Black IssuesHomeEnlarging and Diversifying Our Technical Talent PoolEnlarging and Diversifying Our Technical Talent PoolT he idea was classically simple. Not just to educate our best young minds to the highest levels, but to deliver on the promise that all children can learn and achieve. That was the beginning, 25 years ago, of what first was known as the Southeast Consortium, then Southeast […]November 22, 2000HomeControlling the Chaos: New, Better Options for Internet SearchingControlling the Chaos: New, Better Options for Internet SearchingThere’s nothing more central to the Internet than searching for what you need, and there’s nothing that changes at Internet speed as much as Internet search sites.The Internet search industry is in a state of upheaval. Familiar names are losing their usefulness, in some cases with top […]November 22, 2000HBCUsThree South Carolina HBCUs Announce Technology PartnershipThree South Carolina HBCUs Announce Technology PartnershipColumbia,S.C.Three historically Black colleges in South Carolina, with the help of Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, received $3.2 million in federal funding for an innovative partnership with the Savannah River Site. Voorhees College, Allen University and Morris College, recognizing the need for well-trained […]November 22, 2000HomeUniversity of Arkansas Shares in Grant For Computer ResearchUniversity of Arkansas Shares in Grant For Computer ResearchFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. The University of Arkansas was awarded a grant with the University of Oklahoma to create a research center devoted to studying materials that can make computers run faster. The $4.5 million grant comes as part of a push by the federal government to fuel such […]November 22, 2000HomeNASA and UC Schools to Create Silicon Valley Research CampusNASA and UC Schools to Create Silicon Valley Research CampusMOFFETT FIELD, Calif. NASA researchers hope to launch new scientific innovations when they team up with scientists from the University of California at a proposed research park in Silicon Valley.The two groups said recently they would work to open an educational research and development campus within […]November 22, 2000StudentsBlack Frat Announces Digital Divide InitiativeBlack Frat Announces Digital Divide InitiativeBALTIMOREThe Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. announced last month a nationwide project called the “Digital Heritage Initiative” in collaboration with the Microsoft Corp. and Africana.com to provide computer software and educational materials to public elementary, junior high and high schools throughout the country. Each of the fraternity’s chapters nationwide will […]November 22, 2000Leadership & PolicyHoward University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Oracle CEO and Founder EllisonHoward University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Oracle CEO and Founder EllisonWASHINGTON Just months after pledging a $2 million gift of 4,000 network computers and printers to be installed in Howard University’s 12 undergraduate dormitories, Larry J. Ellison, CEO and founder of the Oracle Corp., was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by the Washington, D.C.-based university.Howard […]November 22, 2000Leadership & PolicyHBCUs Strategize on Ways to Close Digital Divide on Their CampusesHBCUs Strategize on Ways to Close Digital Divide on Their CampusesSlow adoption of technology by faculty seen as barrierATLANTA With Black colleges positioning their institutions to tackle the digital divide, officials with Tennessee State University and Clark Atlanta University highlighted an array of issues and strategies aimed at reducing the information technology gap between the […]November 22, 2000Faculty & StaffBlack Writers Ready for the MillenniumBlack Writers Ready for the MillenniumChicago State University played host to approximately 550 writers, students, scholars and educators who attended the 10th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference last month. The four-day conference, “Ready for the Millennium: Black Writers’ Approaches to the Diaspora,” opened with a children’s poetry reading and culminated with a presentation of literary […]November 22, 2000Faculty & StaffMastering Technology’s…Mastering Technology’s… Colleges encourage faculty to go high tech By Ronald RoachT o get students proficient and comfortable with the Internet and the latest information technology, Morris Brown College officials have required its undergraduates to participate in a laptop purchase program this fall, one of the first ever such initiatives at a historically Black institution. […]November 22, 2000Previous PagePage 344 of 431Next Page
