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In his featured verse on Chance The Rapper’s “No Problems,” Lil Wayne told us to forget about a watch; he’d buy a new arm. Still not entirely sure what Wayne meant by that. However, it is clear that Rick Ross disagrees. The rapper and mogul may have an affinity for watches. When asked about his best business decision to date as a CEO by HipHopDX, he revealed that it’s his $3 million timepiece.
The former provost of George Washington University has made history by becoming the first Black president of Georgia State University. According to The Savannah Morning News, Dr. M. Brian Blake came to Georgia State University as the former provost and the executive vice president of academic affairs — roles he’s held since 2019. Prior to his work with GSU, Dr. Blake worked at Drexel University as an administrator, a role he also held at the University of Miami and Notre Dame. He began his academic career as a computer science professor at Georgetown after working as a software developer. Dr. Blake is the first Black president of Georgia State University in the school’s more than 110-year history, and he is taking over the role from outgoing president Mark Becker. “I’m deeply honored to have been selected as Georgia State president,” Blake said to the Savannah Morning News. “I’m keenly aware of what President (Mark) Becker and the faculty, staff, and students have accomplished, and...
Four times the talent! A set of Ohio-based quadruplets are celebrating after graduating from Yale University. The Daily Mail is reporting the story of Aaron, Nick, Zach, and Nigel Wade, who all went to the storied Ivy League university and graduated not that long ago. While growing up, the Wades were known as “The Quads,” and it wasn’t until they got to Yale that they were finally able to “branch out” and strike on their own. “In high school, we all knew the same people. So in a sense, that didn’t allow us to divert as much as we might’ve wanted to,” said Nick. “But in college, because there are so many different types of people, and we had so many different diverse interests, I think we were able to carve our paths in our own way.” In fact, the quadruplets were so set on forging different paths that they didn’t even have any introductory classes together. One set of brothers had one class together throughout the four years of their matriculation. It wasn’t guaranteed that they’d be...
Dominique Kemp is yet another inspirational story and Black history in the making. The recent graduate of Indiana University is the first Black man in the university’s history to graduate with a Ph.D. in mathematics, Indiana Daily Student (IDS) reports. “I’m interested in problems that connect harmonic analysis with geometry. In particular, decoupling, restriction and Kakeya theory, and Böchner-Riesz are my current focus. I also enjoy exploring applications of decoupling inequalities to problems in number theory and geometry,” he said on his personal statement page. Kemp has co-written three academic papers, all in the field of discrete mathematics. He also got his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Stanford University in California, where he double-majored in physics and mathematics before fully concentrating on the latter from his junior year forward. The Lansing, MI native also tutored math students and played the piano while attending IU. And while his experiences have...
While most two-year-olds are playing with Barbie dolls and having tea parties, two-year-old Kashe Quest of Los Angeles, CA, is making history by becoming the youngest American Mensa member. Our sister site, Blavity, reports that it was the little girl’s mother, Sukhjit Athwal, who first noticed that her daughter was something special. “We started to notice her memory was really great. She just picked up things really fast and she was really interested in learning. At about 17, 18 months, she had recognized all the alphabet, numbers, colors, and shapes,” she said. And that’s not all. Kashe Quest can also identify all 50 states by shape and position on a map. She is learning to read, can sign over 50 signs in ASL, and can identify elements on the periodic table by their symbols. She is even learning Spanish, as a second language. After an IQ test, it was determined that the precocious two-year-old has an IQ of 146, well above the genius level, and well making her qualified to become a...
Two Buffalo State College graduates are proving that their story is nothing if not inspiring. The SUNY college — a state college in the New York public university system — put out the official announcement about Cesar Galarza and his daughter, Clarimar, who are part of this year’s graduating class. The elder Galarza worked as a welder and a pastor to put himself through school and graduated Buffalo State College with a degree in social work. “It was fantastic to go to school with my daughter,” said Cesar Galarza, to the college. He said he was inspired by his daughter, Clarimar, who encouraged him to get his degree alongside her. And even though he faced a language barrier — as a native of Puerto Rico, English was his second language — he said it was important to him to persevere. “I had to learn to write in English,” he said. “But I also questioned if I was too old to go to college. Did I wonder: Have I lost my chance? [But] once I got to college, I took it seriously.” Clarimar,...
Jay-Anne Johnson is making history. According to WHSV-TV, Johnson will soon graduate from James Madison University (JMU) with a degree in biophysical chemistry. She will be the first Black woman in Virginia history to achieve such an accomplishment. While Johnson said that she was pleased she was able to achieve such a feat, the accomplishment didn’t come easy. She told WHSV-TV that, oftentimes, she would be the only Black student in her classes. “It wasn’t until really like the first couple of weeks of class. You’re looking around and you kind of notice you’re the only student in the class that looks like you,” she told the outlet. While Jay-Anne Johnson is the first Black woman to get a biophysical chemistry degree from the university, Ben Ashamole was the first Black person, ever, to get a biophysical chemistry degree from the university. These accomplishments, while great on their own, also highlight the lack of diversity in STEM courses — not just at JMU, but in universities...