While many people associate summer camp with tents or cabins, hikes in the woods, telling stories around a fire and roasting marshmallows, North Carolina Central University offers camps outside the traditional.
In late September, Assistant Professor Kristi Johnson, Ed.D., will head to the Blue Ridge Mountains to create a dance film. Johnson will gain nine days at Trillium Arts, an artist’s retreat on 22 rural acres.
Nina Smith, Ph.D., human sciences associate professor, will help the newly-established National African American Child and Family Research Center funded by a $1.8M grant to Morehouse School of Medicine.
NCCU announced a gift of $1.5 million from Lowe’s Companies, Inc. for the university’s School of Business. The award will name the auditorium in the School of Business’ new facility and a new academic program.
NCCU announced veteran athletics administrator and university alumnus Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins as the next Director of Athletics concluding a competitive national search.
NCCU has joined the Volcker Alliance Next Generation Service Corps (NextGen Service), a ground-breaking initiative that draws diverse, talented young people into government careers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.