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A monthly compilation of articles on black culture in ASTEM.
1. Xerox exec calls for business to help schools
2. Our Voice, Guest Editorial by Ben Chavis, Empowering African American Parents
Week of December 2-8, 2010
by BENJAMIN CHAVIS
3. Pharmacy Student's Drug Model Could Mean Better Outcomes for Hepatitis C Patients
4. FDA reviews 2 new drugs to reduce prostate cancer
5. Screening tool may better identify heart disease in African-Americans
6. Biography - Calvin McKissack and Moses McKissack III, Architects
7. ExxonMobil Foundation and National Action Council for Minority Engineers Partner to Increase Diversity in Engineering
8. HBCUs and Encouraging Science Careers For Minority Students
9. Mother Teresa Robotics team wins NSBE engineering competition
10. Clarkson University Students Excel at National Society of Black Engineers Conference
FOCUS: Ralph Gardner, Chemist and Scientist on the Atomic Bomb
1. Xerox exec calls for business to help schools
By Mike Armstrong, Inquirer Columnist
December 01, 2010
PhillyInc:
Ursula M. Burns could be considered the unexpected face of technology in America.
She is the chairman and chief executive of a company that once was a verb meaning "to copy," like Google today means "to search." Read More: Philly
2. Our Voice, Guest Editorial by Ben Chavis, Empowering African American Parents
by Benjamin Chavis
December 2-8, 2010
The Wilmington Journal
Originally posted 12/1/2010
As we enter the final days of 2010, one of the outstanding issues of the past 12 months is the inadequate education that the majority of African American children and young adults are receiving throughout the United States. All parents, and in particular, African American parents, want the best for their children. Thus, the empowerment of parents around the issues of improving the education of young people in the African American community should remain one of the highest priorities. Read More: WilmingtonJournal
3. Pharmacy Student's Drug Model Could Mean Better Outcomes for Hepatitis C Patients
Released: 12/6/2010 5:00 PM EST
Source: University of Maryland Baltimore
Newswise - University of Maryland School of Pharmacy researchers have developed a mathematical model for choosing an appropriate dosage of the hepatitis medications for individual patients. The work helps explain why African American patients tend to not respond as well to the drugs as other patients. Read More: Newswise
4. FDA reviews 2 new drugs to reduce prostate cancer
By MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON -
Health regulators said Monday that two drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and Merck reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men, though scientists questioned the drugs' overall benefit, since the tumors they prevent are usually not life-threatening.
Read More: SeattleTimes
5. Screening tool may better identify heart disease in African-Americans
Posted On: November 30, 2010 - 5:40am
CHICAGO - In a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), researchers say they may have an explanation as to why African Americans, despite having lower amounts of coronary artery calcification, are at increased risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular events compared with Caucasians. Read More: ScienceCodex
6. Biography - Calvin McKissack and Moses McKissack III, Architects
admin to African American Business
Born in Pulaski, Tennessee, brothers Moses and Calvin McKissack learned the building trade from their father, Moses McKissack II. Early in the twentieth century, Moses III left Pulaski for the state's capital and established himself as an architect. He received his first commission to design and construct the home of Cranberry Jackson, Vanderbilt University's dean of architecture and engineering. Read More: Maxzip
7. ExxonMobil Foundation
December 08, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
ExxonMobil Foundation and National Action Council for Minority Engineers Partner to Increase Diversity in Engineering
$520,000 Grant to Support Organization and Focused Programming
* Goal to prepare underserved minorities for engineering careers
* Grant brings ExxonMobil Foundation support of NACME to more than $10 million
* Aimed at helping further strategy to encourage middle and high school students toward engineering degrees
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Foundation announced today a $520,000 grant to the National Action Council for Minority Engineers, Inc. (NACME), a premier non-profit focused on increasing the number of underrepresented students pursuing careers in engineering. Of the total grant, $270,000 is part of an annual grant for organization support and scholarships, and $250,000 will go toward NACME's Pre-Engineering Program and Academies of Engineering (AOE) strategy. Read More: BusinessWire
8. HBCUs and Encouraging Science Careers For Minority Students
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2010
PRNewswire-USNewswire
-- The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announces that it has released The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers (STEM) briefing reports.
The Commission found that students at historically black colleges and universities reported higher levels of academic involvement in their studies and in faculty research projects than black students at non-HBCUs. Further, the Commission found that HBCUs produce disproportionately higher shares of degrees in STEM fields.
Read More: PrnewsWire
9. Mother Teresa Robotics team wins NSBE engineering competition
Courtney Roberts
Published 07 December 2010
Toronto Observer
Simone Bucknor, Bianca Benjamin, Sylvia Kuria, Georgina Bryan, Kameshia Broome and Olesya Johnson of Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School won this year's National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Engineering Design Competition during its conference in Rochester, NY.
The Blessed Mother Teresa Titans are about to be known for more than their skills on the basketball court. Recently, their all-female robotics team won first place at this year's National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Engineering Design Competition during its conference in Rochester, NY.
Read More: TorontoObserver
10. Clarkson University Students Excel at National Society of Black Engineers Conference
Clarkson University students were successful in several competitions at the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) fall regional conference in Rochester last month. Read More: Clarkson
FOCUS
Ralph Gardner, Chemist and Scientist on the Atomic Bomb
Date: Sun, 1922-12-03
African American Registry
On this date in 1922, Ralph Gardner was born. He was an African-American scientist who specialized in the development of hard plastics.
Ralph Alexander Gardner's was born in Cleveland to Vivian Hicks Gardner, a teacher and housewife, and Clarence Chavous Gardner, a musician and government worker. His mother earned a degree from the University of Illinois. While in the eighth and ninth grade Gardner realized that chemistry was his direction in life. Gardner attended the Cleveland Public Schools, graduating from John Adams High School.
Read More: Aaregistry
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