Former Baltimore Raven Torrey Smith visits the campus of Morgan State University to recognize The Ryan Institute and its president, Morgan alum Antoynica L. Ryan, as the WJZ Community MVP. …
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Pulitzer Prize Board Recognizes Morgan Alums for New York Times COVID Coverage
Two multimedia journalism alumnae from Morgan’s School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) are members of The New York Times staff that won the prestigious 2021 Pulitzer Prize Public Service award for …
Read More »Pittsburgh Poised for History-Making Election of its First Black Mayor This Fall
Pittsburgh is finally poised to make history this fall by electing a Black mayor, state Rep. Ed Gainey (D). His first exposure to politics came in 1990, when he was …
Read More »SiriusXM Radio’s American Voices w/Senator Bill Bradley: Calvin and Tina Tyler Donate $20 Million for College Scholarships
In this episode of AV: A man who decades ago had to drop out of college because he couldn’t afford the tuition, now donated $20 million for a college scholarship …
Read More »School of Architecture & Planning Alum receives Architecture Record’s 2021 Design Vanguard Award
Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he grew up, architect Andre L. Johnson, 47, designs a range of contextually sensitive projects on tight budgets, attempting to elevate the human spirit …
Read More »Lifelong Baltimore Resident Helena Jordan Johnson Gives Through Her Alma Mater Morgan State and Church
Helena Jordan Johnson is an active alumna of Morgan State University, a graduate of the Class of 1950. She served as the chair of her class, helping to organize fundraisers …
Read More »Graduates Reaped the Rewards of Resilience at Morgan’s Spring 2021 Commencement Ceremonies
More Than 1,500 Return to the National Treasure for the Long-Anticipated Reprise of ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ BALTIMORE — May afforded the Morgan State University (MSU) family a break in the clouds, …
Read More »Morgan State University Announces Dr. Michael V. Drake as Spring Commencement Keynote and Shares Plans for Graduation
Series of Ceremonies Punctuate Highly-Anticipated Return to In-Person Exercises BALTIMORE — Morgan State University President David K. Wilson announced today the selection of Michael V. Drake, M.D., president of the University of California …
Read More »A Shrewd Businessman and a Proud Son of Morgan State University
When Earl Graves Sr. left this world a year ago, it was a little bit wealthier for Black people than he’d found it. The wealth and income gaps between Whites …
Read More »Morgan State graduate parlays money from startup pitches into natural products for women
Almost three years ago, Arion Long, who now lives in Canton, was on life support. She had lost her daughter during childbirth. While in the hospital, Long contracted E. coli …
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