Archive for 'Industry News'
Dr. Roland Boyd Scott: The Father of Sickle Cell Research in the US
Posted on 26. Apr, 2011 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Roland Boyd Scott was the Father of Sickle Cell Research in the USA. Learn about his tireless research and efforts to combat the disease and watch a few clips to learn more about the disease and what’s being done about it today.
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Lowery Stokes Sims: first African-American curator to be hired by New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
Posted on 28. Mar, 2011 by Leshell Hatley.
Lowery Stokes Sims was the first African-American curator to be hired by New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and held that position for over 25 years. She is an accomplished Art Historian who’s career is extremely noteworthy.
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Ory Okolloh: Kenyan Activist & Google’s New Policy Manager for Africa
Posted on 03. Jan, 2011 by Leshell Hatley.
Ory Okolloh is a lawyer, activist, and blogger who is now headed to Google at its Policy Manager for Africa.
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Jerri DeVard: Nokia’s New Chief Marketing Officer
Posted on 29. Nov, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Jerri DeVard, Spelman Alumna, joined Nokia as a chief marketing officer in November 2010. She is in charge of marketing, brand management, communications, and some “industry collaboration” initiatives.
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Kelly Miller: First African-American Mathematics Graduate Student and Influential Founder of Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
In 1887, Kelly Miller became the first African-American Mathematics Graduate Student. He went on to become extremely influential during the debates between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois and planted the seed for what is now called the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University.
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Dr. Joy DeGruy: Researcher, Motivational Speaker, Author, Educator
Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Joy DeGruy is a nationally and internationally renowned researcher, educator, author and presenter. Dr. Joy, as most know her, is a tell-it-like-it-is ambassador for healing and a voice for those who’ve struggled in search of the past, and continue to struggle through the present.
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Dr. Robert Bell, Team Win Netflix $1Million Challenge
Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Robert Bell is an African-American statistician – a demographic that has low statistical numbers in and of itself. How many African-American statisticians do you know? Probably not many. And how many do you know have won $1 million challenges? Well, we know of at least one!
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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey: M.D., M.B.A., & CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., is the fourth president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a position she assumed in January 2003. She originally joined the staff in April 2001 as the senior vice president and director, Health Care Group. In 2004, she was voted #22 of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes Magazine.
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MarK Dean: Holder of 3 of 9 Patents for Personal Computer
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Mark Dean is an inventor and a computer scientist. He holds three of the nine original IBM patents upon which the IBM PC personal computers were based. He led the team that developed the ISA bus, and he led the design team responsible for creating the first one-gigahertz computer processor chip.
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April R. Silver: social entrepreneur • writer/editor
Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
“I am clear-headed and fiercely passionate about my life/work. I am driven to powerfully communicate and represent truth and justice. As tools, media and the arts have an awesome power to heal, beautify, politicize, and ultimately elevate our lives. It is my blessing to do this work in honor of Harriet Tubman and the rest of my ancestral line.”
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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 [...]
