Archive for 'PhD'
You & All The Black Scholars in Your Life!
Posted on02. Oct, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
The BSI Staff has reflected about a great many issues over the past 3 months of our existence in this current form. We realized that we have celebrated the lives of two young Black Scholars whose lives have been taken from them, we’ve shined light on some amazing Black Scholars in academia, and we’ve probably been the first online entity to celebrate the Presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US. We’ve done a great deal.
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William Kamkwamba: Harnessed the Wind at Age 14
Posted on24. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is a born inventor. When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called Using Energy and modifying them to fit his needs. The windmill he built powers four lights and two radios in his family home.
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Dr. Robert Bell, Team Win Netflix $1Million Challenge
Posted on23. 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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Jonecia Keels: Computer Science Junior @ Spelman, One to watch!
Posted on26. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
SpelBots co-captain Jonecia Keels, C’2011 at Spelman University, dreams of starting a computer software company that creates revolutionary applications for mobile and computing platforms. The dual-degree engineering major is well on her way to making that dream come true.
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HBCUs: A Historical & Statistical Perspective
Posted on25. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Today, we have decided to feature HBCUs from a slightly different perspective than our usual Tuesday feature on HBCU Presidents. In the spirit of political transparency, we thought it would be great to simple share with you the historical formation of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges & Universities along with a few statistical facts about HBCUs and their impact on society in this country and abroad.
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[ Academic_Resource ] The PhD Project
Posted on14. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
The PhD Project’s mission is to increase the diversity of corporate America by increasing the diversity of business school faculty. We attract African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans to business Ph.D. programs, and provide a network of peer support on their journey to becoming professors. As faculty, they serve as role models attracting and mentoring minority students while improving the preparation of all students for our diverse workplace and society.
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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey: M.D., M.B.A., & CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Posted on24. 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 on23. 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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Henry Lewis Gates: Literary Critic, Educator, Public Scholar
Posted on22. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual. Gates currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, where he is Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. Recently, he became the Editor-In-Chief of The Root, a daily online magazine that provides thought-provoking commentary on today’s news from a variety of black perspectives. The site also hosts an interactive genealogical section to trace one’s ancestry through AfricanDNA.com, a DNA testing site co-founded by him.
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Regina Benjamin: New US Surgeon General
Posted on17. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Regina Benjamin is a rural family physician forging an inspiring model of compassionate and effective medical care in one of the most underserved regions of the United States. Obama says Dr Regina Benjamin understands the needs of the poor and uninsured, making her uniquely qualified to be America’s doctor as his administration tries to revamp the healthcare system.
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