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Week of February 5, 2025
FREE | VOL 35 | ISSUE 51
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Baleaf Unveils Freeleaf SS2025 Collection in Collaboration with Broadway Performers P5
Teniola Ajagbe is a student at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep and a QuestBridge Scholar who participated in the University of Chicago Space Explorers Program and will attend Northwestern University. PHOTO PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
Teniola Ajagbe always knew that she wanted to be an engineer. She didn’t have any experience with aerospace engineering. So, she decided to apply for the University of Chicago Space Explorers Program. P2
Bestselling author Roxane Gay is CCNY’s 2025 Langston Hughes medalist P8
BUSINESS
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National Alliance for Black Business (NABB) Secures Historic USPTO Federal Trademarks
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