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THINKING NATION PARTNERS WITH PUBLIC MEDIA BROADCASTER WETA TO MAKE HISTORICAL THINKING RESOURCES AVAILABLE WITH THE RELEASE OF GREAT MIGRATIONS: A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

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New Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Docuseries Tells the Story of African American Movement Over the Last Two Centuries; Thinking Nation Resources Support Educators in Teaching Social Studies as a Discipline, Empower Students to Thrive as Engaged and Critical Thinkers

NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Thinking Nation, a national 501(c)(3) committed to empowering students to thrive as engaged and critical thinkers for the future of democracy, today announced its partnership with WETA, the flagship public media company in the nation’s capital, to make historical thinking resources available across the nation concurrent with the release of the new PBS docuseries Great Migrations: A People On The Move. The series premieres Jan. 28 at 9 p.m. ET on public television stations nationwide and continues the following three Tuesday nights.

WETA will make Thinking Nation’s materials available to high schools in tandem with the release of Great Migrations.

The four-part Great Migrations series will focus on African American movement over the 20th and 21st centuries and the meaning behind those movements. At the center of Great Migrations is renowned historian and scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and American Research at Harvard University. Dr. Gates also hosts the acclaimed series Finding Your Roots. Great Migrations will be broadcast on 350 public stations nationwide.

“We are delighted to collaborate with Thinking Nation on engaging educators and students with the themes of this series,” noted Amy Labenski, Senior Director, National Impact & Engagement, WETA National Productions. “Our organizations have a shared goal of empowering deep engagement with history and civics, and this project allows us to serve communities across the nation with quality materials.”

Through the partnership, WETA will make educational materials from Thinking Nation’s inquiry-based platform available to high schools across America in tandem with the release of Great Migrations. Thinking Nation’s materials support educators as they engage students and help them learn to contextualize information, assess the multi-layered causes of moments, evaluate the evidence they encounter, and empathize with the perspectives of others.

“We are thrilled to begin this partnership with WETA. Our nonprofit exists to ensure educational equity by empowering every student to think deeply about the information they engage with, and being able to provide schools with our resources in partnership with WETA means we can better realize our mission as an organization,” said Zachary Coté, Executive Director, Thinking Nation. “Further, we cannot understand American history without understanding African American migration. We are grateful to WETA for allowing us to support the learning of this essential history.”

WETA is the second-largest producing station for public television in the United States and serves the public with educational initiatives and high-quality programming on television, radio, and digital. WETA is known for producing and distributing a range of popular educational, cultural, and public affairs programming, including PBS News Hour; collaborations with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. such as Finding Your Roots; and films by Ken Burns and Florentine Films, such as Leonardo da Vinci and the forthcoming The American Revolution. WETA also develops rich educational materials that inspire learning, support educators, and equips families with valuable resources to help children succeed.

For more information on Thinking Nation’s innovative approach to fostering historical thinking in social studies education, visit thinkingnation.org. To donate and support the organization’s work to transform social studies classrooms across the country, go to thinkingnation.org/donate. 

About Thinking Nation
Thinking Nation is a national 501(c)(3) committed to empowering students to thrive as engaged and critical thinkers by supporting teachers with meaningful curricula, training, and technology to transform social studies education for the future of democracy. We believe that education is our greatest equalizer, and that every student, regardless of zip code or socio-economic background, deserves access to learning practices that reflect the diversity of identities, histories, contributions, and experiences to support enriched educational opportunity, equity, and success for all. Thinking Nation currently serves more than 35,000 students in 16 states and the District of Columbia. For more information about Thinking Nation or to support the organization’s work to transform social studies classrooms across the country, please visit thinkingnation.org/donate. 

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Fraction Becomes DevHawk, Launching an AI Software Factory Companies Can Run Themselves or Hand Off Entirely

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More than a name change: the launch marks the company’s evolution from fractional engineering into a suite of specialized AI agents, directed by senior engineers, that build, run, and maintain software. DevHawk delivers it two ways, with deep experience across a range of industries.

ATLANTA, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Fraction, which since 2022 has given 175 companies access to senior US engineers without the cost of building a team, today announced it has evolved into DevHawk, an AI software factory: a suite of specialist AI agents, directed by senior engineers, that build, run, and evolve the software a business depends on. Companies can have DevHawk operate the factory for them, or run the agents with their own team.

“We built Fraction on a belief I’ve bet my whole career on: leverage beats headcount,” said Praveen Ghanta, Founder and CEO of DevHawk. “Small, senior teams with the right tools outbuild big ones, and they grow profitably instead of bloating the org chart. It’s how I built and sold my last company. Same belief now, with a much bigger engine.”

The agents cover the full engineering lifecycle, spanning up to nine disciplines from product and architecture to QA, DevOps, and security. They don’t just write code; they test it, ship it, and keep it running in production. A single senior engineer directing the suite can do work that once required six to ten people, shipping up to 10x faster and at 80-90% less than a traditional team.

DevHawk offers firms two paths, and positions itself as a partner in both. In the managed model, DevHawk’s senior engineers operate the software factory on the client’s behalf. In the self-serve model, a company adds the agents it needs to its own team and runs them, with DevHawk handling onboarding, integration, and ongoing support.

