With tens of millions of dollars worth of support from all the bigwigs in tech, a new nonprofit called Code.org wants to bring computer science into schools.
Its first initiative will be a worldwide “Hour of Code” during the second week of December, with materials provided that include coding tut ...
Posted Friday, October 18th 2013 at 5:35PM
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Area Experts Discuss Ways to Increase Access to Healthy Foods
The impact of diet and nutrition on communities in Prince George’s County and around the globe is the focus of the third annual Food Day Symposium at Bowie State University Thursday, Oc ...
Posted Friday, October 18th 2013 at 3:06PM
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DURHAM Every year, more than 12,000 patients in the United States are diagnosed with life-threatening diseases such as leukemia or lymphoma for which a bone-marrow transplant or a transfusion of umbilical cord blood is their best or only hope of a c ...
Posted Friday, October 18th 2013 at 2:39PM
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As a part of the HBCU community you are automatically on a list to receive
a discount when you purchase Nationwide Insurance!
Not only can you insure your automobile, but if you need any of the
following items insured, Nationwide has you covered:
-ATV
-Boat
-Business Products
-Condo
-Finan ...
Posted Friday, October 18th 2013 at 1:31PM
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By: Michelle Matthews-Alexander
Are you a student attending a Historically Black College and University who’s interested in giving back to both your community and your university? If so, Ford is inviting you to enter the Ford Community Challenge Competition for Historically Black Colleges and Uni ...
Posted Friday, October 18th 2013 at 12:02PM
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Shutting down the government, raising the debt ceiling and the rising cost of education are some of the major issues currently facing the United States. The politics and ramifications of these drain resources and impact decision making on the nationa ...
Posted Thursday, October 17th 2013 at 6:02PM
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Let's celebrate a new beginning for KC!
Make your reservations for the KC Alumni Dinner-Dance on Saturday, October 26, 2013. Class years ending in "3" and "8" will be recognized for their 25th, 30th, 40th and 50th anniversaries at Club LeConte, 8 ...
Posted Thursday, October 17th 2013 at 3:38PM
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By Tom Fornelli | College Football Writer
The good news for Grambling is that its football team is united. The bad news is that they seem to be united against the school.
Following practice on Tuesday Grambling president Frank Pogue, athletic d ...
Posted Thursday, October 17th 2013 at 3:36PM
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Alcorn State University’s commitment to maintaining a campus that is welcoming to all and its diverse student body was again recognized with the 2013 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award. This is the second year in a row that Alcorn has won ...
Posted Thursday, October 17th 2013 at 3:26PM
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Before a congregation of nearly 200 people, Mother Nita Charlene Johnson Byrd was ordained as priest at Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) Historic Chapel. The Right Reverend Michael Bruce Curry, the eleventh Bishop of North Carolina, served as the o ...
Posted Thursday, October 17th 2013 at 2:13PM
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"MasterChef" runner-up Joshua Marks was in "the battle of his life fighting mental illness" when he killed himself Friday, his family said Sunday.
His family blames the lack of mental health treatment facilities and the easy access to guns as fact ...
Posted Monday, October 14th 2013 at 7:36PM
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Zuck it up - now anyone can find you.
By Jack Clark - The Register
Facebook is binning a feature that lets people retain their anonymity on the social network.
The retirement of the "Who can look up your Timeline by name?" privacy setting was ...
Posted Friday, October 11th 2013 at 4:42PM
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The Black College Football Hall of Fame will announce the finalists who will be on the ballot for induction into the Fifth Annual Black College Football Hall of Fame on October 23.
The finalists from which they will select includes 20 players, fiv ...
Posted Friday, October 11th 2013 at 3:37PM
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OU Music Department will present internationally acclaimed pianist Leon Bates on Wednesday and Thursday, October 23 and 24.
Bates will offer a master class at the campus' Peters Hall (music building) on Wednesday, October 23, 1:00 p.m., and a rec ...
Posted Friday, October 11th 2013 at 3:01PM
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, the apparent last step after a series of scandals destroyed his political career and helped steer a crisis-laden city even deeper into trouble.
Kilp ...
Posted Thursday, October 10th 2013 at 8:10PM
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