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Keith L. Black, MD – Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Keith L. Black, MD serves as Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He also holds the title of Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. An internationally renowned neurosurgeon and scientist, Dr. Black joined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in July 1997 and was awarded the Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neuroscience in November of that year. Thanks for Leslye Allen, one of our Facebook Fan Page Members, for the feature suggestion.
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Kevin Clark, Ph.D. – Associate Professor Instructional Technology
Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Kevin Clark, Ph.D. holds a bachelors and masters degree in computer science from North Carolina State University, and a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Clark is currently an associate professor in the Instructional Technology, and director of the Center for Digital Media Innovation and Diversity at George Mason University.
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HU Med Student Leads Free Clinic for Uninsured
Posted on 03. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Raolat Abdulai, a third year medical student at Howard University who began the effort more than a year ago, will serve as the clinic’s director.
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Dr. Robbin Chapman: E-Learning Consultant and Author of New Book
Posted on 02. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Chapman received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. She conducted her dissertation research at the MIT Media Laboratory, where she explored computational tools and practices for promoting critical reflection embedded in design-based learning activities. Her theoretical framework, Cooperative Constructionism, establishes a design-based approach to critical reflection.
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Dr. Quintard Taylor and BlackPast.org!
Posted on 26. Jun, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
This weekend BSI’s Founder visits Google, the powerhouse of all things data-related, for winning the Google Anita Borg Scholarship. For this reason, we’d like to highlight a website that features all things related to data about Black history – http://www.blackpast.org – and the Black Scholar who created it, Quintard Taylor, the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt [...]
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MIT Converge!
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
MIT’s CONVERGE program, a graduate preview weekend held on campus from
October 1-4, seeks to attract candidates from underrepresented and
under-served communities and to offer on-campus exposure to those
interested in pursuing graduate studies at MIT. The deadline for all
applications is August 1, 2009.
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BSI Celebrates M. Lucia James
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Today, BSI celebrates M. Lucia James. She was the first African-American faculty member at the University of Maryland and served as the Director of the Curriculum Laboratory in the College of Education.
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Brain-Computer Interfaces?
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
In case you haven’t heard, Dr. Adriane Randolph, Director of the BrainLab – Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, “is working to discover impactful solutions for brain-computer interfaces by uncovering the underlying characteristics that effect users’ control.”
