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21 HBCUs Receive $50,000 Apple-Thurgood Marshall Incentive Grants

21 HBCUs Receive $50,000 Apple-Thurgood Marshall Incentive Grants

Twenty-one Historically Black Colleges and Universities are the first to receive $50,000 grants from Apple and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) aimed at increasing the number of highly trained minority technology professionals at Apple. The Comprehensive HBCU Database Program grant will be used to help TMCF and Apple develop an expansive database that will

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Alabama State's Joselyn Miller is Named a 2015 Tylenol Future Care Scholar

Alabama State Biology Pre-health Junior Named Tylenol Future Care Scholar

An Alabama State University student majoring in biology pre-health is one of 40 students selected from more than 25,000 applicants to receive a Tylenol Future Care Scholarship this year. Joselyn Miller, a junior biology pre-health major/chemistry minor, has received a $5,000 Tylenol Future Care Scholarship. The highly competitive scholarship is awarded to students who excel

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PVAMU Aluma Nathelyne Archie Kennedy Named Houston Engineer of the Year 2016

PVAMU Alumna Nathelyne Kennedy Named Houston Engineer of the Year

Prairie View A&M University congratulates Nathelyne Archie Kennedy, P.E. on being named the 2016 Houston Engineer of the Year. Nathelyne Archie Kennedy founded her own engineering consultancy in 1981, and has since built Nathelyne A. Kennedy & Associates into a highly respected company providing civil engineering and program management services for highway, mass transit, street,

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The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Building at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Biochemistry Degree Coming to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

The Department of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will be offering a new bachelor’s degree in biochemistry beginning in the Fall 2016 semester. Dr. Grant Wangila, interim chair of the department of is overjoyed to be part of starting the new degree track for undergraduate students. This program is

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Michael DeVore, CEO of Live Chair Mobile App poses with Meagan Smith, the United States Chief Technology Officer & Assistant to President Obama, at the White House.

Claflin Students and Alumnus Pitch Tech Ideas at White House

A smartwatch-like glucose alert system and applications that make it easier to get a haircut or print without a printer are some of the innovative ideas that three Claflin University students and one alumnus will share in Washington, D.C. Jan. 15 during the White House My Brother’s Keeper “I Have a Dream Innovation Summit.” The

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Avoiding Amputations: Jackson State Senior Class Project Produces Technology for Diabetics

Engineering students at Jackson State University have designed a “smart mat” that gauges foot temperature of diabetics to help thwart the danger of lower extremity amputations – particularly in Mississippi, where the risk is greater, according to the CDC. The Mississippi Department of Health said the Magnolia state ranked second in the nation for prevalence

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Dr. Jalaal Hayes (center) made DSU history by becoming the youngest-ever doctoral graduate at age 22.

Jalaal Hayes is the Youngest in DSU History to Receive a PhD

Delaware State University made history during its Dec. 20 Commencement Ceremony when it conferred a Ph.D. degree to its youngest-ever doctoral candidate. Jalaal A. Hayes, a 22-year-old resident of Philadelphia, Pa., proudly received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Applied Chemistry. In June 2015 he successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Thermodynami and Kinetic Studies of

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