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Dr. Shaik Jeelani shakes hands with President Barack Obama.

Tuskegee Honors Life of Dr. Shaik Jeelani

It is with great sadness that Tuskegee University announces the passing of Dr. Shaik Jeelani. He was vice president for Research and Sponsored Programs and dean of the Graduate School and had served Tuskegee for more than 40 years. Dr. Jeelani was a dedicated and long-serving member of Tuskegee University’s faculty and administration. He served as the first Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs since 1996 and was currently serving as the Dean of the Graduate School since 2015. A moment of silence was observed at noon on Tuesday in his memory. The university has established the Dr. Shaik […]

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Tuskegee named part of first HBCU Research Center

Tuskegee University was named to participate in the first University Affiliated Research Center in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense with an HBCU focus. This is the 15th UARC, but the first associated with HBCUs and the first sponsored by the Air Force. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III made the announcement at Howard University, where the consortium will be based. The main objective of the tactical autonomy research to be conducted at Tuskegee, in collaboration with Howard University and other HBCU consortium member institutions, is to design, develop and demonstrate autonomous systems and technologies capable of […]

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Golden Tigers add haul for 2023 National Signing Day

Tuskegee University and their coaching staff are working hard to assemble a talented and well-rounded football class of 2022 during the NCAA signing period, which began on Feb. 1. Tuskegee University has currently received a National Letter of Intent (NLI) from 36 football student-athletes and plan to continue to add to their class. For the second straight year, the Golden Tigers have a new face at the helm of the program, as former quarterback, alum, and offensive coordinator Aaron James was recently appointed as the next head coach of the program. 2023 Signees Paul Adetona l OL l Marietta, Ga. l Wheeler […]

TU football players indicating touchdown in the endzone during homecoming game.

Tuskegee pushes past Miles in double overtime Homecoming win

In front of a crowd of over 35,000, senior Donte Edwards (Mobile, Ala.) barreled in for a one-yard score in double overtime to secure the 26-23 win in their final Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) regular season game. Tuskegee (8-2, 7-0 SIAC) welcomed fans back in full capacity to the newly renovated Abbott Memorial Stadium for the first time since the pandemic and won their first Homecoming game since 2018. The Golden Tigers ended the opening quarter with a 6-3 lead on a pair of field goals from Arnes Huskic (Jacksonville, Ala.), before Miles took a 10-6 lead with just over eight minutes […]

Tuskegee University at the 2022 White House HBCU Student Briefing

On January 26th, 2022 Tuskegee university participated in the virtual White House HBCU Student Briefing with Marcia Fudge, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The purpose of this briefing was to give HBCU student journalists a platform to inquire about pertinent issues both in the HBCU and student communities. Prior to the event TU students were polled on social media about which issues were most important to them, the top two topics were: Plans to alleviate student debt crisis Lack of development within communities that house HBCUs Over the course of the briefing, Secretary Fudge went […]