07/03/2012

Meet Ursula Burns: From Poverty to CEO  

When Ursula Burns joined Xerox as an intern in 1980, she never imagined she would one day run the company famous for inventing photocopy machines-let alone become the first African American female to head a Fortune 500 firm. Why would she? Just walking through the door, fresh from earning a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University, represented a huge career leap...  

 

 

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LED dress What do Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga have in common with engineering? All belt out chart-topping singles in a costume tailor-made for a techno beat and larger-than-life image: an LED dress.

 

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