Entertainment Amazon Studios & Howard Announce 3rd Year For Entertainment Program – Deadline Christin Hakim, October 20, 2024March 19, 2023 Amazon Studios and Howard University have once again banded together for the Howard Entertainment program. The effort is meant to diversify the entertainment industry by creating a pipeline for Black and other underrepresented students into its ranks, according to a statement from the partners. This marks the program’s third year…. Continue Reading
Real Estate Jeff Cook Real Estate Supports Palmetto Heroes Program Again in 2022 Christin Hakim, May 2, 2022 Palmetto Heroes is a real estate program that offers down payment assistance and low fixed interest rates for qualifying South Carolina heroes. Palmetto Hero Program Sell Your Home to a Hero Charleston, SC, May 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A significant element of the American Dream is owning your own… Continue Reading
medical Florida lawmakers work to change medical marijuana program Christin Hakim, January 16, 2022 TAMPA, Fla. — Florida’s 2022 legislative session kicks off on Tuesday and this year lawmakers are working to pass a bipartisan medical marijuana bill. Florida doesn’t have recreational marijuana and for its medical marijuana program, people have to have a valid medical reason and need to be able to get… Continue Reading
business PepsiCo Foundation to Expand U.S. Food Aid Program Globally | Business News Christin Hakim, December 24, 2021 By GLENN GAMBOA, AP Business Writer At the start of the pandemic, the need for the food that Jaron Barganier’s nonprofit provides to children throughout Texas exploded. Not only did many children lose the free breakfasts and lunches they had normally received at their schools, which were closed because of… Continue Reading
sport Amid sports program cuts nationwide, local colleges played on during pandemic despite millions of dollars in losses Christin Hakim, October 22, 2021 As college football stadiums, basketball arenas and hockey facilities sat idle during the coronavirus pandemic, Western Pennsylvania universities did not waver. They continued to field their teams. From Pitt and Penn State to Slippery Rock and Duquesne, local colleges bucked a nationwide trend of cutting athletic programs to offset crippling… Continue Reading
tech MTU Mining Engineering Program Earns Rigorous ABET Accreditation Christin Hakim, October 10, 2021 Michigan Technological University’s bachelor’s degree program in mining engineering has been accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology. ABET accreditation assures that programs meet standards to produce graduates ready to enter… Continue Reading
business ‘The program is buzzing:’ Business startup program at UConn-Stamford sees major growth Christin Hakim, October 9, 2021 STAMFORD — TIP Digital, a technology incubation program for data science-focused startups hosted at the University of Connecticut’s Stamford campus, has seen the number of participating companies more than triple since its launch about eight months ago, according to data released this week by the initiative’s funding organizations. The program… Continue Reading
medical Louisiana medical marijuana program flings doors open to pot smokers; ‘it’s so accessible now’ | News Christin Hakim, September 18, 2021 When Louisiana’s first-ever legal medical marijuana products hit the shelves in 2019, the list of restrictions was long. To be eligible to use them, patients had to find one of about 60 licensed doctors statewide who would recommend the drug. They had to suffer from at least one of several… Continue Reading