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A clarion call to invest in historically Black colleges and universities

Candid

In 1837 Richard Humphreys established the African Institute, now Cheyney University, in Pennsylvania making it the oldest historically Black university in the United States. Not only did I have the good fortune to receive a world-class education, but my learning was steeped in the history and lived experience of Black people.

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Let Freedom Ring

VisionLink

You can check out more of his writing since 2005 on his blog: [link] -- “We are in the very midst of revolution, the most complete, unexpected, and remarkable of any in the history of the world.” Oil City, Pennsylvania. In our arguments over gay rights and the balance between pro-choice and pro-life we hear the sound of freedom.

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Accel, BoxGroup, Cowboy Ventures, Pear VC and Yahoo to judge Startup Battlefield at Disrupt

TechCrunch

He was also named the first chief digital officer in the history of CBS Corporation. A founding partner at Cowboy Ventures, Aileen Lee leads a team that backs seed-stage technology companies reimagining work and life through technology, what they call “life 2.0.” Aileen Lee , founding partner at Cowboy Ventures.

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First Ever Capitol Hill Electronics Collection Day

Tech Soup

In the US, there is no national system to ensure the proper collection and disposition of reusable electronic equipment or end-of-life e-waste disposal. Eastern and people from congressional offices will be schlepping any electronic items with a plug or battery over to the National Mall at the corner of 3rd Street, NW and Pennsylvania Ave.

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June Cause Awareness: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

Qgiv

The purpose of Pride Month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history. Learning about the people that brought the movement to life and the reason why Pride Month exists will help you better understand the meaning of the month! Pride Month isn’t all celebrations and rainbows!

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A new use for AI: summarizing scientific research for seven-year-olds

The Verge

Zane Griffin Talley Cooper, a PhD candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, described the AI summaries as “refreshingly transparent.” He used the site to condense a paper he’d written on “ data peripheries ,” which traces the physical history of materials essential to big data infrastructure.

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Research Friday: The gift

ASU Lodestar Center

I needed to know more about aid, about philanthropy, about the history of Western involvement in international development. I needed to know we weren’t doing more harm than good by insisting that Western principles, like education and lengthy life spans, were paramount to all cultures on this planet. We say, “it’s better”.