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This week's cover = Photo montage from Storify of tweets from the Silicon Harlem 2014 Technology Conference
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Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding ... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 10/18/14 @ 9 am ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues can be searched for old tweets.
A. HBCU Media ... Dozen
Three HBCUs Receive Research Grants From the Department of Energy http://www.jbhe.com/?p=45596 ... DLL Editor's Note -- Grantees include Delaware State University, Clark Atlanta University, and Prairie View University
#asu #hbcu Nanotechnology summit at University of Alabama to draw hundreds of researche... http://binged.it/1wgS8dZ http://bit.ly/189EcCK ... DLL Editor's Note -- Tuskegee University is one of the sponsors of this conference
Hampton University receives @NIH grant to study treatment for infectious diseases. http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Hampton-University-receives-NIH-grant-to-study-treatment-for-infectious-diseases …
HU Awarded Grant to Provide Training to Mental Health Counselors http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/HU-Awarded-Grant-to-Provide-Training-to-Mental-Health-Counselors …
#HBCU The U.S. Commerce Economic Development Administration has awarded the Delaware State University Center for... http://fb.me/1yDEgcF2L
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans http://www.jbhe.com/?p=45313 ... DLL Editor's Note -- Grantees include Clark Atlanta University, Virginia State University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Fayetteville State University, Delaware State University, Hampton University, Kentucky State University, Howard University
Creating a list of career resources for diverse STEM students. Please send recommendations my way. @HeyDrWilson #STEM #careers
The Department of Rehabilitation Counseling at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) has received two grants... http://fb.me/6MM4tF71X
Video: Dr. Harris receives The Harold D. West, Ph.D. Distinguished Biomedical Scientist Award http://youtu.be/1u_a8ksKrpE
David Blackwell to Be Awarded the National Science Medal http://www.jbhe.com/?p=45296 ... DLL Editor's Note -- This is a posthumous award for Dr. Blackwell whose many achievements included a longtime chairmanship of the Dept. of Mathematics at Howard University
#DidUKnow? #FAMU received a National Science Foundation Grant @FAMU_1887 @NSF http://flbog.edu/pressroom/did-u-know.php …
Views: A college ratings plan that might help students and minimize the downsides: https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/10/17/college-rating-system-might-help-students-and-not-do-harm-essay …
Universities Rethinking Their Use of Massive Online Courses http://nyti.ms/1F8Fulo
Where are all the superstars in online education? A math teacher has become a global sensation
http://ow.ly/CP3sI via @ForbesIndia
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation embraces technology to help students #SREBGoAlliance @SREB_EdTech @insidehighered http://shar.es/1mdtEs
Why schools in England are teaching 5-year-olds how to code http://bloom.bg/1rvdZb8
The U. of Texas Tracks What Its Graduates Earn. It Thinks You Should, Too. http://shar.es/1m4Vu6 via @chronicle
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation embraces technology to help low-income students @insidehighered http://shar.es/1m4SUF via @sharethis
Nadella apologizes again and announces a new diversity and equal pay initiative at Microsoft: http://bloom.bg/ZIiPLS ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch
New Web flaw enables powerful social engineering attacks @lconstantin http://www.computerworld.com/article/2835091/new-web-flaw-enables-powerful-social-engineering-attacks.html …
DLL Editor's Note -- These stories were also covered by the NY Times, VentureBeat, Computerworld, Bloomberg Tech, Network World, and CNET ... but TechCrunch gave the most in-depth coverage; so its tweets are featured below
Apple's new OS X Yosemite is now available as a free download from the Mac App Store http://tcrn.ch/1sY9gVZ
OS X Yosemite Review: Apple's Mac OS gets a new look and killer mobile crossover features http://tcrn.ch/1CrDoc0
Apple introduces a new Mac Mini, drops the base price to $499 http://tcrn.ch/1CrsAKU
WatchKit will give developers the tools needed to build apps for the Apple Watch http://tcrn.ch/1Cr4MXN
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Here's a bird’s eye view of Ebola epidemic @lucasmearian http://www.computerworld.com/article/2835005/heres-a-birds-eye-view-of-ebola-epidemic.html …
Google says the SDK for Android 5.0 Lollipop will launch on October 17 http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/15/google-unveils-the-next-version-of-android-lollipop/ … DLL Editor's Note -- This story was also covered by CNET, TechCrunch,
The doctor will see you now
— through Google http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/12/the-doctor-will-see-you-now-through-google/ … -- This story also covered by the NYTimes, Computerworld
— through Google http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/12/the-doctor-will-see-you-now-through-google/ … -- This story also covered by the NYTimes, Computerworld
Oculus is developing software for watching movies, and it's a match made in heaven http://cnet.co/1sGuerk
Hacker Exemplars ==> HERE
Silicon Harlem's 2014 Technology Conference ...
