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Freeman Hrabowski
President of UMBC Freeman A. Hrabowski is dedicated to educating minorities in the field of science. His science program has become one of the most envied programs in the country. The college’s Meyerhof Scholars program was dedicated to black men. However, It’s prestige has enabled opportunities for applicants of any ethnicity. He was named Time magazine’s 2012…
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Salman Khan
As the founder of Khan Academy, American educator and mathematician Salman Khan started his life in Louisiana where he lived and attended public schools before graduating as the valedictorian of his high school. Khan attended the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a bachelor’s degree in math and a master’s degree in computer…
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Allison Esposito Medina
Tech Ladies started as a small group of people that met at a coffee shop in 2015. Now, it’s a worldwide community with 50,000 members. It was founded by Allison Esposito Medina who wanted to build a community that would help build a more diverse culture in tech and bridge the gender gap. Allison Esposito…
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Kimberly Bryant
Founder and Executive Director of Black Girls Code Kimberly Bryant was first introduced to computer programming during her freshman year at Vanderbilt University, where she majored in Electrical Engineering. During her time at Vanderbilt, Bryant became aware of a noticeable lack of people that looked like her in her classrooms. Understanding that the absence was…
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Machine Learning and Patterns
By Pavithra Brahmananda Reddy Machine learning is quite the buzzword these days. In simple terms, it’s used to predict what kinds of ads you should see, the products you would be interested in buying, and also what movies you would like to watch. There is seemingly no end to the list of applications that machine learning can have today. People keep finding new…
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Virtual Reality Resources
Google Cardboard Google Cardboard is a virtual reality platform with a very low barrier of entry. It was one of the first VR platforms released for phones. All you need is a phone and headset. Check out this video for an introduction on Google Cardboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxAj2lyX4oU Resources and Tutorials Educational Technology has a number of headsets…
