By Molly Kimball | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
There's a reason that summer is the season for watermelon: not only does it taste its best during the summer, reaching its peak flavor during the warm months, watermelon also has the high ...
Posted Tuesday, June 28th 2016 at 11:18AM
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By John Lincoln
Co-founder and CEO, Ignite Visibility„J@johnelincoln
On Monday, social media giant LinkedIn announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Microsoft for $26.2 billion. The deal, still pending regulatory review, is expected to c ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2016 at 11:14AM
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Today is the first day
Of the rest of my life.
I wake as a child
To see the world begin.
On monarch wings
And birthday wonderings.
Want to put on faces.
Walk in the wet and cold.
And look forward to my growing old.
To grow is to change.
T ...
Posted Friday, June 24th 2016 at 6:57AM
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By Helen Branswell @HelenBranswell and Rick Berke @rickberke
June 17, 2016
Bill Gates became one of the richest men in history after cofounding Microsoft. His impact on the world of personal computing cannot be overstated.
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Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2016 at 2:50PM
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By Karen M. Kroll
Kendra Austin is director of supplier diversity with pharmacy benefit management services provider Express Scripts, St. Louis, Mo. She has held this position since November 2014.
Responsibilities: Creating a supplier diversity program, defining the business case for it, and d ...
Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2016 at 2:28PM
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(NCAA) – Norfolk State University failed to monitor its eligibility certification process, which resulted in improper certifications for student-athletes, according to a decision issued by a Division I Committee on Infractions panel. The university i ...
Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2016 at 12:45PM
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After two seasons at the helm, Nadine Domond has resigned as head coach of the Grambling State women’s basketball team.
Grambling State interim athletics director Obadiah Simmons confirmed the move in an email sent to HBCU Sports Wednesday.
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Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2016 at 12:42PM
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions have been some of the most important institutions in building the nation’s middle class. What is working – and what isn’t – at HBCUs and MSIs?
Marybeth Gasman
Professo ...
Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2016 at 11:48AM
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"The Voice of Alabama State University,” WVAS (a National Public Radio station) continues to receive acclaim for excellence in news broadcasting.
Five journalists with the radio station each received awards from the Associated Press (AP), and fou ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 at 11:29AM
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by Dr. Larry Walker
Recently several articles have been written on the importance and obstacles HBCUs encounter. For instance, my colleagues and I wrote an article titled, “Changing the Narrative About HBCUs Value Proposition” in which we challe ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 at 10:55AM
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Savannah State University (SSU) will host groundbreaking ceremonies for two new science buildings on Friday, June 24. The event will be attended by University System of Georgia (USG) officials, legislators and local representatives.
At 2 p.m., the ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 4:26PM
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You prefer to curl up and read a book by yourself over going to a flashy social event. You like the company of one close friend rather than a group of many rowdy people. Once more you prefer to stay on the safe side than take risks. Does this sound f ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 3:08PM
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Many college students know the feeling: one day during your freshman year, you wake up and your pants feel tighter than normal. Dismissing the sudden uncomfortable feeling, you quickly resort to blaming the washing machine for ruining your favorite j ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:52PM
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Posted by Felicia
1. Ask your artistic friends if they have any paintings that no longer want. You can get art wire on the cheap, and use those removable wall hooks to place art strategically around your walls. Generally, the centre of a painting ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:46PM
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by Alan Marnett
When we started BenchFly five years ago, in 2009, our mission was to make research a better career for current and future generations of scientists. Today we continue to work toward this goal using video as the primary means to edu ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:28PM
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Dean Baker
Co-director, CEPR; author, ˇĄThe End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressiveˇ¦
Sorry folks, this isnˇ¦t Trump University, I donˇ¦t have the plan for you to get rich quick. But it is important for everyone to understand exac ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:12PM
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By Leo Babauta
Being a dad is messy … not just the many spills and broken dishes and dirty kitchens and finger-painted walls you have to clean up, but messy because nothing ever goes as planned.
It’s messy because you start out with the best of intentions, hoping to be super dad and loving and ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:02PM
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Today, the long-awaited reopening of the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum was brought to fruition as Morgan State University President David Wilson, along with members of the Jackson-Mitchell Family, local and state leaders, and members of ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2016 at 12:14PM
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On the steps of Langston Hughes’ abandoned Harlem-based home grew a new idea that will change the course of a young black man’s future. Erica Buddington, an educator and scholar from New York, sat on those steps of the famed poet’s home everyday for ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2016 at 11:43AM
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ASU's Mighty Marching Hornets Band Appears in New Movie!
The Alabama State University Mighty Marching Hornets band will be seen worldwide in a new movie scheduled for release in November.
The University's band gathered for a scene they’v ...
Posted Thursday, June 2nd 2016 at 9:42AM
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The future of historically black colleges, or HBCUs, is a topic never far from my thoughts. After all, it was an HBCU that provided educational access to me and thousands of other blacks at a time in America when racial segregation was the law of the ...
Posted Thursday, May 26th 2016 at 9:26AM
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Amid the goats, fish, bees and soybeans on a farm in Ettrick, Laban Rutto’s vision of making Virginia State University a beer mecca is taking shape.
Standing in front of his rows of hops – the plant used to give most beer its flavor – the Kenyan n ...
Posted Thursday, May 19th 2016 at 11:12AM
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Former Johnson C. Smith University wide receiver and Charlotte native Avius Capers has signed with the Carolina Panthers, the team announced today.
Capers returns to the Panthers after signing as an undrafted free agent in 2015. While at JCSU, he ...
Posted Thursday, May 19th 2016 at 11:03AM
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According to a study released today by the University System of Georgia, Albany State University and Darton State College had a combined economic impact of $285 million on the Albany region in 2015. The total amount includes direct spending, employme ...
Posted Tuesday, May 10th 2016 at 3:54PM
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