National Innovation Summit Shines on HBCU Students

Jordan Washington, a Thurgood Marshall College Fund scholar, an impressive pitch at the 2022 Chevron Energy Innovation Summit landed him a summer internship.

Getting discovered doesn’t just happen in Hollywood. Just ask Jordan Washington, a senior biological engineering student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T). During the competition, Washington and other select students across the country were challenged with a renewable energy case study. On the final day, they pitched design and business solutions to…

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Hampton Alum Becomes First Black Female President Of The American Historical Association

Thavolia Glymph Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History Professor of Law at Duke

On January 6th, Dr. Thavolia Glymph became the 140th president of the American Historical Association. She is the first Black woman to hold this honor. Dr. Glymph is the Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History and professor of law at Duke University. She is the past president of the Southern Historical Association. Professor Glymph joined the faculty at…

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Grantchester Growth supports HBCU’s and increasing donor engagement

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Grantchester Growth is a private equity philanthropy firm that has chosen to work with Universities and Colleges to engage new alumni support. We have chosen to work with HBCU’s among our alumni engagement group because HBCU’s have been historically underfunded for decades, says Liz Griggs, Grantchester Group Managing Partner. We believe that education is the backbone of…

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Biden-⁠Harris Administration Proposes Reforms to Modernize Environmental Reviews, Accelerate America’s Clean Energy Future, and Strengthen Public Input

Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule to provide for an effective environmental review process that promotes better decision making; ensure full and fair public involvement; provide for an efficient process and regulatory certainty; and provide for sound decision making grounded in science, including consideration of relevant environmental, climate change, and environmental justice effects. To meet President Biden’s…

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Grantchester announces NYSE Nabors Industries investment into UCAP/Maxwell

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UCAP Power, Inc. Announces Follow on Investment from Nabors Industries  $3.5 million aggregate investment to support UCAP Power’s next generation roadmap and growth ramp SAN DIEGO, Calif. and HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 26, 2023/ PRNewswire/ — UCAP Power, Inc. (“UCAP”), a global leader in the manufacturing of ultracapacitors, today announced an additional investment from Nabors Industries…

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Grantchester Growth Launches Private Equity25

SAN DIEGO, Calif—January 2023— Grantchester Growth is an investment platform and financial services company specializing in launching diverse emerging fund managers in specialty funds, announced its groundbreaking initiative Equity25, an investment network for university and university endowments. Grantchester Growth and Equity25 was established by the private equity firm, Grantchester Group. Liz Griggs (CEO and Founder)…

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