People come to Oakland’s Jack London Square for the sense of community, the food, and the beer. However, small business owners are dealing with a complicated obstacle.
Elura NanosMay 12th, 2021, 12:32 pm
A bank-robbery hostage who was shot at least 10 times by police received another opportunity to bring her lawsuit against one of the troopers to a jury. Overturning a lower court judge in Oklahoma, a federal appeals court affirmed the dismissal of two of her claims, but it unanimously found that the trooper may have violated her rights by shooting her as she emerged from the suspect’s SUV with her hands in the air.
Released on Monday, the Tenth Circuit’s ruling begins, bluntly: “January 21, 2016, was a terrible day for
Julie Huff.”
Harris Hartz, a
George W. Bush appointee writing for the three-judge panel, went on to describe just how terrible that day had been for Huff.
When the goal is building a diverse workforce of scientists and engineers, one of the best places to start is with graduating college students.
But, with efficiency in mind, recruiters from both private industry and government organizations need ways to quickly introduce their job opportunities to a wide range of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)-educated students from higher educational institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Enter the Black Engineer of the Year Awards STEM Global Competitiveness Conference (also known as the Becoming Everything You Are conference).
For 35 years, BEYA has been a leading venue for introducing the nationâs minority STEM-educated students to the workplace. During that time, several government agencies â including the Army Materiel Command â have partnered with BEYA to connect with the most recent graduates in science and technology fields. This year the BEYA STEM Global Competitive Co