The North Carolina Central University School of Law has been named one of the nation’s 10 “most popular” law schools in a ranking released by U.S. News & World Report this week. The listing is based on an analysis of admission yield — the percentage of students accepted by a school who choose to enroll. [...]

A biology professor and an undergraduate student at North Carolina Central University have received awards for their cancer research from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). They will make presentations about their findings at the association’s annual meeting April 2–6 in Orlando, Fla. The faculty member being honored is Antonio T. Baines, an assistant [...]

The N.C. Central University Marching Sound Machine’s debut at the Rose Parade on Saturday was a complete success. The tricky 110-degree turn onto Colorado Boulevard? Flawless. The moon-walking dance moves? Smooth as silk. The response of the crowd? Almost louder than the band’s drum line. “It went very, very well,” said Brian Henry, tuba player [...]

SoulTracks have published their Best Albums of 2010, as chosen by their critics. +FE Music is proud to have two albums in the list: The Foreign Exchange’s Authenticity and Zo!’s SunStorm. And if that is not enough, YahZarah’s The Ballad Of Saint James received an honorary mention! Foreign Exchange: Authenticity – Crisp, cool, and yet [...]

An official “first” for The Foreign Exchange as a duo: in its first week of release, their new album Authenticity entered the BillBoard Album Top 200 at number 145! And that is not all. Authenticity also entered the Top New Artist Albums chart at number 3 and the R&B Album chart at number 23. We’d [...]

The North Carolina Central University School of Law will receive a grant of nearly $2 million in federal stimulus funds to upgrade broadband service while expanding access to its legal education programs, Law School Dean Raymond C. Pierce announced Friday. The $1.9 million will underwrite a project that uses videoconferencing to provide low-income residents greater [...]

At the annual meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco, Dean Raymond C. Pierce was elected to serve on the 23 member Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The slate he was on included one other law school dean, Maureen O’Rourke, Dean at Boston University School of [...]

For the second consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report ranked North Carolina Central University as the top public historically black university in the nation. In its annual listing of top postsecondary schools, U.S. News placed NCCU 11th among the more than 100 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) founded for African-Americans. All the institutions [...]

North Carolina Central University officials are inviting the public to a 100th birthday bash on campus on July 8. The celebration will include dedications of a newly installed Centennial Garden on Fayetteville Street, the Centennial Chapel, (the relocated and repurposed Holy Cross Church) and a historic plaque commemorating the former site of Hillside High School. [...]

The St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation, Inc., presenters of the annual Bull Durham Blues Festival (BDBF) will collaborate with the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) to present the legendary Buddy Guy at the 2010 festival. Not only is this a new collaboration but a change in venue, look and feel from the tradition festival now in [...]