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February 25, 2021 Caption: Kylie Ying (left) works on path planning and controls for MIT Driverless, while Jorge Castillo serves as team captain. Credits: Photo: David Sella
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In October, a modified Dallara-15 Indy Lights race car programmed by MIT Driverless will hit the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway at speeds of up to 120 miles per hour. The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) is the world’s first head-to-head, high-speed autonomous race. It offers MIT Driverless a chance to grab a piece of the $1.5 million purse while outmaneuvering fellow university innovators on what is arguably the most iconic racecourse.
But the IAC has implications beyond the track. Stakeholders for the event include Sebastian Thrun, a former winner of the DARPA Grand Challenge for autonomous vehicles, and Reilly Brennan, a lecturer at Stanford University’s Center for Automotive Research an
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) More students are attending HBCUs. That s according to a study conducted by the Stanford University Center for Education Policy Analysis, which links a twenty percent increase in new student enrollment at HBCU s to the national, social and political climate, as well as increased hate crimes.
For freshmen student Maya Martin, selecting Fayetteville State University felt like an extension of life at home family atmosphere where she s comfortable being herself and on a college campus where she doesn t have to worry about feeling invisible. You don t want to be in an environment where you have to constantly defend your Blackness and defend the wrongs made against us, said Martin.
Could Biden Trigger An All-Out Conflict in Afghanistan?
On 2/24/21 at 1:18 PM EST
President Joe Biden faces one of his first major foreign policy tests as he weighs his approach to the conflict in Afghanistan, the longest-running war in U.S. history. Today, the stakes for finally achieving a lasting peace may be higher than ever.
Representatives from the two rival factions of the conflict, former U.S. officials and experts all told
Newsweek that the wrong move by the U.S. at this critical juncture could spell disaster, creating a perhaps fatal setback for the recent fragile diplomatic discussions among the rival parties and a return to all-out war that would further devastate Afghanistan and potentially extend the forever war fought by Washington there for nearly two decades.
Driven (Away) by Hate?
Greta Anderson, Inside Higher Ed, February 3, 2021
Rises in state-level hate crimes can drive Black students to enroll at historically Black colleges and universities, according to a new study of hate crime and enrollment data. Experts say the findings illustrate the extensive work left to be done at predominantly white colleges to ensure students of color feel safe and welcomed.
The study linked increases in hate crimes reported at the state level to a 20 percent increase in Black students’ first-time enrollment at HBCUs within those states, according to the study, which analyzed documented hate crimes and enrollment data from the U.S. Department of Education from 1999 to 2017.