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Tag: Google
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Across the Nation Join Google Apprenticeship Program
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), San Jose City College (SJCC) and the Austin Community College District (ACC) have joined Google’s first federally registered apprenticeship program through the Department of Labor, which works with state apprenticeship agencies to administer the program nationally.
September 30, 2020
News Roundup
Robots, Many Delivering Food, Arriving on Campuses
Starship Technologies launched a new service earlier this year to deliver food and groceries at two U.S. universities using self-driving robots. Now the San Francisco-based startup is planning on doing a whole lot more, according to an article in CNET. Starship announced Tuesday that it will expand the service to 100 universities over the next […]
August 20, 2019
Students
Teen Artist Wins $30K Google College Scholarship
Arantza Peña Popo, a Georgia high school graduate from Columbia, won a $30,000 college scholarship in a “Doodle for Google” contest. Her high school, Arabia Mountain, will also receive $50,000 for a computer lab or technology program, according to an Associated Press article. For the competition, K-12 students crafted designs for Google’s logo that reflected […]
August 14, 2019
News Roundup
Pew on Media Landscape: Facebook, Google Crippling Newsrooms
The Pew Research Center has released its annual assessment, the State of the News Media, and the news is not good. Among key findings reported by Pew: •Digital ad revenue has grown exponentially, but a majority goes to Facebook (40 percent) and Google (12 percent) rather than to publishers. •U.S. newspaper print circulation reached its […]
July 26, 2019
Students
Eight HBCU Students Awarded Beyoncé-Google Scholarships
Texas Southern University (TSU) student Jordan Davis is one of eight recipients of the 2018-19 BeyGOOD Homecoming Scholars Award. Superstar singer-actress Beyoncé Knowles-Carter created the initiative in April alongside Google.org, the philanthropic site of Google, in order to provide scholarships to students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Davis will receive $25,000 in scholarship […]
July 27, 2018
Health
Harvard Teaming With Google to Reduce Harmful Chemical Use
BOSTON – Harvard University is teaming up with Google to reduce the use of harmful chemicals in building products and materials. Organizers say the initiative announced Wednesday targets chemicals used in consumer products like furniture and carpets that science has shown have potential negative health effects. The goal is to create a set of tools […]
May 31, 2018
Opinion
Online Social Media Identity Management
Employers are increasingly using online social media sites (SMS) such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to screen job candidates. The fact of the matter is that your social media profile is a direct reflection of your personal and professional identity and may hold the key to you landing that perfect job or not landing a job at all.
May 22, 2018
Sports
Study: Tech Workforce’s Lack of Diversity Goes Deeper than Pipeline
A recent study suggests that the top reasons for the technology sector’s racial homogeneity isn’t the absence of a diverse pipeline but young graduates’ lack of industry contacts and an information gap about job prospects.
May 22, 2017
African-American
Experts See Early STEM Exposure as Key to Fortifying Cybersecurity
If students were exposed to STEM earlier in life, the nation’s cybersecurity could be improved, a U.S. Congresswoman said Thursday at a forum called “Defending The Web.”
May 18, 2017
Students
Management Leadership Program Aims to Boost Workforce Diversity
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) provides minority students with one-on-one leadership coaching, role-playing exercises and networking opportunities to groom them for future management positions.
July 24, 2016
Home
Public Rallies Around 9th Grader Arrested in Error in Texas
A ninth-grader in Texas was arrested Monday after a clock he’d invented was mistaken for a bomb.
September 16, 2015
Home
Meeting Google’s Diversity Challenge
Google has come in for tough scrutiny since the Silicon Valley-based online search giant has released employee statistics showing scant levels of African-American and Latino employment.
June 16, 2015
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