Highlighting cutting edge learning opportunities at historically black colleges and universities and community based organizations which provide avenues to high growth careers and options for industry partnerships to foster economic development.
09/25/2011 - 21:39
OAKLAND -- The long-overlooked importance of African-American engineer and innovator Gerald A. Lawson is the subject of A Great Day in Gaming: From Queens to Silicon Valley: The Gerald A. Lawson Story, a documentary being screened Saturday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. at the African-American Museum and Library in Oakland, 654 14th St.
09/24/2011 - 22:19
MIRAMAR, FL -- Innovation has taken Eric Williams a long way from the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. But Bayview is always part of him.
09/21/2011 - 03:55
WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin (25 percent), Michigan (23.9 percent), Minnesota (22 percent), Maine (21.4 percent) and Washington (21 percent) had the highest rates of black unemployment, according to a Labor Dept. study on the impact of the economic downturn on African-Americans.
09/17/2011 - 03:02
NEW YORK -- The One Club presents "Where Are All the Black People? Part 2," a one-day career fair for graduating seniors and young professionals from multicultural backgrounds who are interested in a career in advertising, on October 4 at the New World Stages in New York City. The event is a follow-up to the highly successful panel discussion, "Where Are All the Black People?" held during Creative Week in New York last May.
09/15/2011 - 05:21
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Defense, General Services Administration and NASA are seeking comments on a proposed regulation to eliminate one of the late Rep. Parren Mitchell's signature minority business accomplishments.
09/05/2011 - 06:47
WASHINGTON -- President Obama signed the biggest overhaul of U.S. intellectual property policy for the first time in 60 years.
08/26/2011 - 21:57
MENLO PARK-- The Pew Internet survey reports that African-Americans are the most likely group to use social networks -- with 69 percent of Internet users reporting that they are on networks.
08/12/2011 - 01:02
"For too long we've put the spotlight on entertainment," says Will.i.Am, who has put up his own money to put science in the forefront for young people.
08/10/2011 - 04:45
WASHINGTON -- The Minority Media and Telecommunications Coalition called on high tech companies to expand their employment recruitment to assure equal opportunity in hiring.
08/09/2011 - 02:06
CLEVELAND -- Responding to the high joblessness affecting their districts, members of the Congressional Black Caucus began a five-city jobs creation tour here with a goal of placing 10,000 constituents in new positions this month.
08/09/2011 - 00:37
SAN FRANCISCO -- ReUnion: Education-Arts-Heritage fills a glaring need for wholesome, scientifically-based and effective instructional television for African-American students.
08/08/2011 - 21:04
ARLINGTON, Va.--While an Aug. 3 government study shows women still lag behind men in high-tech educations and careers, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been working to narrow that gap within the Department of the Navy.
08/08/2011 - 05:25
DURHAM -- Some incoming North Carolina Central University freshmen who traded their final weeks of leisure for a summer of hard work were cited for their hands-on research in science, math and techn
08/08/2011 - 04:27
WASHINGTON D.C. – Dr.
08/08/2011 - 02:56
AUSTIN, TX -- During a recent conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, Sikhongi Solomon Phungwayo captured first place in the chemistry category during the 68th Annual Joint Meeting of Beta Kappa Chi
08/03/2011 - 20:21
WASHINGTON -- Despite an enviable educational track record, Lezli Baskerville finds herself having to defend the very existence of historically-black colleges and universities when the nation needs them most.
07/20/2011 - 15:09
ReUnion: Education-Arts-Heritage Producer Will Hammons II captures a transcontinental gathering of technology entrepreneurs and scientists from
