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- Alumna Defies Stereotypes to Become Accomplished Black Scientist and Role Model.
Even though the popular film “Hidden Figures” featured smart, strong
Black women blazing trails a generation ago at NASA’s Hampton, Virginia,
facility, today’s image of a scientist is still likely to be one of an “old white
guy” in a lab coat. And that’s what Korie Grayson, Ph.D., (B.S. ’12),
biomedical engineer and chemical engineering researcher, wants to change. The
attractive 31-year-old Black woman, who listens to R&B and Afrobeat music and
describes herself as a foodie, a wine enthusiast and a workout junkie, is just one
example of what a scientist is today.
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- Norfolk State University hosted a business economic forum Thursday, Oct. 28, held by entertainment entrepreneur Pharrell Williams. The mogul’s “The Elephant in the Room” was a business economic panel discussion aimed at helping move the region’s economic development forward.
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- Provides Apple Devices to Every Student and Faculty Member
Norfolk State University launched the Spartan Innovation Academy program last fall, a new initiative that provides students, faculty and staff with access to industry-leading technology and specialized training for app development. NSU is the first Historically Black
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- Intellectual property needs to be protected
yet students at Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs) are often not
taught the process of how to do so. Dr. Kevin
C. Santiago, assistant professor of engineering
at Norfolk State, plans to change that with the
help of a $25,000 Michelson grant.
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University and Eastern Virginia Medical School (O.N.E.) agreed in August to work toward
establishing Virginia's first school of public health. The proposed O.N.E.
School of Public Health (ONE SPH) would be only the third collaborative of
it's kind in the country.
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- T he restructured higher education financial and administrative act of 2005
allows for public colleges and universities to enter into a memorandum
of understanding with the Governor and respective cabinet Secretaries
to receive additional authority in three areas, capital outlay, information
technology, and procurement