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The Baker Hughes Foundation has announced $1 million in grants to four Historically Black Colleges and Universities for the 2022-23 academic year, according to a release.

It’s homecoming season for most historically Black colleges and universities across the nation, and many are making plans to travel to their beloved alma maters to celebrate culture, tradition, and educational excellence (if they haven’t already).

It's homecoming week over at Texas Southern University and we’re helping to cheer on the Tigers ahead of their big game this weekend!

Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. on Houston Life, Texas Southern University is celebrating homecoming 2022. This year’s theme, ‘Destination: Tiger Nation.’ On Wednesday, we’re live from the pep rally on campus. Homecoming week is from Oct. 23-29.

A new survey of Texans by Texas Southern University and the University of Houston appears to show support across the political divide for support for tightening controls on guns and gun ownership.

The special bus tour was created to connect and educate young girls with one another in a fun, supportive, safe space.

Texas Southern University is hosting the NASA “HBCU/MSI Technology Infusion Road Tour” from Sept. 13-15, which will give the university and its students access to internship opportunities and provide faculty and staff with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and research-focused partnership opportunities.

Tuesday on Houston Life, join us at our new time, 1:00 p.m. We’re live with the Megan Thee Stallion Foundation Dream Bus. The tour is stopping at TSU. That’s Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. on KPRC 2.

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s foundation is giving back to the community by making a stop at Texas Southern University this year for the Joy is our Journey Dream Bus Tour.

Houston Newsmakers: Inflation reduction act may not help inflation, research says

Texas Southern University launching a new college that will create a pathway for people who started college but did not complete their degree program.

The $1 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, allows TSU to provide free breast cancer screenings and other services to more than 1,300 Black and other ethnic minority women over a three-year period.

Celebrities Nene Leakes, Slim Thug, Ray J, Lamar Odom, Big Freedia, Stacey Dash, DreamDoll, and India Love took on the challenge of higher education while being welcomed into Tiger nation and getting a taste of what it’s like to attend historically Black college Texas Southern University.

Wednesday, on KPRC 2+, Craig Jackson, Professor of Law at Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law, broke down the legal ramifications to the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade.

Monday on Houston Life, Dr. Mathew Knowles joins us live in studio. Knowles is best known for being Dad to Beyoncé, Solange Knowles and the manager of Destiny’s Child. He’s also the head of Music World Films & TV, an author and college professor. Knowles joins us live in studio to talk about his next big projects Monday at 3:00 p.m. on KPRC 2.

From the classroom to the airport runway, students at Texas Southern University are exploring the skies and becoming one step closer to becoming a pilot for a major airline company.

From the gridiron to the classroom, the Houston Texans are teaming up with Texas Southern University for a special partnership.

Njeri Mathis Rutledge, a professor at South Texas College of Law Houston, says she didn’t think she would see a Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in her lifetime.

Remy Martin had 15 points and Christian Braun 14 to lead five players scoring in double figures for top-seeded Kansas, and the Jayhawks opened their 50th NCAA Tournament with an 83-56 victory over Texas Southern.

Texas Southern University women's basketball head coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, a WNBA and Houston Comets legend, announced her retirement from coaching on Thursday.

Texas Southern defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 76-67 in their NCAA First Four game, advancing to the field of 64 in NCAA Tournament action on Tuesday.

John Walker III scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half and Texas Southern pulled away for an 87-62 victory over Alcorn State on Saturday in the championship game of the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament, earning the Tigers an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.

PJ Henry had 18 points and seven rebounds as Texas Southern beat Grambling State 73-54 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference tourney semifinals.

Let's go TSU!

Brison Gresham hit two free throws with nine seconds left to lift Texas Southern to a 78-77 win over Prairie View A&M in the regular season finale for both schools.

Justin Thomas and Darrious Agnew scored 12 points apiece to help Alcorn State fend off Texas Southern 75-72.

PJ Henry scored 14 points, Brison Gresham swatted five shots and Texas Southern set a season-high with 12 blocks in an 81-66 win over Jackson State.

