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Meet the daughter of Nigerian immigrants who is the first Black woman to earn U-M Robotics PhD

Meet the daughter of Nigerian immigrants who is the first Black woman to earn U-M Robotics PhD

Oluwami (Wami) Dosunmu-Ogunbi is the first Black woman to get a PhD in robotics at the University of Michigan. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants set off on her educational career with no clear end goal in mind. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree, she decided to devote the next five years to research, excited by…

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For the first time, Ghana’s Asante King displays long-lost treasure looted by British forces in 1800s

For the first time, Ghana’s Asante King displays long-lost treasure looted by British forces in 1800s

Ghana’s Asante king Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has unveiled the long-lost treasure of the kingdom that was plundered during colonial times by British military forces. After a decades-long wait, the British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum relinquished 32 gold and silver treasures that were looted during the Anglo-Asante Wars in the 19th century. Among…

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5 years after becoming the first Black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, Steven L. Reed is now president of AAMA

5 years after becoming the first Black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, Steven L. Reed is now president of AAMA

Steven L. Reed is the first black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama. The state of Alabama holds a historic record as being the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement. In honor of Revolutionary War General Richard Montgomery, the city was named Montgomery in 1819, and it became the capital of Alabama in 1846. The city also…

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Expectant mother gives birth in speeding Maserati and defends dissertation in maternity ward same day

Expectant mother gives birth in speeding Maserati and defends dissertation in maternity ward same day

Tamiah Brevard-Rodriguez welcomed her son in the passenger seat of her wife’s Maserati, then seamlessly moved on to defend her doctoral dissertation from her hospital bed mere hours later. In the early hours of April 25, Brevard-Rodriguez, 40, was perfecting her PowerPoint presentation of her dissertation in education that afternoon, according to the New York…

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Jay-Z’s VC firm is close to merging with another entity that will lead to $1B in combined assets: report

Jay-Z’s VC firm is close to merging with another entity that will lead to $1B in combined assets: report

Marcy Venture Partners (MVP), which was co-founded by musician turned entrepreneur Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, is in talks to merge with the investment arm of Pendulum Holdings, Bloomberg reports. As per MVP’s Crunchbase page, “the firm has a passion for building game-changing consumer businesses and mass-market brands that resonate with culture across products and services, media, and…

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