Blog Black entrepreneurs are taking risks and building businesses that generate economic growth and increase prosperity in underserved areas, as more minority-owned and minority-focused businesses emerge, willing to serve the financial needs of black entrepreneurs. US Black Engineering & Information Technology magazine's annual list of Top Black communityEntrepreneurs...

• Jan 15, 2008 10:01 PM
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The Johns Hopkins University will provide at least $5 million over the next five years in matching funds for departments seeking to improve faculty diversity, including hiring and retaining outstanding women and underrepresented minority scholars.

The initial funding for the Mosaic Initiative, as the pilot program will be called,...

• Apr 28, 2008 03:18 AM
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Blog Grady Wells, a novelist and radio producer, who became the first executive editor and editor-in-chief of US Black Engineer magazine in 1986, He served as editor for a variety of local and national print publications and eventually authored a book using voice-activated software...

• May 12, 2008 02:56 AM
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Just in for Summer: Institute for Young Engineers:

Southern University and A&M College offers opportunities for students entering grades nine through 12 to participate in its Engineering Summer Institute. ESI is an intensive, four-week program annually held on the Southern University Baton Rouge campus from the second week of June...

• Jun 16, 2008 11:28 PM
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Tuskegee University's College of Engineering, Architecture, and Physical Sciences is offering summer programs to high school students and new graduates with activities designed to motivate and prepare them for study and careers in engineering. Participating students will also have access to campus resources including computers, libraries, athletic facilities,...

• Jul 14, 2008 10:04 PM
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