DLL Storify of @SiliconHarlem 2014 Technology Conference + post-conference thankyous ... #hbcu #hbcus 1 ==>
http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2014/10/dll-storify-of-silicon-harlems.html …
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DLL Storify of NewME Accelerator's Twitter Chat with Morgan DeBaun on Friday 10/17/14 ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2014/10/dll-storify-of-newme-accelerators.html …
Alum Kimberly Bryant is changing the face of high-tech with Black Girls Code @blackgirlscode http://news.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmagazine/kimberly-bryant-is-changing-the-face-of-high-tech-with-black-girls-code …
Congrats @6Gems Founder @BlackGirlsCode! winner of an American Ingenuity Award! @BigKansasCity #diversity #tech
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/answer-tech-worlds-diversity-problem-180953046/ …
#BLUE1647 Partners With #CODE2040 to Help Minority Coders Enter the Tech Workforce http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2014/10/15/blue-1647-partners-with-code2040-to-help-minority-coders-enter-the-tech-workforce/ … via @ChicagoInno
Check out @ABenton 's post on @NewMEAccel returning to #Miami. http://kng.ht/1vjqeyU @knightfdn @RevoltTV #RMC2014 #RevoltMusicConference
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Help us continue our mission to impact youth ages 7-17 with access to free coding workshops with mentors! http://thndr.it/1qNIe1C
.@BLUE1647 Partners With @CODE2040 to Help Minority Coders Enter the Tech Workforce http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2014/10/15/blue-1647-partners-with-code2040-to-help-minority-coders-enter-the-tech-workforce/ …
.@BlackGirlsCODE has career opportunities at our HQ in the Bay Area and right here in NYC -- http://www.blackgirlscode.com/career-openings.html … ... JOBS
Forgotten Female #Programmers Who Are the Pioneers of Modern Technology.
#Tech #WomenInTech http://rgn.bz/DKHQ http://fb.me/2u3uUihi6
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai Urges Girls To Participate In Code․org's Hour Of Code http://tcrn.ch/1qW0KjI by @sarahbuhr
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E. Tech Calendar ... Dozen
The calendar listing all previously posted events is found ==> HERE
Still time for #NYC HS #students to #apply to #learntocode #workshop with us - Deadline 10/22 http://ow.ly/CVHu3
#Tech divas, apply for the #NCWIT Award for Aspirations in #Computing. Application deadline is November 2, 2014 http://www.aspirations.org/participate/high-school …
#govathon 2014 is officially official. RSVP https://nvite.com/govathon/ab9 @InvestAtlanta @StartupAtlanta @AtlWorkforceDev @Cityofatlanta
Deadline to apply for the Oct 26 @goodiemktg benefiting @PlatformOrg is THIS Friday. Visit http://bit.ly/YCseUQ Pls RT
Nov 8-9th @StudentRND is having CodeDay Chicago at BLUE. Join students nationwide & build something awesome in 24hrs! http://codeday.org/chicago
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