Tryan L. McMickens, Ed.D., is lead co-editor of the first issue of Black College Men’s Mental Health.
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Noted historian Crystal Sanders, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Penn State University, will give the keynote address at the 31st annual Earlie E. Thorpe Memorial Lecture.
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The School of Education has introduced a new program to increase minority male representation in education. The Marathon Teaching Institute aims to further assist with developing more diverse educators.
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NCCU students and alumni from the Department of Theatre will perform “The House of George.” The original work, written by NCCU alumnus Howard L. Craft, profiles a community barbershop.
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NCCU has launched a digital badging initiative with Credly to provide individuals who successfully complete online coursework with verified digital badges.
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NCCU is the recipient of a 2021 NIH grant to support highly innovative and broadly impactful biomedical or behavioral research through the Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.
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NCCU Music Professor Candace Bailey, Ph.D., has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
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NCCU, in partnership with Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the Duke-NCCU Bridge Office, are sponsoring an ethnodrama production focused on COVID-19 hesitancy.
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NCCU alumnus Ibrahim Cissé, Ph.D., ’04 was named one of 25 MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius’ Fellows in the Class of 2021.
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North Carolina Central University has been named the safest college campus in the state of North Carolina by YourLocalSecurity.com, a partner of ADT-authorized provider SafeStreets.
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NCCU continues to boast its stellar academic profile and educational value in the newest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best College rankings.
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For Ryan Bethea, '14, the lessons he learned from NCCU's Geospatial Sciences Program helped him to cultivate a successful oyster business.
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Behind every successful creative idea, invention or product is a lawyer working to obtain a patent or trademark. Some of the greatest ideas and items are protected by intellectual property law in some way.