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US Black Engineer GM’s Gerald Johnson recognized as 2021’s Black Engineer of the Year Published February 14, 2021 By : Lango Deen The 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA), held Thursday, Feb. 11 through Saturday, Feb. 13, was an all-digital event. This year’s conference theme was “Stand Up. Step Up. Make a Change,” a call to social justice action. Participants in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields had access to 24 hours of events, award shows, and enter...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy United Methodist Community House A pair of local nonprofits formed a partnership to provide the families they serve with better child care and early childhood education resources. Grand Rapids-based United Methodist Community House said last week that it is partnering with Family Promise of Grand Rapids to expand wraparound support and resources for families with children in the UMCH Child Development Center. “Family stability is extremely important for ...

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By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan slammed the recent arrests of activists, saying that crackdown on dissent is rapidly escalating. Karapatan cited the series of arrests of leaders of people’s organizations in Caraga region, a barangay captain in Cagayan Valley and peasant leaders and human rights workers in Bohol. Cristina Palabay, Karapatan’s secretary general said these arrests were “clearly devilish legal machinations being orchestrated by the rabid sycopha...

The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrived in Juneau on Friday for a logistics stop as the crew neared the end of their months-long Arctic deployment protecting the nation’s

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star transits the Gastineau Channel to moor up in Juneau. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Woods. JUNEAU, Alaska — The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived in Juneau, Friday, for a logistics stop as the crew nears the end of their months-long Arctic deployment conducting scientific research and protecting the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the polar region. In addition to Polar Star’s st...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. BioXcel Therapeutics to Host Virtual Key Opinion Leader Event to Highlight BXCL501 as a ... BioXcel TherapeuticsFebruary 12, 2021 GMT NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (“BioXcel” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BTAI), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence approaches to develop transformative medicines in neuroscienc...

Ivory Coast has opened a French center in Abidjan that will train more than 10,000 teachers in five years.

Nokia has partnered with Brazil’s Telecommunications Research and Development Center (CPQD)  to jointly develop applications and solutions based on th...

Recognising the wide range of actors dedicated to ending the scourge of modern slavery and human trafficking, the Thomson Reuters Foundation today unveiled the 28 candidates shortlisted for its annual Stop Slavery Award – after receiving a record number of applications. Launched in 2015, the Award celebrates the businesses who have set a gold standard in efforts to eradicate forced labour from their supply chains. Last year marked the launch of six additional categories, acknowledging journal...