Black IssuesHomeThe Influence of Active Online UsersThe Influence of Active Online UsersWe active online users like to think of ourselves as savvy, hip and influential. We have access to the latest information technology, and more importantly, know how to use it to its full potential. Sure, when we take things to an extreme, we become nerds, isolated from other spheres of […]April 24, 2002HomeWSSU Breaks Ground On New Computer Science BuildingWSSU Breaks Ground On New Computer Science BuildingWINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Winston Salem State University officials conducted a groundbreaking ceremony earlier this month marking the start of construction on a $12.3 million computer science building on the historically Black campus in North Carolina. The facility will house the university’s computer science department and the division of information resources. […]April 24, 2002Faculty & StaffCarnegie Mellon Research CenterCarnegie Mellon Research CenterTo Address Wireless Technology PITTSBURGH, Pa.A new research center at Carnegie Mellon University is expected to push innovation in wireless telecommunications and computer networking. Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking will tap into collaborative research and university innovations under way to help accelerate growth in the $116-billion telecommunications and […]April 24, 2002Faculty & StaffBall State Creates SupercomputerBall State Creates Supercomputer From Old Desktop ComputersMUNCIE, Ind.Discarded personal computers have been used to create a supercomputer at Ball State University. The effort, known as the Cluster Computer Research Project, involved collecting unwanted personal computers from a former lab in the school’s College of Business and deploying them to build a computing machine designed […]April 24, 2002HBCUsGoing Online With V-HBCUGoing Online With V-HBCUCoalition seeks to boost presence of HBCUs in distance learningFor many higher education institutions, the establishment of online distance education courses and certificate and degree programs remains a difficult struggle despite the presence of hundreds of schools in the online sector. The task of building and maintaining a top-notch information technology infrastructure […]April 24, 2002HomeCharlottesville Students Escape Hate Crimes ChargesCharlottesville Students Escape Hate Crimes ChargesCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.Nine Charlottesville High School students charged in a string of assaults on University of Virginia students have escaped hate crimes charges, according to a ruling by the commonwealth’s attorney Dave Chapman (see Black Issues, March 28). Chapman decided after several weeks of investigation and deliberation that there was no […]April 24, 2002Faculty & StaffThe Current Toast of the Poetry WorldThe Current Toast of the Poetry WorldCarl Phillips honored with Kingsley Tufts Award Charlottesville, Va.Carl Phillips has become only the second African American poet to win the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a highly coveted prize that carries with it a career’s worth of prestige — and a $100,000 check.Phillips says the reality of following in […]April 24, 2002StudentsCommunity Leaders in the MakingCommunity Leaders in the MakingAlthough Morgan State University doesn’t have service-learning courses, the Baltimore-based HBCU has an extensive community service program, which is coordinated through a central community service office. Most of the programs are targeted to public school students — elementary to high school. Student-volunteers coordinate the projects. “The student-leaders are what make these […]April 24, 2002Asian American Pacific IslanderConnecting The Classroom and the CommunityConnecting The Classroom and the CommunityService-learning programs allow students to apply real-world experience with classroom studyBy Phaedra Brotherton The events of Sept. 11 have been credited with awakening a desire for many to do something meaningful and give back to their communities. But for the past decade, a growing number of institutions of higher education […]April 24, 2002HomeTSU Debate Team Wins Olympics of Forensics CompetitionTSU Debate Team Wins Olympics of Forensics CompetitionHoustonThe Texas Southern University Debate team returned to Houston late last month as champions of the International Forensics Association 12th annual Championship Tournament in Rome. The 17-member team succeeded in garnering a sufficient number of points to rank first place and earned the title International Champion of Forensics […]April 24, 2002Previous PagePage 231 of 431Next Page