Tyrone Lyons had 18 points as Southern defeated Texas Southern 70-58.

John Jones had 15 points off the bench to carry Texas Southern to a 68-65 win over Grambling State.

Joirdon Karl Nicholas had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead Texas Southern to a 66-63 win over Bethune-Cookman.

Bryson Etienne registered 18 points as Texas Southern topped Florida A&M 67-55.

Bryson Etienne had 20 points as Texas Southern narrowly beat Prairie View 75-74 in overtime.

John Jones had 15 points off the bench to lead Texas Southern to a 78-44 win over Alabama A&M.

John Walker III had 16 points to lead five Texas Southern players in double figures as the Tigers rolled past Mississippi Valley State 95-58.

Texas Southern University is cancelling Saturday's men's basketball game against Cincinnati due to two current cases of COVID-19 within the program.

Houston’s hometown rapper and Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion can finally call herself a college graduate!

Hip-hop mogul Master P said his son Percy Miller is leaving Tennessee State basketball because of what he believes is underfunded medical resources.

Hercy Miller is a point guard who has played sparingly at Tennessee Stat after suffering a hip injury

Previously winless Texas Southern stunned No. 20 Florida 69-54 behind PJ Henry’s 16 points and a perfect shooting night by Joirdon Karl Nicholas.

Joe Owens Jr. threw for two touchdowns, Jacory Merritt rushed for 106 yards and Alabama State beat Texas Southern 24-21.

Residents of the Fifth Ward neighborhood that is designated as a “cancer cluster” said their fight for justice was galvanized Friday with a visit from a top administrator from the federal government.

Megan Thee Stallion, a.k.a. the H-Town Hottie, shared her graduation photos with the world on Thursday, and chances are, they’re the best photos you’ve ever seen.

Andrew Body helped Texas Southern top Southern, as Baylor and TCU each won Big 12 games on Saturday.

Texas Southern University football players will hit the gridiron with shiny new helmets donated by a school legend.

The grant will continue groundbreaking environmental justice initiatives led by Dr. Robert Bullard, a distinguished TSU professor known as the “father of environmental justice.”

As part of its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, Apple announced Tuesday it is partnering with Houston Community College and Texas Southern University to support its students, innovators, and advocacy organizations.

Former UH Forward, Center Brison Gresham transfers to Texas Southern

In March 2020 when voters turned out to vote at the campus of Texas Southern University for the Democratic primary, many described the scene as chaotic.

Texas Southern University has named Brian Simmons as the new Director of The Ocean of Soul Marching Band and an instructor in the Music Department.

Shaquille O'Neal's youngest son Shaqir has committed to play his college basketball at Texas Southern University.

For all those looking for Texas Southern University souvenirs or apparel, you can check with your local Academy Sports & Outdoors stores in the Houston area starting this fall.

(Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson celebrates with the team following Houston's win over Cincinnati an NCAA college basketball game in the final round of the American Athletic Conference men's tournament Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)This weekend, the University of Houston, Texas Southern University, and the University of Texas won their respective conference tournament championships. But those were not the only Texas teams headed to the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Here’s a look at which teams in Texas officially punched their tickets to the Big Dance Sunday.

HOUSTON – On this day, more than 60 years ago a group of Texas Southern University sparked a movement that would lead to desegregation in our city within a year. On Thursday, members of the community honored this moment in history with a march and a new call for justice. On March 4, 1960, the brave students from Texas Southern University marched to the Weingarten’s grocery store, sat down at the counter and asked to be served. Many students took part in Thursday’s march. Earlier this week, the House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would ban chokeholds and “no-knock” warrants in drug cases at the federal level.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police are investigating a deadly shooting outside a popular club across from the TSU campus on Sunday.The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. at Spivey's on Blodgett and Ennis.Police say a man was shot and taken to the hospital where he died.According to police, the shooting started as some kind of altercation with two men outside the club.Police say they will look through video surveillance to hopefully identify the shooter.

Officials from TSU and Houston talk about the school's hosting of the third Democratic primary debate in September. Copyright 2019 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.