An uncanny passion for programming and college store discounts united Jackson State University (JSU) freshmen Mahlangu Nzunda and Khaylah Rose who recently teamed up to participate in the Target HBCU technology challenge. As part of Target’s Black History month initiative, Target launched a national HBCU technology challenge to provide financial resources to HBCU students and...Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – Princeton University is partnering with UNCF (United Negro College Fund), Jackson State University (JSU) and four other historically Black colleges and universities to launch a groundbreaking program designed to enable research collaborations between Princeton faculty and their peers at HBCUs. In the initial phase, Princeton researchers and researchers from JSU, Howard University,...Read More

Jackson State University (JSU) recently received a generous $60,000 donation from Enbridge Inc., North America’s leading energy infrastructure company. The financial investment is slated to be evenly distributed across multiple programs on campus including the College of Business, College of Science, Engineering, and Technology and the JSU Career Service Center. “It is an exciting time at...Read More

Jackson State University President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D., testified before the Committee on Homeland Security about the recent bomb threats plaguing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson serves as the committee chairman.  The hearing, “The Targeting of Black Institutions: From Church Violence to University Bomb Threats,” was held Thursday, March 17 at the...Read More

AUTM, a global nonprofit whose members support the commercialization of academic research, welcomed Almesha L. Campbell, Ph.D., as AUTM chair-elect, the first black person to serve on the Board, and as chair-elect. Campbell is assistant vice president for Research and Economic Development at Jackson State University (JSU) and previously served on the AUTM Equity, Diversity...Read More