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Michelle Obama was born and grew up on the South Side ofChicago and graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School. After completing her formal education, she returned to Chicago and accepted a position with the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. READ MORE...

Kellogg Foundation Awards Maynard Institute $1.2 Million to improve Media Coverage of structural racism an its impact.

The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education announced today that it has received a $1.2 million, three-year grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to launch the Maynard Media Center on Structural Racism.... READ MORE

National AIDS Fund Expands AmeriCorps Program

The National AIDS Fund's 15-year-old AmeriCorps program, a public-private partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), MetLife Foundation and Roche, will add Louisiana to its roster of AmeriCorps sites for the 2010-2011 service year.... READ MORE

UNCF Receives Art of Renowned Artist Benny Andrews - Legacy Lives On at HBCUs - UNCF–the United Negro College Fund–the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, today announced that the Benny Andrews Foundation selected UNCF to receive 128 pieces of his art collection and to assist with the exhibition of his art in the collections of UNCF’s historically... READ MORE

Small Businesses Won Record $93.3 Billion in Federal Contracts - More Than Half of Federal Agencies Met 2008 Small Business Goal In SBA's Annual Contracting Scorecard Small businesses won a record $93.3 billion in federal prime contracts in Fiscal Year, an increase of almost $10 billion, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration's third annual small business procurement scorecard, released today. READ MORE...

Student Backup a “MUST HAVE” For the New School Year Parents can now provide students with backup protection for Mac and PC school work files. READ MORE...

Google and SBA Launch "Tools for Online Success" Partnership to Boost Small Businesses Today the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Google announced a new partnership and unveiled "Tools for Online Success," an array of online resources and training designed to help small business owners harness technology to grow their businesses. READ MORE...

UNCF Awards $666,000 Grant to Six Member Institutions to Address Faculty Needs UNCF–the United Negro College Fund–the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization–has selected six of its 39 private historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to receive Faculty Enhancement Action Grants totaling $666,000 to support the institutions as they implement plans to address faculty needs. READ MORE...