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Women have been fighting for equal rights in sports stemming back to their exclusion from the first modern day Olympics in 1896. While today, many female athletes are celebrated and continue to make strides on the playing field, it’s at the executive round-table where women often face hurdles and need to fill more seats.

ATLANTA, (June 14, 2012) -- Spelman College has been selected to receive a four-year, $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support undergraduate science education, create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase diversity among students who study science.

Spelman College is going mad! Competing to be one of three social media national champions in the Social Madness competition, the College is vying to win a $10,000. On Tuesday, June 18, the College will learn if it made it to Round 1, with survivors going into a head-to-head, bracket-style competition-described by The Business Journals as "the social-media version of the National Football League's draft, minicamp and exhibition season rolled into one."

ATLANTA, GA – April 26, 2012 - The KIPP Foundation announced today that it will partner with Morehouse College and Spelman College in an effort to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students in Atlanta and nationwide. KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg is in Atlanta today to sign the partnership agreement on behalf of KIPP. These partnerships are the first in the nation between a charter school organization and a historically black college or university.