq

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics there are an expected 2.7 million new jobs to be added in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields by 2018 but yet The Council of State Governments reports that only 13 states in the U.S. including New York, Delaware and New Je

Looks like Hampton University should be the cream of the crop when it comes to basketball hoops at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) this season, but according to the 2011 Pomer

Published by Herbert L. White Johnson C. Smith University is no longer a gated community. In 2010, the 143-year-old school launched a series of initiatives that transformed JCSU into a major for

Judge Greg Mathis to Keynote 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. State Celebration Kick-off Program at Harris-Stowe. Judge Greg Mathis, nationally recognized as an advocate for justice and as a

By Khalea Underwood - Howard University Courtesy of CollegeCandy.com While every college girl shares many of the same college experiences (Procrastinating, Blue Book exams ), she also carves her o

St. Louis Resident Leonard Johnson, III Is One of Four Individuals Honored Nationwide for His Exemplary Volunteer Efforts to Give Back to the African-American Community Allstate Insurance Company,

Harris-Stowe State University will honor Tihra Ann Devres, a 19-year-old HSSU student who passed away last Sunday, at a Candlelight Vigil tonight, December 1, at 5 p.m. in the Emerson Performance Cent

200,000 Americans or more have HIV and don’t know it The number of adults tested for HIV reached a record high in 2009, according to an analysis of national survey data released today in a CDC Vita

Harris-Stowe State University's College of Education has received reaccreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The National Council for Accreditation of

Columbia University is giving away free money to further your education! The Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University (DBMI) is currently accepting applications for the certificate, Master of Arts, PhD, and postdoctoral degrees. You can find out more on HBCUConnect.com!

The Battle Presented by AT&T – an inside look at the HBCU (Historically Black College and University) Marching Bands from Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M – will air five 30-minute shows during four st

Today, 82 Harris-Stowe State University students are assisting as poll workers in the city of St. Louis. The need for poll workers was originally expressed by the U.S. House of Representatives' re

It's Bethune Cookman on top in Division I FCS and Albany St. is the unanimous choice again in Div. II, in this week's HSRN Top- 10 Polls. Each week during the 2010 season HSRN staff and writers, alon

Harris-Stowe State University has been selected as a recipient of the 15th Annual Greater St. Louis Top 50 Award. Presented by the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA) and Rubi

University of the Virgin Islands students Daniella Henry, St. Clair Hodge, Felix Miga, Kyza Callwood, Alyssa Ryan, Jessica Taylor, Indira Turney, Necola Charles, Miguelina Valdes, Bernhardt Simmonds I

The Rust College Lyceum Committee is excited to announce the start of the 2010-2011 Lyceum Series. The Lyceum Series features the best of European/African American cultural expressions in the forms of

Ralph Jones Jr., a brilliant 16-year-old who had his pick of colleges and chose Florida A&M University, chatted with The Root about why he went with a historically black school over an Ivy League, and

During the same week of the Miami premiere of the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls," original "Dreamgirl" Sheryl Lee Ralph will receive this year's Community Leadership Award during "A Night to Remember,"

Harris-Stowe State University will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with “Inca Son in St. Louis” on October 7, at 12:30 p.m. in the Emerson Performance Center Bank of America Theatre. Hel

Program to Provide Scholarships Totaling More Than $350,000 in Partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Ba