Today, The Black Scholars Index features the National Black Child Development Institute and its CEO Dr. Carol Brunson Day. In 2011, BSI is committed to ensuring Black Children have an awesome start. This feature is to encourag ...
Posted Thursday, January 6th 2011 at 11:52AM
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The Washington Post's Dana Priest and William Arkin issued a report entitled "Monitoring America," which analyzes the exponential growth of Homeland Security in this country. The report looks at how Homeland Security is affecting localities throughou ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 3:04PM
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Rust College and Hendrix College’s men battled through 11 lead changes and seven ties in a nip and tuck contest in Conway, AR. on Tuesday afternoon. Junior Marcus Erves scored 16 points and denied three shots, while junior Jahrell Holmes grabbed a t ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 2:05PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Marjorie Lee Brown, the 2nd Black women to obtain a PhD in Math in the US. Her accomplishments thereafter are even more amazing! http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2011/01/dr-marjorie-lee-brown-the-2nd-bla ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:57PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Robert Satcher, Sr., the 9th President of Saint Paul's College. He's a bad man! We aren't sure why we haven't featured him before now. Check him out! Omega Psi Phi stand up! http://www.bl ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:56PM
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The Black Scholars Index features Ory Okolloh, a lawyer, activist, and blogger who is headed to Google as its Policy Manager for Africa. Check out this feature and a few of her clips (interview & TED Global talk) now!
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Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:55PM
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And we forgot to post BSI features here for the week thus far...
See what a few days away from the office will do!
Nonetheless, here they come... ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 12:53PM
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By Alex Tausig
If you're an entrepreneur, you're probably going to screw up at some point. That's ok. Entrepreneurship is a constant process of quickly testing hypotheses, failing, refining and testing again. If you're not failing, you're not learning, right?
Well, not all fails are created eq ...
Posted Tuesday, January 4th 2011 at 7:47PM
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics there are an expected 2.7 million new jobs to be added in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields by 2018 but yet
The Council of State Governments reports that only 13 states in the U.S. including New York, Delaware and New Je ...
Posted Tuesday, January 4th 2011 at 3:14PM
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Looks like Hampton University should be the cream of the crop when it comes to basketball hoops at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) this season, but according to the 2011 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings, that isn't saying m ...
Posted Friday, December 31st 2010 at 5:21PM
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Published by Herbert L. White
Johnson C. Smith University is no longer a gated community.
In 2010, the 143-year-old school launched a series of initiatives that transformed JCSU into a major force in northwest Charlotte’s academic, business and ...
Posted Friday, December 31st 2010 at 2:12PM
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Judge Greg Mathis to Keynote 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. State Celebration Kick-off Program at Harris-Stowe.
Judge Greg Mathis, nationally recognized as an advocate for justice and as an award-winning television court judge, will serve ...
Posted Tuesday, December 21st 2010 at 7:18PM
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By Khalea Underwood - Howard University
Courtesy of CollegeCandy.com
While every college girl shares many of the same college experiences (Procrastinating, Blue Book exams ), she also carves her own path and has her own unique adventure. Have you ...
Posted Tuesday, December 21st 2010 at 3:28PM
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St. Louis Resident Leonard Johnson, III Is One of Four Individuals Honored Nationwide for His Exemplary Volunteer Efforts to Give Back to the African-American Community
Allstate Insurance Company, the nation’s largest publicly held personal lines ...
Posted Tuesday, December 21st 2010 at 2:54PM
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Happy Monday!
Are you ready for the holiday season, cold weather, and good times with family and friends? We are, and with that will be out of the office until January 3rd. We wish you the happiest of holidays! Stay warm, enjoy your time of ...
Posted Monday, December 6th 2010 at 4:07PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Jayfus Doswell, an accomplished entrepreneur and engineer. Check out clips of his amazing work and get more information about his urban learning technology conference happening next week - http://www.black ...
Posted Thursday, December 2nd 2010 at 11:42AM
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Harris-Stowe State University will honor Tihra Ann Devres, a 19-year-old HSSU student who passed away last Sunday, at a Candlelight Vigil tonight, December 1, at 5 p.m. in the Emerson Performance Center.
Tihra was in her second year at Harris-Stow ...
Posted Wednesday, December 1st 2010 at 3:38PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Cathy J. Cohen, a Political Science Professor and Social Activist. You MUST watch both featured clips! http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/12/cathy-j-cohen-professor-of-political-science-and-social-jus ...
Posted Wednesday, December 1st 2010 at 11:11AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Thelma B. Thompson, the 13th President of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/11/hbcu-presidents-dr-thelma-b-thompson-university-of-maryland- ...
Posted Tuesday, November 30th 2010 at 2:22PM
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200,000 Americans or more have HIV and don’t know it
The number of adults tested for HIV reached a record high in 2009, according to an analysis of national survey data released today in a CDC Vital Signs report. Last year 82.9 million adults bet ...
Posted Tuesday, November 30th 2010 at 1:48PM
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Have an amazing Thanksgiving.
Enjoy and travel safe.
-BSI Staff
The Black Scholars Index
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Posted Wednesday, November 24th 2010 at 5:57PM
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The BSI office is closed for the holiday this week. Daily features will resume on Monday, November 29, 2010.
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Posted Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 at 6:31PM
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Harris-Stowe State University's College of Education has received reaccreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE’s) Unit Accreditation Boa ...
Posted Monday, November 22nd 2010 at 1:02PM
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We trust your weekend went well and hope that the coming week is even better. As the Thanksgiving Holiday approaches, we want to sincerely thank you all for your interest and support for the past 2 years. The Black Scholars Index has grown in so ma ...
Posted Monday, November 22nd 2010 at 9:38AM
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Are YOU or do you know a computer scientist (or any related field) who is Black (Diaspora) or Latino? We are compiling a list for Computer Science Education Week - Please share.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDVDdE5UVmN6bFdrNVZ1 ...
Posted Saturday, November 20th 2010 at 9:35AM
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