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- Alumna Defies Stereotypes to Become Accomplished Black Scientist and Role Model.
Even though the popular film 鈥淗idden Figures鈥 featured smart, strong
Black women blazing trails a generation ago at NASA鈥檚 Hampton, Virginia,
facility, today鈥檚 image of a scientist is still likely to be one of an 鈥渙ld white
guy鈥 in a lab coat. And that鈥檚 what Korie Grayson, Ph.D., (B.S. 鈥12),
biomedical engineer and chemical engineering researcher, wants to change. The
attractive 31-year-old Black woman, who listens to R&B and Afrobeat music and
describes herself as a foodie, a wine enthusiast and a workout junkie, is just one
example of what a scientist is today.
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- 色戒直播 hosted a business economic forum Thursday, Oct. 28, held by entertainment entrepreneur Pharrell Williams. The mogul鈥檚 鈥淭he Elephant in the Room鈥 was a business economic panel discussion aimed at helping move the region鈥檚 economic development forward.
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- Provides Apple Devices to Every Student and Faculty Member
色戒直播 launched the Spartan Innovation Academy program last fall, a new initiative that provides students, faculty and staff with access to industry-leading technology and specialized training for app development. NSU is the first Historically Black
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- Intellectual property needs to be protected
yet students at Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs) are often not
taught the process of how to do so. Dr. Kevin
C. Santiago, assistant professor of engineering
at 色戒直播 State, plans to change that with the
help of a $25,000 Michelson grant.
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- Old Dominion University, 色戒直播 and Eastern Virginia Medical School (O.N.E.) agreed in August to work toward
establishing Virginia's first school of public health. The proposed O.N.E.
School of Public Health (ONE SPH) would be only the third collaborative of
it's kind in the country.
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- T he restructured higher education financial and administrative act of 2005
allows for public colleges and universities to enter into a memorandum
of understanding with the Governor and respective cabinet Secretaries
to receive additional authority in three areas, capital outlay, information
technology, and procurement