Merck Partners with America’s Largest HBCU to Launch Collaborative Biotechnology Learning Center

African american female works in a labratory setting.

Merck has partnered with North Carolina A&T State University, the largest historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the U.S., to establish the Merck Biotechnology Learning Center. This HBCU collaboration aims to enhance biotechnology education and career training for students, fostering talent for Merck and the broader biotechnology industry. The 4,025-square-foot facility near Merck’s manufacturing…

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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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Behind the higher education donor giving crash

What is really behind the higher education donor-giving crash? The great donor-giving crash, like all recent bubbles that have burst, is complicated. While it was exacerbated by the pandemic, the root causes go back to decisions made years ago. Here are three factors that I believe contributed to the crash. The giving rate across higher…

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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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