By Reuters After the Writers Guild of America approved a new three-year contract with major studios, Hollywood writers from underrepresented groups, many nervous about their job security in the rapidly changing industry, aim to refocus studios’ attention on increasing diversity. The WGA represents 11,500 film and television writers, but many minority members — people of color, LGBTQ+
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By Sarah Gilliland The pandemic revealed many weaknesses in the country’s caregiving infrastructure, exposing both how essential caregiving work is and how hard it can be to find and pay for. These weaknesses undermine robust pandemic recovery and economic development by undercutting the labor supply—particularly at the expense of working mothers. Many state and local
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Written by Elizabeth City State University According to department leaders, the grant helps strengthen program offerings with lab upgrades and targeted field and project-based training for students. It will also expose students to renewable energy research, support a summer enrichment program for high school students, and provide professional development and support to faculty from other
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By Candace McDuffie Google and Howard University will announce a dynamic partnership entitled Project Elevate Black Voices. The collaboration has one underlying principle: to make it easier for Black folks to use automatic speech recognition technology (ASR). In order to successfully use voice products, we frequently have to “code switch” to be understood. Google’s own research
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By East L. Dockery North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Transportation Institute has recognized its most recent Advancing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Education Through Transportation Studies (ASETTS) scholars. ASETTS is a digital badge program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enable undergraduate students to increase their STEM skills through mentorship programs, experiential learning activities, research opportunities, scholarships,
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by David K. Wilson This week, I held my annual fall Town Hall meeting with the University community. During that meeting, I updated the attendees on a variety of important topics pertaining to our campus, but none more significant than our campus security and safety. Considering recent events that have taken place on our campus, the University
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Written By Jackson State University Jackson State University (JSU) and Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, are preserving history with the launch of a new photo exhibition, “A JSU Homecoming Legacy: Connecting the Past to the Future.” The exhibit highlights and captures the spirit of JSU’s homecoming from the
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Courtesy of Xavier University of Louisiana The XULA Archives & Special Collections maintains and meticulously preserves an extensive collection of historic photographs, manuscripts, university records, Catholic artifacts, relics, oral histories, and rare books. Given the university’s historic place as the only majority Black and majority Catholic university in the United States, and in support of
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Written by Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held the first annual MSM Day at the CDC on Tuesday, September 26. The event was part of an ongoing partnership between MSM and the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases called the NCIRD-MSM Health
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