EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Snuggled under a blanket in the middle of an oversized bean bag chair, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire sophomore Avery Benson couldn’t have looked much more comfortable in the middle of a campus with nearly 11,000 students. With only about 1 percent of those students being
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By Philip Lewis Ciara Sivels knew she was going to make history, but she really wanted to focus on finishing her Ph.D. program first. Sivels, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, is the first black woman to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan, the top
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by Samara Lynn January 24, 2017 2020Shift, a startup dedicated to assisting young men and women of color in navigating the technical career world, announced a new partnership with Uber to offer a seven-week product design course. The program’s curriculum was developed by 202Shift and Uber. The course instructor is Jesse
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Chasity S. Cooper Oct. 26, 2018 In an age where content is king and African American consumers continue to prove that they are the drivers of culture, many tech companies remain tardy to the party when it comes to adequately hiring black and brown technologists for a variety of roles.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Three black trailblazers at the University of Missouri have been honored on the Columbia campus. The university on Friday named residence halls for Lucille Bluford and George C. Brooks, and an atrium for Gus T. Ridgel. The Columbia Missourian reports Bluford was denied entry in the
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Malaika Jabali 10 Oct 2018 Is the collapse of Democratic fortunes due to economic anxiety? Just ask Black Milwaukeeans. “Studies show that voter suppression was among the least important factors affecting black turnout in Wisconsin.” The building loomed over the intersection like an apparition. Though hollowed out and lifeless,
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October 4, 2018 By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor No one doubts that Black Twitter has had an impact on real world and policy change. But now, according to a new study by Nielsen, African American consumers, influencers and digital entrepreneurs are leveraging digital power to not only influence
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Lauren Victoria Burke Hugh Smith, the owner of Quikthinking Software, has released new apps featuring quotes and oral histories from important Black figures. Quikthinking‘s Black History Quotes Express app offers several thousand inspiring, motivational and reflective author quotes. A second app by the New Jersey-based company is an audio narrative
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Written By Clarissa Hamlin Posted September 26, 2018 More African Americans were expected to join Kamala Harris, John Legend and others in opposing Brett Kavanaugh‘s Supreme Court confirmation this week. Much of the nation is talking about this Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee testimony of Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to
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By Terence Cullen NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sep 22, 2017 1:52 PM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday scrubbed Obama-era guidance for how universities investigate sexual assaults on campus in an expected but highly scrutinized decision. Advocacy groups representing assault victims quickly condemned the Trump administration for pulling the rules,
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