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Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were born out of necessity and have helped Black students achieve greatness and contribute to innovation worldwide. HBCUs have positive social and economic impacts for their communities. They generate a total of $14.8 billion for their local and regional economies and create over 134,000…
As part of their internship, Abbott’s (No. 10 on DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity) high school STEM interns learned to create prosthetic hands. The company — ranked No. 14 on DiversityInc’s specialty list, “Top Companies for Mentoring” — offers several internships for high school and college students, ranging in…
Girls4TechTM is designed to help young girls become technology workplace leaders of tomorrow Originally Published by Mastercard. Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two of the hottest technology fields today, with job opportunities continuing to grow across both. However, worldwide, women make up less than 20 percent of the professionals in…
Alicia Boler Davis, executive vice president of Global Manufacturing at General Motors and the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA), returned to Washington D.C. on Feb. 9 to pass the BEYA torch to Anthony “Tony” Mitchell, executive vice president of Booz Allen. Boler Davis was the sixth woman out…
Chapter leaders of Girl Develop It, a national tech education nonprofit, in Wilmington, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, and Oakland, among other cities, have stepped down because of diversity and inclusion negligence. The latest: Philadelphia’s chapter leader, Susan Nieman, who resigned with an open letter on Tuesday: “With no substantive change,…
Chapter leaders of Girl Develop It, a national tech education nonprofit, in Wilmington, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, and Oakland, among other cities, have stepped down because of diversity and inclusion negligence. The latest: Philadelphia’s chapter leader, Susan Nieman, who resigned with an open letter on Tuesday: “With no substantive change,…
Chapter leaders of Girl Develop It, a national tech education nonprofit, in Wilmington, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, and Oakland, among other cities, have stepped down because of diversity and inclusion negligence. The latest: Philadelphia’s chapter leader, Susan Nieman, who resigned with an open letter on Tuesday: “With no substantive change,…
Approximately 100 Baltimore high school students took a conceptual journey to Wakanda during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 48th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. The “Wakanda Design Challenge,” named after the fictional country located in Sub-Saharan Africa in Marvel’s blockbuster film “Black Panther,” gave Pathways in Technology Early College…
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