HBCU Week: Innovation | Preview
Preview: Season 9 Episode 3 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Exploring how HBCU programs and initiatives are changing and saving lives in the community.
HBCU Week: Innovation explores how HBCU programs are changing and saving lives. Howard University is making history with the only Division One swim program at an HBCU while also teaching the Black community to swim. Claflin University's SmartHOME technology connects a person's physical state to actions to help mitigate health risks, hoping to combat healthcare disparities in minority communities.
Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
HBCU Week: Innovation | Preview
Preview: Season 9 Episode 3 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
HBCU Week: Innovation explores how HBCU programs are changing and saving lives. Howard University is making history with the only Division One swim program at an HBCU while also teaching the Black community to swim. Claflin University's SmartHOME technology connects a person's physical state to actions to help mitigate health risks, hoping to combat healthcare disparities in minority communities.
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- We have to continue to commit to dispel the myth that black people don't swim.
(people cheering) (upbeat music) - But we want to be the thought leader in the country to be able to provide the African American data set in rural America.
- Claflin allows that space to be innovative.
TINA MCDUFFIE: From Maryland public television, Howard University Television and South Carolina ETV, two films that celebrate innovation at HBCUs on Local, USA.
Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.