By Suzanne Rust, The Grio (pg 4) – At first glance, Alison and Alphonso Cross, the brother and sister team behind The Boxcar Grocer, based in Atlanta, seem like unlikely candidates for the food business. Alphonso has a background in fashion; Alison studied architecture and worked as a video editor. “The funny thing is that [...]

The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University, in partnership with ten (10) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and three (3) community-based organizations will host a student conference “Bridging the Gap between Climate Change Theory and Experience,” April 4th – 6th, 2013. The purpose of this conference is to 1) introduce HBCU [...]

DSU celebrated Earth Day a little early on April 20 with a series of activities that celebrated the University’s commitment to be an institutional example in its “Going Green” efforts (see the below photo slide show). The day began with a “Green Eggs and Ham” breakfast followed by a program, both in the Martin Luther [...]

FAMU President James H. Ammons recently met with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya Raila Amollo Odinga and signed an agreement that would launch a new partnership in Africa that would benefit FAMU students and faculty. Odinga was part of a 25-member delegation that helped to pen the agreement that would seek to [...]