Student entrepreneur Samuel Bendek imagines a clean energy future powered by tree sap batteries
Samuel Bendek’s company, Elastic Energy, was selected to receive the inaugural Pava LePere Innovation Award. The $50,000 award is from the State of Maryland for the further development of a mechanical battery made from natural rubber.
Earl Brooks explores how Black musicians shape political and social discourse in his debut book
On Rhetoric and Black Music argues that the rhetorical power of music—specifically music created by Black artists—is what bridges cultural figures such as rapper Kendrick Lamar and abolitionist Harriet Tubman, and many others, together.
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