“Mind/Matter: The Neuroscience of Perception, Attention, and Memory,” an exhibition at the Yale Peabody Museum, explores the wonders of human cognition by taking visitors on a journey through the historical and modern science of the brain. Visit
Black History Month: Sickle cell disease research underway at Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — News 8 is once again honoring Black history by looking at health care and the racial disparities many report facing. According to the Pew Research Center, overall, 18% of Black adults report poor health, and Black Am
2025 Scholarship Opportunity
The New Haven Pearls of Excellence Foundation with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter, is offering a four-year scholarship, up to $6,000, to a graduating senior in the top third of their class. The applicant mus
New Haven AKAs Sparkle at 60
Markeshia Ricks | January 15th, 2025 Top: Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter past presidents. Bottom: The current members of Theta Epsilon Omega. Markeshia Ricks Photos. The New Haven members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. trad
“We Are One” Community Day of Giving Food Drive
Monday, Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. | Wexler Grant Community School, 55 Foote St., New Haven The food drive was held to benefit the Women of the Village Food Pantry and was a collaboration of 21 organizations designed to feed 300 families. “Not everybo
Black Fraternities, Sororities Give Back for MLK Day
by ALLAN APPEL | Jan 15, 2024 2:24 pm ALLAN APPEL PHOTOMyles Mabry of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Monday's MLK community service event. More than 200 volunteers from 23 different African-American led fraternities, sororities, and civic a
New York Skyline Shines with ΑΚΑ Pink & Green on Sorority’s Founders’ Day
New York, NY—North Atlantic Regional Director Elicia Pegues Spearman, Esq. shared with Black Westchester, that in celebration of the 116th Founders’ Day of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® (AKA), on January 15, 2024, the sorority’
Sorority Steps Up With Saturday School Meals
MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTOS - The "ladies in pink and green" kick off Childhood Hunger Initiative Power Pack. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter at Saturday's kick off. A local chapter of a historic Black sorority has
Executive celebrated for nurturing next generation of leaders
Elicia Pegues Spearman has always been up for a challenge — and compelled to help the next person. Since she was a little girl growing up in Hamden, less than a mile from Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel Campus, she never settled for the status qu