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A monthly compilation of articles on black culture in ASTEM
1. Charles Bolden's Story: "From the Segregated South to Low Earth Orbit"
2. Nielsen: U.S. smartphone ownership higher among minorities
3. Making kids care about architecture and history
4. Livingstone participates in national program
5. Triangle Modernist Houses
6. Black Women Scientists Making History
7. Study Examines Reasons Some Black Men Avoid Doctors
8. ACS (American Chemical Society) honors African American chemists for Black History Month
9. Blacks Still Hit Hardest by Cancer
10. Profit driven initiatives deliver huge increase in computer ownership, imagine that
11. Disrupting College
Exhibition: African American Scientists by Thoman Jasen Gardener, UW-Madison
1. Charles Bolden's Story: "From the Segregated South to Low Earth Orbit"
Posted by Charles Bolden on February 06, 2011 at 12:07 PM EDT
White House Blog
Ed. note: This post is part of the Celebrating Black History Month series that highlights the contributions of African Americans who are contributing to the President's vision of winning the future though their work.
It's a long way from the segregated south to low Earth orbit. But I am fortunate to have made the journey and to have had many opportunities to serve my nation in a 34-year career with the U.S. Marine Corps and in many roles at NASA, currently as head of the nation's space program.
Read More: White House Blog
2. Nielsen: U.S. smartphone ownership higher among minorities
by Lance Whitney
February 1, 2011 6:14 AM PST
Almost a third (31 percent) of all mobile phone users in the United States own smartphones, but their adoption is higher among specific minority groups, says a report out today from Nielsen.
Read More: CNet
3. Making kids care about architecture and history
By Lisa Gray
Hearst Newspapers
Published 10:00 p.m., Sunday, February 6, 2011
"How many people here know what architects do?" Phil Freelon asked the class.
Only a few hands went up, and I began to worry.
Read more: Seattle PI
4. Livingstone participates in national program
Sunday, February 06, 2011 12:00 AM
By Laurie D. Willis
Livingstone College News Service
Livingstone College has been chosen to participate in a national initiative that will support minority female faculty in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to help them become stronger academic and administrative leaders.
Read More: Salisbury Post
5. Pioneering Black Architects in North Carolina
Triangle Modernist Houses
Today there are many black architects in North Carolina but before 1970, it was another story and not a nice one. The field of architecture made choosing that profession very tough for women, but for minorities it was nearly impossible. There were almost none for decades. In 1950 there were only two black architects registered in North Carolina. By 1980 the number increased to less than 4%, only 65 out of a total of 1909. Even by 1993, blacks made up only 7.5% of members of the American Institute of Architects.
Read More: Triangle Modernist Houses
6. Black Women Scientists Making History
February 7, 2011
Advance-ing Brown University
In honor of Black History Month and our own mission at ADVANCE to undertake professional development initiatives to ensure that outstanding women faculty in science and engineering have resources that foster success at the highest levels in research, teaching, and academic leadership, we've put together a list of 10 black STEM woman scholars:
Read More: Advance at Brown
7. Study Examines Reasons Some Black Men Avoid Doctors
Many black men may not visit their doctor because they find the interaction stressful and don't feel physicians give them enough useful information on how to make recommended lifestyle changes, new research suggests. Read More: Science Magazine News
8. ACS (American Chemical Society) honors African American chemists for Black History Month
By David Kroll
February 7th, 2011
The ACS celebrates the rich history of African American contributions to the chemical sciences.
In the United States, the month of February is known as Black History Month - a time to celebrate the contributions of African Americans to all facets of our lives. The ACS has done an absolutely wonderful job in offering an open-access feature on eleven of the most noteworthy Black chemists from across American history.
Terra Sigillata
9. Blacks Still Hit Hardest by Cancer
By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Even as overall cancer death rates continue a downward trend among black Americans, the community still bears the biggest brunt of cancer-related deaths in the United States, a new report shows.
The American Cancer Society report released Tuesday noted that as recently as 2007, cancer fatalities among black men remained 32 percent higher than that of white men, while the cancer death rate among black women hovered at 16 percent above that of white women.
Read More: Business Week
10. Profit driven initiatives deliver huge increase in computer ownership, imagine that
By: Mitchell Blatt 02/08/11 3:49 PM
Special to the Examiner
In 1998, we had a crisis in black access to computers and the internet. Writing for The Progressive, Frederick McKissack said, "The gulf between technological haves and have-nots is the difference between living the good life and surviving in what some technologists and social critics term a 'cyberghetto.'"
Read more at the Washington Examiner: Washington Examiner
11. Disrupting College: How Disruptive Innovation Can Deliver Quality and Affordability to Postsecondary Education
By Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, Louis Soares, Louis Caldera
February 8, 2011
This emerging disruptive innovation-online education-also presents an opportunity to rethink many of the age-old assumptions about higher education.
America is in crisis. Employers say paradoxically they cannot find the right people to fill jobs even though the country is facing its highest unemployment rates in a generation. Competition with a rising China and India and their vast populations lend urgency to the need for the country as a whole to do a better job of educating its citizens.
Read More: Center for American Progress
Exhibition
African American Scientists by Thoman Jasen Gardener, UW-Madison
Information about African-American scientists is easily available, but African-American contributions to medicine, astronomy, organ transplants and other significant scientific contributions are readily ignored. "Part of that is acknowledging the fact that blacks banneker have participated in the scientific endeavor in the U.S. ever since Benjamin Banneker engaged Thomas Jefferson in debate over the biology of race," said Craig Werner, Director of African-American Studies at UW-Madison.
Read More: Thoman Jasen Gardner
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