BCN Staff – June 10, 2022 – Dr. Lawrence Kimbrough, who formerly led Philander Smith College in Little Rock from 2004 to 2012, is now a finalist for the chancellor’s…
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Ground-breaking $10 million gift from Alice Walton Foundation expands Crystal Bridges’ access to HBCU partners
May 26, 2022 — Despite seeing the stock of the nation’s largest retailer lose $34 billion in value last week, Walmart heir and Crystal Bridges Museum founder Alice Walton chose…
BCN HBCU Corner: Six new Fortune 500 corporate executives join United Negro College Fund board to assist HBCUs
Little Rock’s Philander Smith College among UNCF’s 37 HBCU member institutions BCN Staff – May 1, 2022 – The United Negro College Fund, known widely as UNCF, recently announced the…
Department of Defense seeks greater partnerships with HBCU's research centers
(Story provided by the U.S. Department of Defense.) April 3, 2022 – Maintaining technological superiority for the nation is a top goal for the Defense Department, and ensuring that happens…