Baltimore Ravens’ Draft Pick Odafe Oweh Will Use his Nigerian Name in NFL
The Baltimore Ravens' first-round draft pick, Odafe Oweh, will start using his given Nigerian first name when he plays in the NFL.
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[TechConneXt Summit] Meet the Hackers
20 ambitious students hack their way into notoriety with the BE SMART TechConnext Summit Hackathon.
FAMU, Lockheed Martin Sign $5M NASA Agreement
Okoli says that both graduates and undergrads will work with Lockheed Martin, whose needs will determine what students get selected to work on the project. Students will most likely major in engineering but physics majors will also be considered, Okoli says. They’ll be looking for a “combination of expertise. We’ll find the students that fit best, as well as the faculty,†who will also be working on the project.
7 African American Rhodes Scholars Set a Record
Named for Cecil Rhodes, an inveterate racist who considered the Africans of his adopted homeland to be “in a state of barbarism,†and for which the former African country of Rhodesia was named, the scholarship was established in 1902. Just five years later, Alain Locke, an African American student at Harvard, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship; but after Locke, it would be more than 50 years before another black person would win a Rhodes Scholarship.
National Society of Black Engineers Launches #BlackSTEMLikeMe
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) launched a new campaign, #BlackSTEMLikeMe, an initiative encouraging black students and professional in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) to share their “stories and passions."
