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NFL Christopher Halpin Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Growth Officers
The NFL has named CHRISTOPHER HALPIN Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, NFL Commissioner ROGER GOODELL announced today.
“Hidden Figures” Dominates MLK Weekend Earning $26M and #1 Box Office Ranking for 2nd Week
Fox 2000 and Chernin Entertainment’s “Hidden Figures” dominated the domestic box office, topping charts for the second straight weekend after earning $26 million. The film’s message of empowerment and triumph over prejudice was amplified by the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
The Prairie View Retired Teachers presents a Conversation with Paula Harris
The Prairie View Retired Teachers and School Personnel Association, Ann Preston Unit presents “A Conversation with Paula Harris” for its Black History Program on February 9, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. in the Julius W. Becton Auditorium, A. I. Thomas Administration Hall at Prairie View A&M University. Others on the panel discussion are Kennedy Dent, Senior, Chemical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Torrence Ross, Jr., Hempstead High School and Troy Hubbard II, Waller High School. The theme is: “Honoring Our Past, Celebrating Our Present and Pursuing Our Future.”
MUSC to Spend $52 Million With Small, Women and Minority-Owned Businesses in Construction of New Children’s Hospital
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is on track to spend $52 million in contracts with small, women and minority-owned business enterprises (SWMBEs) during construction of the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital and Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion. When construction on the estimated $385 million project is completed and the doors open in 2019, the structure will be among the most well-equipped and technologically advanced facilities in the nation.
Amegy Bank Announces the Promotion of Diane Maben to Chief Operating Officer
Amegy Bank named Diane Maben as its Chief Operating Officer earlier this month. Maben was promoted to this newly created position after serving as Amegy’s Executive Vice President and Manager of Administrative Services. In her role, she will continue to provide direction to the operational functions of the Bank and partner with the Chief Executive Officer and President on strategic areas of focus, as she did under her previous title.
ACA Armstrong receives TDCAA Civil Practitioner of the Year award
Assistant County Attorney Barbara Armstrong received the 2019 Texas District and County Attorneys Association’s Gerald Summerford Civil Practitioner of the Year award during the annual TDCAA Civil Law Seminar in San Antonio, Wednesday, May 8.
Bill Recognizing ‘Hidden Figures’ for Contributions to U.S. During the Space Race Headed to be Signed Into Law
U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), along with U.S. Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Frank Lucas (R- OK), applauded the congressional passage of a bipartisan bill they introduced, along with hundreds of their colleagues, to award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. Christine Darden and to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medals to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
Houston Community College selects new co-chairs to lead Black History Committee
Two veteran HCC employees will share the leadership of the HCC Black History Committee (BHC), whose year-round efforts center on securing college scholarships for African-American students attending HCC.
Texas Southern University named to NBCU News Group’s NBCU Academy
The award-winning journalism training program provides students from underrepresented communities a pipeline into newsrooms across media and technology
Texas Southern University has been named to the NBCU News Group’s NBCU Academy, joining 14 other colleges and universities as new academic partners.
ICYMI: Cesar Chávez Taught His Granddaughter to Organize. Now She’s Managing the Biden Campaign
Key Point: “It’s hard to imagine a more formative, or fitting, upbringing for the woman who would go on to be named manager of President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign. ‘So much of my experience growing up was the perfect training ground for the work that I get to do now,’ Chavez Rodriguez says. ‘It was about bringing people together, being part of something bigger than myself, fighting for the rights of others, and improving people’s lives.’”
Dr. Vivian Penn Honored by University of Virginia Medical Center with Hall Dedicated in her Name
As part of University of Virginia’s efforts to reconcile its controversial past, Wednesday, it formally dedicated Pinn Hall in honor of Dr. Vivian Pinn. Pinn is one of the earliest African-American women to graduate from the UVA School of Medicine. She went on to found the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health.
Natika and her daughter were reportedly passengers in the vehicle. She said an armed man rushed out of a nearby house and demanded money for repairs. He asked for $300, but Natika’s friend didn’t hav
A Texas woman will receive a huge payday after she was absolutely violated by a local police officer. The city of San Antonio has agreed to pay Natalie Simms, 40, after she sued them and ex-Detective Mara Wilson who removed Simms’ tampon during a public cavity search.
Studying in South Africa and learning who I am
I was born in Moca, a small city in the Dominican Republic, and today I am a 21-year-old junior at Mercy College, in New Jersey. Thanks to the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship, I studied In South Africa last summer, and it was a transformational experience for me. For the very first time, I learned about myself, who I am as a person. Here is my story:
UNCF Welcomes Top Lawyer and Community Leader as Honorary Chair of 29th Annual “A Mind is…” Gala
Wonderful things happen when a community works toward a common goal, something Houston knows well after Hurricane Harvey. In the face of this hardship, UNCF is as determined as ever to continue its work of helping young people attend college.
Dallas Jones named Texas Political Director of Biden-Harris Campaign
I’m pleased to forward the announcement of the selection of Dallas Jones (my former district director) as Texas Political Director of the Biden-Harris Presidential Campaign.
10 African Americans Named Rhodes Scholars, Most Ever
The latest group of U.S. Rhodes scholars includes 10 African Americans — the most ever in a single Rhodes class — as well as a transgender man and four students from colleges that had never had received the honor before. The Rhodes Trust on Sunday announced the 32 men and women chosen for post-graduate studies at Oxford University in England.
PVAMU becomes first HBCU to lead a national University Transportation Center
The U.S. Department of Transportation notified the Texas Congressional Delegation that Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) was selected to lead a historic national-tier University Transportation Center (UTC). Joined by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and Texas A&M University, PVAMU will lead the National Center for Infrastructure Transformation, which will focus on enhancing the durability and extending the life of the nation’s infrastructure.
Weekend Box Office: 'Black Panther' Bounds to Record-Shattering $218 Million-Plus Opening
The movie scores one of the top openings of all time in North America; overseas, it amasses $169 million for a $387 million global debut.
With just three weeks left in the school year and public health conditions improving across the city, the Houston Independent School District is preparing to shut down its Neighborhood Supersite commu
American Heart Association honors EmPOWERED to Serve™ Scholars in appreciation of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In appreciation of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, the American Heart Association, the leading global voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke, is honoring its EmPOWERED to Serve Scholars of Asian American and Pacific Islander decent. These students are next-generation social justice leaders who are committed to ensuring equitable health and well-being for all.
Houston's Dias Honored with 2017 Robert O. Fishel Award at Baseball's Winter Meetings
Gene Dias, Vice President of Communications for the Houston Astros, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Robert O. Fishel Award for Public Relations Excellence, presented this evening during the Baseball Winter Meetings.
