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First Black man to walk in space wants others to follow in his footsteps
He urges black youngsters to think about space-related careers. “They often want to aspire to be athletes or rappers but the best thing to enable one to take care of their family and themselves is education.”
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First African-American genomes completed
Researchers recently compiled the complete genetic instruction books for two people of mixed ethnic ancestry — a Mexican-American and an African-American.
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Amazing Grace, How Dangerous You Sound
Mo the Educator offers his commentary on Harvard Law Review editor and third-year law student Stephanie Grace’s email in which she indicated that she would not, “…rule out the possibility that African Americans are, on average, genetically predisposed to be less intelligent.”
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NC A&T Professor seeks answers to Alzheimer’s
Since the start of her Alzheimer’s work in 2003, Goldi Byrd, chair of the department of biological sciences at N.C. A&T State University, has studied the science; now she also looks at the social factors and perceptions about health studies in the African-American community.
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US D.O.E grants $9 million to HBCU’s
Nearly $9 million has been awarded to nine Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in South Carolina and Northeast Georgia.
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Hampton University receives $10.2 million NASA contract
University recently received a contract increase of $10.2 million from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to extend the NASA Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite mission for three more years.