Category Archives: Profiles

Robert R. Taylor in the news

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A foundation for building How MIT’s first African-American graduate, Robert Taylor, became a prominent architect and brought the MIT philosophy across regional and racial barriers. Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office Read More: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/timeline-taylor-0202.html PIONEERING BLACK ARCHITECTS IN NORTH CAROLINA Today …

RRTN Reaches Out to Urban America

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The Robert R. Taylor Network @ MIT is involved in and planning a number of iniatitiatives around the world geared to engaging communities and activating them through science and technology programs. The projects cover a range of activities and have …

MIT’s Phil Freelon in the news

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Making kids care about architecture and history By LISA GRAY HEARST NEWSPAPERS Seattle PI “How many people here know what architects do?” Phil Freelon asked the class. Only a few hands went up, and I began to worry. Read More: …

Biography: Who Was Robert Robinson Taylor?

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Robert R. Taylor from MIT to Tuskegee:  A Black Architect’s Journey Robert Robinson Taylor (1868-1942), the first academically trained African-American architect, entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1888 and graduated in 1892.  Booker T. Washington, searching for professionally educated faculty …

Black firm in R500m govt-backed flexible plastic packaging film expansion

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By: Martin Creamer 24th January 2011 A 100% black-owned flexible plastic packaging film producer is embarking on a R500-million expansion programme to substitute imports and to capture a larger slice of the burgeoning African market. Read More

William Hunter Dammond

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The Testimony of William Hunter Dammond: The First African American Graduate of the University of Pittsburgh by Roland Barksdale-Hall Bryant & Stratton College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Read about William Hunter Dammond, the first African American to graduate in Civil Engineering from …

BEYA Gears Up for 2011 Conference

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Black engineers, aspiring engineers, their allies, supporters and others in the world of science and technology are getting ready for the 2011 Black Engineer of the Year Award ceremony and conference. Titled “Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Global Competitiveness Conference,” the …

MIT Professor Secures Major Architectural Project in D.C.

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For RRTN by Tristen Graves MIT professor and architect, Philip Freelon, landed a major architectural project for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.  The museum is set to be built adjacent to the Washington Monument by …

Larry Sass

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Designing on a Futuristic Level For RRTN by Tristen Graves Larry Sass Digital fabrication may come as an unfamiliar concept for many, however for MIT professor and researcher, Larry Sass, it’s the future of architecture. Sass, who earned both a …

Robbin Chapman

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Preserving Diverse Community at MIT For RRTN by Tristen Graves Robbin Chapman works to increase the numbers of underrepresented faculty and graduate level students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As the Manager of Diversity Recruitment for the MIT …