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eBay Founder Establishes Microfinance Partnership With Tufts University

Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay and co-founder of Omidyar Network, together with his wife…

December 14, 2005

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Rhode Island to Build Statewide Wireless Network

The Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs), a pilot partnership between the public…

December 14, 2005

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A New Groove: Black Culture And Technology Development

Black culture and technology are not often used in the same sentence, unless one wants to note their incompatibility…

November 30, 2005

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CEO Gives $35M To Support Texas A&M Science Initiatives

George P. Mitchell, chairman and chief executive officer of Mitchell Energy & Development…

November 30, 2005

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Coppin State, Hampton Named Among Top Wireless Schools

Coppin State University and Hampton University are the only historically Black institutions named…

November 16, 2005

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Princeton University offers ‘Vodcasting’

Princeton University’s University Channel is offering the “vodcast” — downloadable videos that can…

November 16, 2005

Health

Arkansas Med School Uses Breast Cancer Technology to Reduce Repeat Surgeries

Technology that has been used to treat cancer successfully in other organs has been applied…

November 16, 2005

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Microsoft Founder Calls On More Minority

From applications that allow you to scan business receipts and send the data directly to your expense account software…

November 2, 2005

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Grants & Awards

Albright College (Pa.) received a $10,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to purchase safety and security equipment for the campus. The new equipment includes a portable radio and radio control station that provides campus police officers with wider radio access. The college has also purchased a portable metal detector that […]

November 2, 2005

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Technologist Featured On ‘The Apprentice’

Dr. Randal Pinkett, a Rhodes Scholar and an Arthur Ashe Scholar named by the former Black Issues In Higher Education magazine

October 19, 2005

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Survey Shows Broadband Adoption Slowing

Americans have slowed their adoption of high-speed Internet service after several years of high growth

October 19, 2005

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Virginia Tech Researchers Identify Influences in IT Career Choices for Women

A Virginia Tech team of researchers has identified five factors that influence girls’ informational technology (IT) career choices…

October 18, 2005