Ronald RoachFaculty & StaffRobotics Education Spreads Among HBCUsDr. Andrew Williams’ teaching and research efforts has sparked a robotics education movement that now extends from Spelman College to several historically Black colleges and universities.January 12, 2008StudentsFilm on Wiley College Debate Team Scores Victory: “The Great Debaters,” a Black college-based historical drama starring Denzel Washington, renders rousing justice to the legacy of Wiley College’s 1935 national championship debating team. What’s interesting about “The Great Debaters” is not so much the debating mechanics and strategy, but how the debate topics are used to illuminate the Black condition in 1930s America.December 18, 2007StudentsBlack Student Enrollment Rebounds at UCLAAs a senior honors student at Weston Ranch High School in Stockton, Calif., last spring, Lakea Youngblood gained admission to the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles, California’s two most sought-after public universities.December 12, 2007StudentsGetting to Know: Dr. Ernest J. WilsonIt’s no exaggeration to say that Dr. Ernest J. Wilson III brings a dazzling breadth of academic and public affairs experience to the deanship of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.December 12, 2007HomeMicrosoft’s Gates Pledges Software to Campus Chapters of Black Engineering SocietyREDMOND, WASH. Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft Corp., last month announced that Microsoft will donate developer software to all National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) educational chapters in the United States. Gates made the announcement during a regional NSBE fall conference that was held in Redmond.December 12, 2007StudentsBlack Student Enrollment Rebounds at UCLAWill “outsourced” affirmative action prove long lasting?December 12, 2007StudentsPublic University Associations Unveil A New Web Tool For Prospective StudentsNEW YORK A partnership between the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has launched College Portrait, a new comprehensive Web resource to help prospective college students and their families compare and contrast U.S. public colleges and universities.November 28, 2007HomeResearchers Develop Process for Making Oceans Better Able To Combat Global WarmingCAMBRIDGE, MASS. Ateam of researchers from Harvard University and Pennsylvania State University have developed a new means to facilitate carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere – a potential solution for reversing global warming.November 28, 2007HomeResearchers Urge Caution On Using Genetic Ancestry TestsThe availability of genetic ancestry tests has generated considerable interest among Americans eager to learn about the racial background of their ancestors.November 14, 2007HomeU.S. Library of Congress and United Nations U.S. Library of Congress and United NationsThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the U.S. Library of Congress have joined forces to build a World Digital Library.November 14, 2007Previous PagePage 33 of 55Next Page
