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NASA has donated $11.7 million to eight HBCUs to support the creation of curricula centered on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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A New Orleans-based nonprofit working to make STEM education accessible has received a grant from the NBA Foundation.

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Actress Sonequa Martin-Green is empowering the next generation of STEM innovators through a new partnership with Frito-Lay Variety Packs.

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Fayetteville State University was awarded a $2.3 million grant to advance its STEM education initiatives.

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Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby will become the first woman to serve as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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Aliyah Griffith made history by becoming the first Black scholar to earn a graduate degree in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina.

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Spelman College has teamed up with the nonprofit SMASH for an initiative aimed at increasing the representation of Black women in STEM.

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Author Andrea Stephenson and her 6-year-old son released a book designed to teach youth about Black STEM pioneers.

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Livingstone College received a $2.24 million endowment to advance its STEM initiatives.

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NFL player Emmanuel Ellerbee has founded a nonprofit designed to introduce student-athletes to STEM.

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Billionaire Robert F. Smith has donated $50 million to support STEM students at historically Black colleges and universities.

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Dr. Namandjé Bumpus is the first Black woman to chair a department at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.