Posts Tagged HBCU
Youngkin amendments move funding to HBCU’s
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on June 16, 2022
Lawmakers will return to Richmond Friday to consider a number of budget amendments from the governor. Michael Pope has this report on two that focus on historically Black colleges and universities.
Creating an Opportunity for HBCU Students out of Yearbook Scandal
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 12, 2019
A GoFundMe campaign is aimed at helping students research Virginia’s politicians.
It took decades for a racist photo on Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page to come to light. Now one group wants to find out what else could be lurking out there, and they’re relying on a particular group of people to do the research. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
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From NPR News- Russian drone strikes in Ukraine kill at least 4, wound another 20 March 22, 2023Drones hit two dormitories and an educational facility in the city of Rzhyshchiv, south of the capital Kyiv, partially destroying them.
- Climate activists target nation's big banks, urging divestment from fossil fuels March 22, 2023Across the U.S. on Tuesday, people gathered outside major banks demanding that financial institutions shift away from investing in fossil fuel projects.
- An X-ray tech made Laura feel beautiful as she struggled with hair loss during chemo March 22, 2023Laura Holmes Haddad lost her hair when she was undergoing chemo. She said she was self-conscious until an X-ray tech offered a new perspective on baldness and what is considered beautiful.
- In 'Old God's Time,' Sebastian Barry stresses the long effects of violence and abuse March 22, 2023Sebastian Barry's relentlessly bleak, stunning new novel follows his character Tom, a retired police detective, as his life is thrown into disarray when he's confronted with a past he'd rather forget.
- Meet the 'glass-half-full girl' whose brain rewired after losing a hemisphere March 22, 2023Mora Leeb was 9 months old when surgeons removed half her brain. Now 15, she plays soccer and tells jokes. Scientists say Mora is an extreme example of a process known as brain plasticity.
- Russian drone strikes in Ukraine kill at least 4, wound another 20 March 22, 2023
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- Multiple injuries after ship tips over at Edinburgh dockyard March 22, 2023Fifteen people have been taken to hospital and 10 people were treated at the scene of the incident in Leith.
- Friend who inspired Begum to join IS mocks her as non-believer March 22, 2023Ex-schoolmate Sharmeena Begum, no relation, quit the UK two months before Shamima and friends followed.
- Veg shortages drive surprise jump in UK inflation March 22, 2023The cost of living rose more than expected in February driven by sharp hikes in food prices.
- Fingerprints and a mugshot: What happens if Trump is arrested March 22, 2023The former president could become the first to face criminal charges. Here's what possibly lies ahead.
- Ukraine war: Zelensky visits ruined frontline city of Bakhmut March 22, 2023Zelensky's visit to the frontline comes after Russian forces targeted Ukrainian cities overnight.
- Multiple injuries after ship tips over at Edinburgh dockyard March 22, 2023
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