Apollo, Ares and Oaktree to Launch $90 Million Initiative for AUC Consortium Students
NEW YORK, NY, June 15, 2021 – Apollo Global Management, Inc. (Apollo), Ares Management Corporation (Ares) and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (Oaktree) today announced a 10-year, $90 million, industry-first initiative, “AltFinance: Investing in Black...
Microsoft, AUC Consortium Unveil New Partnership
Microsoft Corp., has partnered with the Atlanta University Center, Inc., to fund a summer program for budding engineers. The program will be housed in the AUCC Dual Degree Engineering Program. The AUCC DDEP Summer Bridge Program is a virtual six-week intensive...
AUCC the Target of Firms Trying to Improve Diversity, Inclusion
Global companies are reaching out to the Atlanta University Center Consortium, Inc., and its member institutions in a race to create a pipeline of skilled African Americans for positions within their companies. The companies have strategically targeted the AUCC Dual...
AUCC Institutions Celebrate Commencements
2021 AUCC Commencements to Feature Renowned Speakers ATLANTA, Ga.) – The Atlanta University Center Consortium, Inc., member institutions’ spring 2021 commencements will feature renowned civil rights activists, a former gubernatorial candidate, an A-list actress and a...
AUCC Schools to Require Vaccine for Return to Campuses
The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC) member institutions – Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College and the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library – will require all students and members of their faculties and...
AUC Data Science Initiative Welcomes 3 New Team Members
(Atlanta, Ga.) – The Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative is excited to announce the expansion of its team by hiring three new members. The Initiative facilitates and coordinates innovative data science-focused research, activities and programs across the...
Mitigating Covid-19 Spikes
Greetings AUC community. As you know we are still operating within CDC and Fulton County health officials’ guidelines related to COVID-19. We are proud of your work and steadfast diligence helping to maintain an overall low COVID positivity rate. However, there has...
AUCC Presidents Decry Attack on Voting Rights in Georgia
The Atlanta University Center Consortium and its member institutions—Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College—view the passage of SB 202 as a direct assault on the voting rights of all citizens, particularly African...
Confronting Anti-Asian Violence: AUCC presidents condemn the attack on Asian community
We, the presidents of the Atlanta University Center Consortium institutions (Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College) condemn this latest display of anti-Asian violence that took the lives of valued members of the...
Delayed Start Due to Inclement Weather- February 16, 2021
The Governor of the State of Georgia has called for a delayed start of all state offices tomorrow, Tuesday, February 16, 2021 due to inclement weather. Road conditions are expected to be hazardous in the early morning hours for all motorists due to ice. The AUCC...
Statement by the Presidents of Atlanta University Center Consortium Institutions Regarding the State and National Political Environment
Dear Fellow Citizens: January 6, 2021 is a day which will stand out in the history of our nation as both a day of triumph of the American spirit and a day of pain in that same spirit. Millions of Georgians voted, raised their voices, and expressed their preferences...
CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, AND SPELMAN COLLEGE PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOR LIMITED SPRING IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CAMPUS RESIDENCY
To allow students and their families the necessary time to prepare for the 2021 spring semester, the presidents of Clark Atlanta University (CAU), Morehouse College, and Spelman College today shared preliminary plans to begin spring courses on February 1, 2021. ...
Peloton and Beyoncé Announce Gifts of Digital Memberships for More than 8,500 Atlanta University Center Students
ATLANTA, Georgia, November 10, 2020– Today, Peloton and Beyoncé announced gifts of two-year Peloton Digital Memberships for approximately 8,850 students attending Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC) member institutions Clark Atlanta University,...
Atlanta University Center’s Talitha Washington Becomes First Person Named as a Fellow at Both the American Mathematical Society and the Association for Women in Mathematics in the Same Year
This week, Talitha Washington, Ph.D., professor of mathematics at Clark Atlanta University and director of the Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative, became the first person to ever be named both a 2021 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and...
AUCC Staff and Faculty Housing and Development Forum
On October 28, 2020, AUCC hosted a forum for staff and faculty to discuss the community around the AUC, housing incentives for AUC employees and homeownership preparation. Invited guests included Atlanta Housing, Atlanta Beltline, Invest Atlanta, Westside Future...