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Empower 2021 celebrating Black academic entrepreneurs starts today

Posted By: Wright Seneres on September 23, 2021

Empower 2021, the new Princeton conference celebrating Black academic entrepreneurs, begins at noon ET Thursday Sept. 23 with opening comments from Dean for Research Pablo Debenedetti, Vice Dean for Innovation Rodney Priestley.



Immediately following is the "Minding the Gaps <<>> Creating Opportunities" fireside chat with Mike Froman, Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth, Mastercard, and Gabrielle Sulzberger, Senior Adviser, Two Sigma Impact and Trustee, Ford Foundation.

This opening session will be livestreamed on the Princeton University YouTube channel starting at noon ET. Day 1 Opener Livestream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOzojJiboF...

To access the full conference, visit empower.princeton.edu
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