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Daily Job Lead: Senior Analyst Programmer
The Mayo Clinic’s Information Technology division in Rochester, Minn., is currently seeking a senior analyst programmer to help create and fine-tune applications and information systems for the company’s internal affairs as well as for the convenience of patients. The ideal candidate has strong technical skills and around three years of professional technical experience. Candidates should…
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New Novel: Loyalty, Family Are Important
Author Jesmyn Ward’s latest novel, Salvage the Bones, tugs at the heartstrings with its harrowing tales of a broken family and irresponsible paternals, juxtaposed by stories of love, sacrifice and triumph. In the town of Bois Sauvage on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast exists a family of five run by a patriarchal drunk and devoid of a…
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New Book: Hip-Hop Changed Corporate America
Record executive and entrepreneur-author Steve Stoute’s latest book, The Tanning of America, highlights the indelible mark that hip-hop has left on the evolving worlds of marketing and economics in today’s corporate world. As today’s youth embrace a multicultural and diverse America, the business world is following suit, helping to define new consumer generations that transcend racial…
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Daily Job Lead: Energy Communications Specialist
The University of California, Berkeley’s new Energy Management initiative is currently in need of a communications specialist to help devise and implement marketing strategies, as well as handle the initiative’s internal and external communications. The energy-management communications specialist is also responsible for maintaining the project’s website and outreach events and initiatives. Candidates should have extensive…
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Daily Job Lead: IT Application Analyst
Health care company Amerigroup is currently looking for an IT application analyst in the Virginia Beach, Va., area. Amerigroup’s IT analyst is responsible for researching and evaluating third-party and proprietary software, information systems and other IT components for the company. The entry-level position is also in charge of finding and implementing IT solutions for the…
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The World's Most Powerful Black Women
First Lady of the United States It is no revelation that Michelle Obama is more popular than President Obama. While she has the intellect to make policy, as first lady she doesn’t have to. Instead Mrs. Obama concentrates on youth, applying style and insight in the Let’s Move! campaign, promoting new nutritional standards with Choosemyplate.gov…
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AT&T Nation’s Football Classic Events Calendar
It’s been nearly 15 years since the Howard University Bison and the Morehouse College Maroon Tigers battled it out on the field. This month, the two teams will head to the nation’s capital to renew their historical football rivalry that dates back to 1923. Bison and Maroon Tigers fans alike will descend on Washington for…
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Daily Job Lead: Part-Time Sales Agent
Green Mountain Energy, an electric company whose missions revolve around uses of renewable and green energy sources, is currently looking for part-time sales agents in the New York City and Westchester, N.Y., areas. As part of the Green Mountain sales team, part-time sales agents are responsible for finding and signing up prospective Green Mountain Energy…
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John Stauffer to Discuss Blacks in Confederacy
While claims that black Confederates existed during the Civil War era tend to evoke contentious debate, the writings of many African Americans may prove that blacks did, indeed, fight for the South. This Wednesday, Aug. 30, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Harvard Faculty Club Library (20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Mass.), Harvard professor John…
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