NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic empowerment in North Carolina, announced today that the North Carolina Black Entrepreneurship Council (NC BEC) has elected four new members: André Blackman of Raleigh-Durham; Carrie Cook of Charlotte; Jamila Davis of Charlotte; and J. Hackett of Asheville.
UAH will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 13, from 3-5 p.m. with a virtual remembrance for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Program hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ODEI).
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The answers to some of the biggest challenges facing us this century lie waiting to be discovered in the laboratories and institutions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But we must remember, scientists do not operate in a vacuum in such endeavors.
Increasingly, policy makers often working in the highest seats of government are playing an important role in the research discovery scenario, including deciding which projects to fund, and assuring that scientific discoveries and their resulting impacts are sound in safety, ethics and effectiveness for the public.
Make no mistake about it, these power players ranging from Congressional representatives to executives with such top federal agencies as the