By Carolyn Said Published 4:00 am PDT, Sunday, April 14, 2019 Nathan Thomas, a student at Lambda School, a coding academy, video-chats with a classmate and project manager from his bedroom in the Napa County town of Angwin. Lambda doesn’t charge any up-front tuition. Instead students pay 17% of their income for two years after graduation. less Nathan Thomas, a student at Lambda School, a coding academy, video-chats with a classmate and project manager from his bedroom in the Napa County town of Angwin. Lambda doesn’t charge any up-front tuition. ... more Photo: Photos By Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle Buy photo Photo: Photos By Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle Image 1 of / 10 Caption Close Image 1 of 10 Nathan Thomas, a student at Lambda School, a coding academy, … [Read more...] about This coding boot camp is free — as long as you pay later
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Column One: To save the monarch butterfly, Mexican scientists are moving a forest 1,000 feet up a mountain
As a boy, Francisco Ramirez Cruz loved hiking with his grandfather up into the mountains of central Mexico. While the old man grazed sheep or hunted for wild mushrooms, Ramirez would play amid the throngs of monarch butterflies that migrated 3,000 miles to this forest each autumn, turning the blue sky into a sea of orange.Ramirez is 75 now, himself a great-grandfather, and each winter he still goes looking for butterflies. But these days, he might spend hours searching the forest without catching sight of a single one.The world is losing monarch butterflies at a startling rate, as logging, herbicides and other human activities destroy natural habitats. But the biggest threat yet has only recently come into focus. Climate change, with its extreme storms, prolonged droughts and warming temperatures, is poised to eradicate the forest that serves as the butterfly’s winter refuge. To help his beloved butterflies, Ramirez has partnered with scientists on a monumental experiment: They … [Read more...] about Column One: To save the monarch butterfly, Mexican scientists are moving a forest 1,000 feet up a mountain
‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Member is Making Her Mark in the Tech Industry
Tanya Sam is more than part of the Real Housewives of Atlanta cast. She has made her mark in the tech industry as director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs, a technology startup hub and venture capital fund, and by co-founding BuiltxWomen, a business accelerator for woman entrepreneurs. Since 2016, TechSquare Labs has invested in over 30 companies, and those companies have raised over $300 million in venture capital and generated over $100 million in revenue. Currently, Sam is working on Ascend 2020, a technology startup and small business pre-accelerator for minority who reside in Atlanta, Georgia, with her fiance Dr. Paul Judge, a technology entrepreneur and investor. BLACK ENTERPRISE caught up with Sam to find out how she transitioned into tech after meeting the man of her dreams. Tanya Sam and Paul Judge (Image: Instagram) How did you go from being a registered nurse to running successful businesses in the tech industry? My educational background was focused on the sciences. I … [Read more...] about ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Member is Making Her Mark in the Tech Industry