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In February, Beyoncé won four Grammy awards, making her the artist with the most Grammys in history. In accepting the award for her album “Renaissance,” she said, “I’d like to thank the queer community for your love and for inventing the genre.” House music, the genre to which Beyoncé referred, was created in Chicago in […]
The U.S. Academy for Women Entrepreneurs helped Hazel Naranjo, of Costa Rica, grow her business by focusing on ceramic tiles. (Photo courtesy of Hazel Naranjo) By ShareAmerica For Hazel Naranjo, running her own construction and home accessories business has meant learning to navigate in a man’s world. Yet through the U.S. State Department’s Academy for […]
Alexia Massa-Gallucci fell in love with the ocean during childhood summer vacations on the island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, Italy, where she was born. She later turned her passion into a career as a marine biology professor and researcher. Through her work, Massa-Gallucci, who now lives in the island nation of Malta […]
Risa Yamamoto Born in Japan and the daughter of diplomats, Risa Yamamoto spent much of her life growing up in foreign countries. She spent her teenage years in the Middle East where she witnessed firsthand the impacts of poverty, inequality and government corruption. When it was time to pick a university, Yamamoto looked for a […]
Thu, 06/15/2023 – 01:04pm | By: Ivonne Kawas Adrienne Domnick, a visual artist from Jackson, Miss. and alumna of The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), was invited to participate in this year’s Mississippi Invitational exhibition, held by the Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA). MMA’s highly competitive cohorts includes 15 artists to be featured in the
On the same day that FIU Law earned a Top 60 ranking among the nation’s law schools from U.S. New & World Report, the university is pleased to recognize the elevation of law alumna and university trustee Chanel T. Rowe. The 2014 graduate has been named senior counsel, litigation policy and risk management, for global medical […]
CNN — After close to a century, Vanderbilt University’s neurosurgery residency program will have its first Black woman resident. Tamia Potter is . . .
(CNN) After close to a century, Vanderbilt University’s neurosurgery residency program will have its first Black woman resident. Tamia Potter is the first Black woman to accept a spot in the neurosurgery position at the university’s medical center in Nashville, Tennessee. The 26-year-old received the news . . .
The 2023 Women in Agriculture Luncheon, hosted by the College of Agriculture at Auburn University, will feature distinguished alumna, writer and horticulturalist Abra Lee. The luncheon will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Auburn Hotel and Conference Center Grand Ballroom. Lee’s remarks are titled “The Invincible Garden Ladies: How […]
Taylor Hamilton G’18 has been named a 2023-24 Luce Scholar. The Luce Scholars Program is a prestigious, nationally competitive fellowship program launched by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American society. The program provides stipends, language training and individualized professional placement in Asia for 15 […]