May 17, 2021 | History, Technology
A new, interactive story map documents the African American experience in Fauquier County. The Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County and The Piedmont Environmental Council created the online map with PATH Foundation funding. “The story map will give...
Apr 25, 2021 | Education, Equity, Technology
A new study by Gallup and educational technology company 2U suggests that online education, which has taken center stage in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic, could play a positive role in fostering greater equity in and access to quality higher education....
Mar 29, 2021 | Technology
Imagine if you could walk through Charlotte’s Brooklyn neighborhood again, gliding past the homes, businesses and churches cleared by urban renewal more than a half-century ago. That’s the mission of researchers at Johnson C. Smith University, who received a trio of...
Feb 15, 2021 | Literature, Technology
Somewhere at the intersection of math and science, and reading and writing, Kaya Thomas discovered a new lane for expressing herself: coding.“Coding is a mesh between the logical and the creative, because the act of writing code can also be like writing poetry or...
Feb 1, 2021 | Higher Education, Talent, Technology
Huston-Tillotson University is joining a Google program focused on historically-Black colleges and universities that will be able to train thousands of students in digital skills. Grow with Google was started in 2017 to help Americans develop their skills and careers...
Jan 4, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, Technology
The technology industry is known for its paucity of diversity. In an industry dominated by white men, the number of women in technology is dismal, and the number of small business owners led by Black women is even lower. According to a study from the Kapor Center,...
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