By Matt Harris In the wake of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, a general sense of the political landscape in the upcoming 118th Congress has taken shape. WithĀ Sen. Kyrsten Sinemaās announcement that she is leaving the Democratic PartyĀ andĀ Sen. Raphael Warnockās victory in Georgiaās runoff, Democrats will maintain control in the Senate, while Republicans will takeĀ control
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By D. Thompson LAIKA Studios executives are visiting Bowie State today to participate in panel discussions, workshops, and other activities in conjunction with the launch of the first stop-motion animation studio at a college or university in Maryland created through a partnership with the Oregon-based company. Bowie State is the only HBCU in the nation
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By Kyle Kidd Jackson State Universityās (JSU) College of Engineering, Science and Technology (CSET) recently established a multi-year, three-pronged partnership withĀ Woolpert, an international architecture, engineering and geospatial (AEG) firm. Being one of the first partnerships established between Woolpert and a historically black college and university (HBCU), this unique opportunity serves as a microstudy into the
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Courtesy of North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityĀ andĀ Alamance Community College (ACC) today kicked off the first Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining training of its kind in North Carolina.Ā Americaās Cutting Edge (ACE), a U.S. Department of Defense program designed to reestablish American leadership in the machine tool industry, provides online
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Courtesy of the Howard University Newsroom Staff Howard UniversityĀ announced today that it will immediately begin providing all of its undergraduate students with free test prep courses for graduate-level admissions exams, including the GREĀ®, GMATĀ®, LSATĀ®, and MCATĀ®, and free test prep for professional licensing exams including the bar exam, USMLEĀ®, INBDEĀ®, and NCLEX-RNĀ®, for its
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By Barbara Sprunt The House Select Committee investigating theĀ attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021Ā is holding what’s likely to be its final public meeting on Monday, wrapping up its year-and-a-half-long inquiry. The panel will vote on criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump on at least three charges: insurrection, obstruction of an official
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By Vanessa Romo Civil rights giant and former U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who spent decades fighting for racial justice, will be honored with a postage stamp next year. In a Tuesday announcement, the U.S. Postal Service said the stamp “celebrates the life and legacy” of the leader from Georgia, who risked his life protesting against
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Courtesy of Morris College Morris College received $410,000 from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to commence preparing students for a Plutonium Modernization Program (PuMP) at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C. This funding opportunity will help Morris College enhance the technological infrastructure of the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematicsā STEM Program. Funds
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