Black Issues

Need to Buy a Computer? Use a Computer to Buy It

Need to Buy a Computer? Use a Computer to Buy ItBy Aaron Richardson Tuition paid? Check. Books bought? Check. Now it’s time to go shopping for that other classroom sine qua non: computer equipment.Except you probably don’t have much money left for a big purchase like a computer. With the economy in the toilet and […]

March 12, 2003

Nanotechnology Center Dedicated in California

Nanotechnology Center Dedicated in CaliforniaBy Ronald Roach LOS ANGELESOfficials broke ground last month on what is touted as the world’s most advanced facility for atomic-level research. The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at the University of California, Los Angeles will explore the power and potential of manipulating atoms to engineer new materials and devices. “Nanotech may […]

March 12, 2003

Asian American Pacific Islander

Life Experiences Color Online Classmates’ Identities

Life Experiences Color Online Classmates’ IdentitiesBy Lydia Lum The words “race blind” literally took on a new meaning when I enrolled in an online class. Gone were the labels I had used so often, like reaching for a TV remote control. Black and White. Asian. Multiracial. So it wasn’t surprising that race crossed my mind […]

March 12, 2003

A Super Science Project

Super Science ProjectNew Jersey teen is first African American student to win prestigious competition By Eleanor Lee Yates Juliet Girard sounds a lot like the girl next door. Friendly. Perky. Chatty. But Girard is not the girl next door. A senior at William Dickinson High School in Jersey City, N.J., Girard recently won the Siemens […]

March 12, 2003

On the Technology Job Market

the Technology Job MarketSlight decline in new computer science majors, prompts researchers to ponder current, future state of technology employmentBy Phaedra Brotherton The downturn in the economy and the recent dot-com and technology bust may be causing more undergraduates to think twice about majoring in computer science or engineering. In 2001 and 2002, there was […]

March 12, 2003

Mastering the Challenge of High-Performance Computing

Mastering the Challenge of High-Performance Computing But there are perils in ignoring developments in the rising field, scholars sayBy Ronald RoachNot long after her appointment as Hampton University’s first chief information officer in 1999, Debra S. White, a former IBM executive, found that in addition to managing a campus IT network upgrade she had to […]

March 12, 2003

A Scientific Mandate

Dr. Rita R. Colwell Birthplace: Beverly, Mass.Education: B.S., Bacteriology; M.S., Genetics, Purdue University; Ph.D., Oceanography, University of WashingtonPrevious position: President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 1991-1998 Honors & Awards: The Medal of Distinction from Columbia University, the Gold Medal of Charles University, Prague, and the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Alumna Summa Laude […]

March 12, 2003

The Ways of Washington

The Ways of WashingtonNSF board chairman keeps long-term policy issues at the forefrontBy Ronald Roach At a time when immediate homeland security concerns are helping to bring about increases in the National Science Foundation’s budget, Dr. Warren Washington can be expected to press the federal agency on long-term policy issues, such as improving K-12 science […]

March 12, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Lincoln University May Fight for Control of Valuable Art, Judge Says

Lincoln University May Fight for Control of Valuable Art, Judge Says PHILADELPHIAA judge ruled last month that Lincoln University, a historically Black college outside Philadelphia, may fight a court petition that would dilute its control over a valuable, world-renowned collection of art. Lincoln opposes a petition by The Barnes Foundation that would eliminate Lincoln’s long-standing […]

March 12, 2003

Black College Bands ‘Get Paid’ to Showcase Talents

Black College Bands ‘Get Paid’ to Showcase Talents ATLANTAMarching bands from eight historically Black colleges brought their unique, high-stepping, energetic musical performances to the Atlanta Georgia Dome in January as part of the inaugural Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase. The Honda Battle of the Bands is the first national program of its kind […]

March 12, 2003

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