Recommended Reads: Morehouse in the News
Check out the latest and greatest insights and wins from Morehouse students, faculty, and alumni.
Morehouse College Takes Top Prize at Black Enterprise's HBCU Hackathon
The three-member Morehouse team scored first place in the hotly-contested final round with its innovative luggage tag app gives customers ease and affordability when checking baggage.
Morehouse Metaversity Program Wins 2022 T-Mobile Un-Conventional Award for "Innovation in Industry"
Congratulations are in order for Dr. Muhsinah Morris and the Morehouse Metaversity program for earning the 2022 T-Mobile Un-Conventional Award for "Innovation in Industry" for launching the world’s first “Metaversity,” offering virtual reality classroom experiences, powered by T-Mobile 5G, that are changing the future of learning and education.
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Morehouse College Names October “Free Application Month” for Prospective Fall 2023 Students
Prospective residential freshman and transfer students can apply with no cost from October 3-31, 2022
Physicist Wesley Sims '09 Steers $900,000 in Grants to Advance Quantum Research
Dr. Wesley Sims '09, an assistant professor of physics at Morehouse College, has received nearly $900,000 in grants to expand the work of his Micro/Nano Optics Research & Engineering Laboratory and to introduce students to careers in the field.
Faculty Blog: “Studying Democracy in the Age of Indebtedness”
Andrew Young Center’s Institute for Research, Civic Engagement, and Policy Director Dr. Frederick Knight and professor of Political Science Dr. Andrew Douglas explore concerns about the social and political barriers that debt presents to the just society and his vision of money as a public utility that can establish the grounds of democracy.
Affordable Housing Leaders Support HBCUs as Pathways for Upward Mobility with Fundraiser at New York Football Classic
National affordable housing leaders and Morehouse College alumni raised scholarship funds during the inaugural HBCU New York Football Classic at MetLife Stadium to highlight the role of housing affordability in fostering educational success and upward mobility. The funds will cover housing costs and expenses associated with room and board for students in need.
Morehouse Teams Defeats 15 HBCU Teams in 4th Annual "Moguls in the Making" Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition
Hosted by Ally and Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the Morehouse students took home the top honor, including $20,000 scholarships and guaranteed internship offers.
Recommended Reads: Morehouse in the News
From students to faculty to alumni, "the work" is being done...and shared! Here are some of this week's #RecommendedReads featuring the excellence stemming from the Morehouse community.
Morehouse College Report Finds Women, Black, and Rural Workers Being Left Behind in COVID Recovery
The new report lays out key findings and solutions to strengthen Georgia’s public sector and bring minority workers back into the workforce.
Men of Morehouse "Get On The Bus" to Visit Excellence Boys Academy in Brooklyn
“As the only historically Black college specifically purposed with educating men, it was important for our students visiting New York to rekindle a historic sports rivalry, also spend some time actualizing the college’s mission of developing men with disciplined minds leading lives of leadership and service,” said Dr. Brock Mayers '99, AVP of Student Services and Dean of Students. “We were proud to partner with Excellence Boys Charter leadership, to serve their dynamic scholars.”
HBCU Athletic Investments Continue as Morehouse College Commemorates the Reopening of its Renovated Football and Track & Field
The Edwin C. Moses Track and B.T. Harvey Field renovation is one of several construction projects that will be funded by Morehouse College’s historic $500 million “Making Men of Consequence” Campaign.
Faculty Blog: Reentry Awareness Month in Georgia
Last month was Reentry Awareness Month in Georgia. Governor Kemp approved—for the sixth year, though most of us are still largely unaware—"a proclamation to observe July as Reentry Awareness Month throughout the state." The Proclamation acknowledges that “over 4.2 million Georgians have a criminal record” and that by “eliminating the stigmas associated with having a criminal record and promoting compassion and kindness, we can help returning citizens strive for brighter futures.”
Faculty Blog: Bill Russell's Legacy of combatting racism in the NBA
On the Monday edition of “Closer Look,” Professor Ron Thomas, chair of the Journalism in Sports, Culture and Social Justice Department at Morehouse College, discusses NBA Hall of Fame and civil rights activist Bill Russell, who died Sunday. (Originally published on WABE on August 1, 2022)