Tryan L. McMickens, Ed.D., is lead co-editor of the first issue of Black College Men’s Mental Health.
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NCCU School of Library and Information Sciences Dean Jon Gant, Ph.D., has been named to the Federal Communication Commission’s Communication Equity and Diversity Council.
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NCCU remembers Walter Matthew Brown, Ph.D., '48, '55, who passed away on Feb. 12, 2022, at the age of 94.
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Dr. Nina Smith, associate professor of human sciences, is working to improve the lives of Black Americans affected by COVID-19 thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory.
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NCCU raised more than $1.02 million during its 2022 Day of Giving that began on March 1, 2022, and concluded on March 2, 2022.
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NC GlaxoSmithKline Foundation has awarded NCCU a $1.85 million grant for a new initiative focused on educating and increasing the number of students pursuing careers in pharmaceutical and life sciences.
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NCCU will commemorate Women’s History Month with a series of virtual events that are free and open to the public.
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Julie Horvath, Ph.D., research associate professor of biological and biomedical sciences, is studying rhesus macaque monkeys to learn how a myriad of factors affect human health.
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We continue to make great progress mitigating COVID-19 risk as key metrics continue to be favorable in Durham County, across North Carolina and around the country.
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The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Business has received an extension of accreditation in its business program by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
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North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has been awarded a $550,000 grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to create a two-year traineeship program promoting fields associated with the DOE’s mission.
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Dr. Siobahn Day Grady, assistant professor of information sciences, and her father Sherwin Thomas Day are the first father-daughter duo to endow a scholarship at NCCU.
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NCCU's Department of Mass Communication students and faculty earned awards at the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC) Awards Competition.