Dr. Melanie McReynolds, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Rabinowitz Lab Group at Princeton University, shares her journey from Alcorn State University to the Ivy League, and the moments and people who helped in shaping her career.

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Claflin University Athletic Director Jerome Fitch breaks down the Panthers' move to the CIAA, the ramifications it will have for student athletes and athletic corporate partnerships, and how it supports the university's mission.

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Alabama State University President Quinton Ross discusses the recent financial stability status upgrade from Standard & Poor's, how HBCU communities can influence legislative agendas, and ASU's support for Concordia College as it prepares to close its doors.

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Dr. Scott shares insight on the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission's report on race in America, and offers her perspective on how Black America contends with the prospect of two nations divided by race.

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Dr. Dawkins talks about a new grant from the Walmart Foundation to support the College's accreditation reaffirmation efforts, and the critical work of fundraising to ensure the campus meets a $4 million goal by June 30.

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Maryland State Delegate Charles E. Sydnor III discusses his HB 1062, which seeks to support the state's HBCUs in their legal fight to eliminate illegal program duplication from predominantly white institutions.

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North Carolina A&T alumna, former Bennett professor and Rep. Alma Adams talks about a national challenge to American corporations to hire more HBCU graduates and growing interest from the Republican party in HBCU advocacy.

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Spelman College alumna and Johns Hopkins University assistant professor Risha Irvin discusses her path to STEM, the professors who influenced her career, and her work in public health advocacy and analysis in Baltimore City.

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Tuskegee's Clayton Yates discusses his historic $8.5 million grant to help black communities throughout Alabama reverse disparate impact of intractable diseases.

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We talk with Gerard Robinson, executive director of the Center for Advancing Opportunity, Camille Lloyd, a senior consultant with Gallup Inc., and Dr. Howard Henderson, director of the new TSU Center for Justice Research and a professor in TSU’s Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs about the role of HBCU research in expanding American opportunity.

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