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Clark Atlanta University to Award Four Honorary Degrees to Iconic Trailblazers

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ATLANTA (May 17, 2017) Clark Atlanta University will bestow four doctoral degrees honoris causa during the 2017 Commencement Convocation Monday, May 22, 8 a.m. at Panther Stadium, 735 Beckwith St. SW. “These four pioneers were selected carefully from the areas of civil and human rights, politics and STEM,” says Ronald A. Johnson, President of Clark […]

VIERS to Celebrate 45th Anniversary of Project Tektite I on March 29

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Updated: 3/26/2014 12:16 PM CST BY TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE                                                                                for immediate release March 25, 2014 UVI’s Virgin Islands Environmental Resources Station (VIERS) will host a celebration of the 45th anniversary of Project Tektite I, which established an ambitious underwater habitat research […]

Biology professor listed among top 25 for HBCUs

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January 22, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PINE BLUFF, Ark. – University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) Biology professor Dr. Joseph Onyilagha was recognized and listed among the top 25 Professors at Affordable Historically Black Colleges at affordablecollegesonline.com for his research on the origins of the genetic code using the standard amino acid alphabet to track early and […]

Bowie State University Students to Work with Professors Awarded NASA Fellowships

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  August 13, 2013   CONTACT Damita Chambers University Relations and Marketing dchambers@bowiestate.edu 301-860-4311 office | 301-832-2628 mobile   Bowie State University Students to Work with Professors Awarded NASA Fellowships Program Inspires More Minorities to Pursue Astrobiology Careers (Bowie, Md.) – August 13, 2013 – Two Bowie State University professors awarded NASA fellowships in the […]

Biology professor wins NASA award to conduct genetic code research

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Dr. Joseph Onyilagha, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has received a NASA award to conduct research into the origin of the genetic code. Dr. Onyilagha explains that the genetic code is the interface between two fundamental biochemical molecules namely, nucleotides […]