Savannah State Update: Dr. Carmella Lennon-HillSavannah State University (SSU) is proud to announce that Dr. Carmella Lennon-Hill, assistant professor of management, has been awarded the prestigious Emerging Scholar Award by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). The distinction was presented during the organization’s 2026 annual conference, recently held in Salt Lake City, Utah.The USASBE is a premier professional organization dedicated to advancing entrepreneurship education through innovative teaching, cutting-edge research, and practical application. The Emerging Scholar Award recognizes early-career faculty who demonstrate exceptional promise in the field of entrepreneurship research and pedagogy.“Receiving the Emerging Scholar Award from…
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HBCU News Spotlight: The Howard men’s basketball season ended last week with a loss to No. 1-seed Michigan. It was quite a letdown after beating UMBC for the Bison’s first-ever win in the NCAA tournament, putting Howard in the field of 64. Though the season concluded in a blowout loss, the NCAA tournament run reflected head coach Kenneth Blakeney’s long journey to success, starting from his childhood in D.C. Witnessing hand-to-hand exchanges on your daily walk to school and being surrounded by hustlers might seem harsh to some people. For Blakeney, it was just reality. Those guys were more than…
City of Pooler Area Update: The Economic Possibility Authority (EOA) for Savannah-Chatham Region is supplying an added possibility for locals of Pooler to obtain power help on Monday, March 30, 2026, starting at 9: 00 a.m. at Pooler Municipal Government This help is offered with the Low-Income Home Power Support Program (LIHEAP) , which is developed to help low-income families with their energy costs, especially during the cold weather. The program intends to make certain that qualified families, consisting of elders, people with impairments, and little ones, do not face financial difficulty in heating and cooling their homes. Appointments will…
Real Estate News & Market Insights: Pricing a home is always a unique challenge for real estate agents, but it can be especially daunting in a low-turnover market. The current real estate turnover rate, or the rate at which homes change hands, is at its lowest rate in 30 years, according to a Redfin analysis. One of the main reasons is that many people are unwilling to give up their relatively low mortgage interest rates, locked in during or before the COVID-19 pandemic. Another is that home prices have soared, making buying a new home out of reach for many…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Cardi B dances in La Casita during Bad Bunny’s 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance tonight.On Sunday night (Feb. 8), the Bronx rapper made a surprise appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show when she showed up in front of Bad Bunny’s La Casita, the charming, traditional Puerto Rican home that was the centerpiece of his No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí concert residency in his homeland last summer.Actress Jessica Alba, singer Karol G, actor Pedro Pascal, Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko and more were also chilling with Cardi on the Super Bowl set.Cardi was in…
Savannah State Update: Savannah State University (SSU) is proud to announce that the formal investiture of its 15th President, Dr. Jermaine Whirl, will take place on Friday, April 17. The ceremony, a centerpiece of a week-long celebration of academic excellence and institutional heritage, will take place at 10 a.m. in Tiger Arena on the SSU campus, 3219 College Street, Savannah. The Presidential Investiture is a historic academic tradition that formally invests a university president with the authority and symbols of the office. The ceremony celebrates the institution’s leadership, legacy, and vision for the future. “Savannah State University was built on…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Nia Long is seeking court protection after alleging a woman’s fixation on her has crossed into repeated and unsettling encounters. The actress recently filed for a temporary restraining order against Carrie McDonald, accusing her of ongoing harassment and uninvited visits to her Los Angeles residence. According to TMZ, Long claims the woman is operating under the belief that they are in a romantic relationship—despite the two having no connection. In legal filings, Long stated McDonald “is a stalker” and noted she has no personal relationship with her. She alleges the behavior has…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights (Photo by David McClister) LOS ANGELES (March 23, 2026) – Mississippi Public Broadcasting and 72 Music Mgmt. announce the upcoming release of a new, captivating documentary film about music legend Bobby Rush, titled, King of the Chitlin’ Circuit.The film explores the legendary life of 92-year-old blues icon Bobby Rush and the relentless spirit that has fueled his 70 plus year career. The film is a deeply personal portrait of resilience and purpose—a journey through memory, music, and the road, spotlighting Rush’s striking stories of ambition, loss, and unyielding determination across seven…
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care Highland Project Founder Gabriell Wyatt launched The Legacy Studio to help Black women reconsider their personal and professional legacies. The Legacy Studio is a guided practice resource designed to expand the ideas behind their Meet Me at the Highland™ podcast. It seeks to decriminalize the act of sitting still at a time when rushing towards progress, or the perception of progress, is idealized. This digital resource is arriving at a point when Black women are being rapidly forced out of the workplace, creating financial anxiety and physical stressors. Why She Launched the Legacy Studio “What…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward Web infrastructure giant Cloudlflare is seeking to transform the way enterprises deploy AI agents with the open beta release of Dynamic Workers, a new lightweight, isolate-based sandboxing system that it says starts in milliseconds, uses only a few megabytes of memory, and can run on the same machine — even the same thread — as the request that created it. Compared with traditional Linux containers, the company says that makes Dynamic Workers roughly 100x faster to start and between 10x and 100x more memory efficient.Cloudflare has spent months pushing what it calls…