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Grants & Awards

Morgan State University (Md.) received a $600,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to establish the National Center for Health Behavioral Change. The grant will fund research to improve public health curricula, practice competence and community health status.Rice University’s (Texas) School of Continuing Studies received $700,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop an online […]

November 20, 2002

Picture the Perfect Photo

Picture the Perfect PhotoBy Reid Goldsborough Technological progress with desktop computers and office software has plateaued in recent years, with little eye-opening innovation. That can’t be said of some peripheral computing areas, including digital photography, where progress continues to soar. The quality of digital cameras has reached parity with conventional film-based cameras. You can now […]

November 20, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Technology Center Seen as Economic Hope

Virginia Technology Center Seen as Economic HopeBy Ronald Roach Danville, Va.In Virginia, the decline of the tobacco and the textile industries has led to hard economic times in the state’s southernmost counties known as southside Virginia. In addition to high unemployment, the largely rural region struggles with low educational attainment among its residents. Just 5 […]

November 20, 2002

Digital Divide Grants Awarded to Nonprofits, Universities

Digital Divide Grants Awarded to Nonprofits, UniversitiesWASHINGTONIn late September, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the award of $12.4 million in Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) grants to 25 nonprofit organizations, including state and local governments and universities, in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Universities receiving TOP awards […]

October 23, 2002

Saving Your College’s Data From Unnatural Disaster

Saving Your College’s Data From Unnatural DisasterLast month, as the nation mourned anew for the victims of last Sept. 11, the New York Stock Exchange marked a different kind of anniversary: Last year, the exchange was closed for four days following the terror attacks — its longest closure since the market crash that sparked the […]

October 23, 2002

HBCU Leaders Focus on Technology Gap

HBCU Leaders Focus on Technology Gap‘Sustained teamwork’ needed to eliminate disparities, one leader saysHistorically Black colleges and universities lag far behind traditionally White institutions in technology, college leaders told a House of Representatives panel in September.“The technology gap at many of our campuses is a visible reminder of the unresolved legacy of separate but equal […]

October 23, 2002

Huston-Tillotson College Opens Dell Computer Laboratory

Huston-Tillotson College Opens Dell Computer LaboratoryAUSTIN, TexasLast month, Huston-Tillotson College officials unveiled its corporate-sponsored Dell Computer Laboratory, which is housed in the Dickey-Lawless building.The unveiling follows last year’s announcement by Dell Computer Corp. officials of its $300,000 donation to Huston-Tillotson, the company’s largest to a historically Black college or university. The donation came with an […]

October 9, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Instructional Technology Training Center Launched

Instructional Technology Training Center LaunchedLOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif.A regional instructional technology training center for teachers was dedicated earlier this month on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Calif. With the goal of bridging the digital divide, officials at Foothill College opened the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Made […]

September 25, 2002

University of Washington Seeks Pacific Ocean Data Via Internet

University of Washington Seeks Pacific Ocean Data Via InternetSEATTLEScientists at the University of Washington have proposed an ambitious project that would place networked underwater cameras and recording equipment on the Pacific Ocean floor for the transmission of scientific data through the Internet. The NEPTUNE project, which means North East Pacific Time-series Undersea Network Experiments, would […]

September 25, 2002

Hitting the Books on Instructional Technology

Hitting the Books on Instructional TechnologyWhen Ramon Harris weighed the prospect of hiring consultants to teach faculty members and administrators at several historically Black institutions instructional technology strategy and practice, he discarded the idea in favor of another approach — one meant to be less expensive but equally effective as using consultants. That approach took […]

September 11, 2002

The Disconnect Between Colleges and their Communities: About Bowie State University

About Bowie State UniversityBowie State University is Maryland’s oldest historically Black college or university. Throughout the years, it has placed a strong emphasis on teacher education, garnering the reputation of being one of the premier Black teacher-training institutions in the nation. In recent years, the university has expanded its focus to include computer and technology […]

September 11, 2002

Events

EventsSEPTEMBERSept. 17-22National Black MBA Association Inc.24th Annual Conference and Exposition “Bridging the Gap to the Untapped Frontier”Gaylord Opryland ResortNashville, Tenn.Contact: National Black MBA AssociationPhone: (312) 236-2622Fax: (312) 236-4131E-mail: [email protected]: www.nbmbaa.orgSept. 27-28Education Leaders Council7th Annual National Conference for Education LeadersWestin Tabor CenterDenverContact: ELCPhone: (202) 261-2600OCTOBEROct. 11-12Association of Nubian Kemetic Heritage14th Annual Cheikh Anta Diop Conference“Theorizing the […]

August 28, 2002

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