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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. As a proud alum of Howard University and Fisk University, I understand how critical HBCUs are in the professional and personal development of generations.

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Backed by the National Institute on Aging, the a2 Pilot Awards fosters age tech entrepreneurship

TechCrunch

There are now more Americans aged 65 and older than at any other point in history, and that number is expected to rise, according to the National Institute on Aging (NIA). The AITCs are housed at John Hopkins University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Pennsylvania.

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

TechCrunch

She holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University, where she currently lectures at the engineering school. Hershenson also serves on the board of trustees of Harvey Mudd College and on the Advisory Council of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Robinhood’s IPO roadshow answered questions I wasn’t asking

The Verge

He is now a lecturer at Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.) They don’t have the best internal controls,” Erickson says in an interview, pointing to Robinhood’s history of outages.

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Vara raises $4.8M from investors like Go Ventures and Sequoia India’s Surge to digitize Indonesian SMEs’ payrolls

TechCrunch

Founded by Vidush Mahansaria and Abhinav Karale, who met while studying at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Vara is part of the Surge accelerator program’s fifth cohort of startups. The company announced today it has raised $4.8 It says more than 100,000 small businesses are already using Bukugaji.

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The #1 Skill Nonprofit Professionals Should Focus on in 2021

DipJar

To build your brand, education on your discipline (theater), your mission (bringing theater to schools), your history (launched X years ago when theater classes were being cut from your city’s school budgets), and storytelling (giving your staff and volunteers the language to discuss your work), are all important marketing objectives to consider.

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Why OpenAI is trying to untangle its 'bespoke' corporate structure

Engadget

Public benefit corporations are a relatively recent addition to the universe of business entity types," says Jens Dammann , professor of corporate law at the University of Texas School of Law. Unpacking what the company likely means by "structural bespokeness" requires a short history lesson.

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