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North Carolina Central University (NCCU) officials are closely monitoring the light wintry event expected to impact central North Carolina early on Friday, Dec. 5. NCCU will operate under Condition 1 (Reduced Operations) of the Adverse Weather and Emergency Event Policy on Friday, Dec. 5, beginning at midnight, until 11:59 p.m. All final exams scheduled for Dec. 5 will take place virtually.

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Decades later, Student Completes Bachelor’s Degree

In August 2024, she returned to NCCU after a 21-year hiatus.

Learning to Pivot: MPA Graduate Adjusts to Change

Now 53 and having earned three college degrees, Shearin is asked what he thinks about that high school counselor who declared him “not college material.”

24-hour App Design Competition Nets NCCU No. 2 spot

“I usually don’t sit at a computer for 24 hours,” Nadeem said. “You have a first time for everything.”

NCCU Men’s Achievement Center helps Eagle find his way

Readers might wonder when Sabion Kelley sleeps. Until recently, however, Kelley, 21, was struggling with a series of unfortunate events.

NCCU Competes to Nourish Neighbors during Hunger Action Month

Student-led challenge empowers universities to create awareness about - and collect food for - community members who experience hunger.

North Carolina Central University Board of Trustees Meeting on Sept. 26

The NCCU Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, at 9 a.m., in the Emma Marable Conference Room, Main Floor, of the William Jones Building on campus.

Assistant Professor Carresse Gerald in a laboratory.

Hog Dust and Human Health

Carresse Gerald, Ph.D., assistant professor of environmental, earth and geospatial sciences, researches how dust in hog husbandry facilities affects the breathing of workers and and pigs.

Alumna encourages brain health and helps people with dementia

Latorius Adams, ‘10, educates people on how to maintain healthy brains and assists patients with Huntington’s Disease and their families.

U.S. Navy Band Commodores Performs at NCCU

One of the nation’s top jazz ensembles will serenade the NCCU Eagles at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the NCCU Student Center, 500 Nelson St.

NCCU’s Velarde Named to Allstate AFCA Good Works Team

Student-athlete Juan Velarde is one of only 22 college football players in the nation to earn distinguished recognition for exemplary community impact as a member of the 2023 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®.

Patch from artist Ernie Barnes on the football uniform of North Carolina Central University.

NCCU Football Team honors Athlete-Artist Alumnus with Patch

During the Sept. 16 game against UCLA, those paying close attention to Eagle football players will see that their uniforms bear an additional patch.

NCCU Rises in 2024 U.S. News & World Report Rankings

Top accolades include No. 11 HBCU in nation; No. 7 best college for veterans and No. 8 top performer on social mobility among southern regional universities.

$Professor Uma gains four federal grants.$

Computer Science Professor Leads Data Science & Social Justice Research

Grant program will study effectiveness of using data science for social justice as a tool to broaden participation of historically marginalized communities in STEM.

Historian John Hope Franklin in his home

NCCU, Duke to Host Symposium on Historian John Hope Franklin’s "From Slavery to Freedom"

Event will feature leading history and African American studies scholars from across the U.S., reflecting on the history of Durham, Duke, NCCU, scholarship in the Jim Crow South and Black historiography.

NCCU Designated Center of Academic Excellence for Cyber Defense

University is first HBCU in Triangle region and second in state to receive this distinction.