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Cheyney University Study: Businesses, Universities and Workforce Training Programs can do more to Address Philadelphia Region’s Employment Disparities   (CHEYNEY, PA – January 09, 2020) – Cheyney University’s Institute of Contemporary African American Experience (ICAAE) has completed a research project on race as it relates to access to economic opportunities in the Philadelphia region. The study […]

Navrogen Bringing R&D Operation to Cheyney University  (CHEYNEY, PA – December 3, 2019) – In its latest move to attract private industry partners to set up shop on campus, Cheyney University has entered into a partnership with Navrogen, Inc. (www.navrogen.com) in which the company will bring its biopharma research and development (R&D) operation to Cheyney’s Science Center.   “This […]

Cheyney University Receives Grant from Starbucks Corp. (CHEYNEY, PA – January 2020) – Cheyney University is proud to announce it has received a special grant sponsored through The Starbucks Foundation. The grant will serve to enhance the progress of the HBCU’s to reinvent itself as an institution of higher learning focused on educating a 21st century workforce.   The […]

Cheyney Professor and Students Create Mural Depicting Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware (CHEYNEY, PA – October 30, 2019) – Just in time for Native American Heritage Month, a Cheyney University professor and her students have created a mural depicting the story of the Lenape (pronounced len-OPP-pay) Indian Tribe of Delaware. The large artwork goes on […]

Cheyney University’s Annual Family Day to Feature Entrepreneurial Panel with Rap Snacks Founder James Lindsay and Rap Mogul Master P What: Cheyney University has partnered with the founder of Rap Snacks and Cheyney alumnus, James Lindsay, and Women In Media (WIM) for the 3rd Annual Family Day taking place on Saturday, September 21, 2019 from […]

Cheyney University Awarded $200,000 National Science Foundation Grant for Student Computer Science Research (CHEYNEY, PA – August 19, 2019) – Cheyney University has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP). The award is earmarked for Cheyney’s Computational Applications Research Engagement for Undergraduates (CARE-U) […]