“It’s the best engineers in the game, 10x’d by a suite of specialized AI agents,” said Ghanta. “Run it with us, or we customize the agents and then you run them yourself.”

Since launching the software factory, DevHawk has seen a sharp uptick in demand from traditionally non-technical industries, including construction, logistics, and healthcare. Its deepest roots are in wealth management and fintech, where getting software wrong is not an option. As off-the-shelf tools stop fitting how these businesses run, more are choosing to own their own software rather than keep renting something that doesn’t fit.

“For the first time, every company can afford software built exactly for how they work,” said Ghanta, “instead of bending their business around off-the-shelf tools.”

About DevHawk
DevHawk (formerly Fraction) is an AI software factory. The company helps businesses build, run, and maintain the software they depend on using a suite of specialized AI agents, run by the company’s own team or operated by DevHawk. DevHawk was founded by Praveen Ghanta, a multiple-time founder who previously built and sold the wealth-technology platform HiddenLevers to Orion. Founded as Fraction in 2022 and headquartered in Atlanta, the company has served more than 175 companies across dozens of industries. Learn more at https://www.devhawk.ai.

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Northeastern Illinois University Becomes First Public University in Chicago to Launch Bachelor of Science Degree in Artificial Intelligence

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Applications are now open for Fall 2026.

CHICAGO, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Northeastern Illinois University will launch a new Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence beginning in Fall 2026, becoming the first public university in Chicago to offer an undergraduate degree in AI. Applications are open through Aug. 1 for domestic students.

“Designed for students from all backgrounds, the Bachelor of Science in AI program provides a welcoming introduction to artificial intelligence with no prior experience required, while maintaining a clear pathway to advanced, career-ready skills,” said NEIU’s Chair of Computer Science Xiwei Wang, Ph.D. “We believe AI should serve people — not the other way around. Ethical reasoning, fairness and social responsibility are integrated throughout the curriculum, preparing students to develop responsible and impactful AI solutions.”

The new AI major, housed in NEIU’s College of Business and Technology (CBT) within the Department of Computer Science, is designed to balance theory, application and real-world relevance.

Curriculum highlights include:

Foundational courses in programming, mathematics and data structuresCore AI courses such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Natural Language ProcessingSupporting coursework in databases, operating systems, data analysis and information processingA writing-intensive software engineering courseEthical AI development, including responsible technology use, awareness of limitations and consideration of public impact.

“Last year, we launched the ‘Artificial Intelligence for All’ course, which enabled students in any major to develop their awareness and literacy around AI through practical and accessible ways,” said Northeastern Dean of the College and Business and Technology Michael Bedell, Ph.D. “Now, as we launch our new major in AI, we are empowering Northeastern Illinois University students not just to learn how to use AI as a tool, but to delve deep into AI — to understand how it works, why it works, and how to keep people at the center of its implementation. Our program will ask students to consider moral and ethical challenges new technology demands that we tackle so our students become more than innovators; they will be leaders with hands-on skills as well as purpose.”

Upon graduation, students will be prepared to work in a variety of fields including AI engineering and development, data and analytics, AI applications and other emerging careers, or continue their education through graduate studies.

“Beyond technical expertise, students will strengthen communication, teamwork and critical thinking skills,” Dr. Wang said. “Our goal is that students will graduate with experience in programming, machine learning, and software development to be ready to contribute to the workforce immediately.”

The University offers scholarships, including NEIU For You, a tuition top-off scholarship that covers the cost of tuition for up to 12 credit hours per semester for qualifying students. It applies after all other federal, state, and institutional grants have been deducted. Learn more about financial aid, admissions requirements and other academic programs by visiting the Admissions webpage.

ABOUT NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Northeastern Illinois University offers more than 40 undergraduate degree and certificate programs and more than 50 graduate degree, certificate, licensure and endorsement programs. The Main Campus is located on 67 acres in an attractive residential area on the Northwest Side of Chicago. Founded in 1867, Northeastern is a Minority-Serving Institution and the longest-standing four-year public Hispanic-Serving Institution in the Midwest. The University has additional Chicagoland locations, including the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, El Centro and the University Center of Lake County.

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NYSE Content Update: Fourth Annual AI x Bio Summit to Commence at the NYSE

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NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor.

NEW YORK, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Ashley Mastronardi delivers the pre-market update on July 23rd

Traders are reacting to escalating tensions in the Middle East.As of 8:00 AM ET, ICE Brent Crude Oil is trading at $99 a barrel.Arkaea Media Group CEO Mo Islam and Decoding Bio Co-Founder Amee Kapadia will join NYSE Live to set the scene for today’s AI x Bio Summit.Similarweb’s Scott Trabucco will join NYSE Live to discuss how the company incorporates data to track signals before and during earnings season.Research uncovers clues tied to online consumer behavior and digital traffic trends.The company’s pre-earnings webinar earlier this month focused on what is considered 36 of the most-watched companies.

Opening Bell
Arkaea Media and Decoding Bio celebrate the 4th Annual AI x Bio Summit

Closing Bell
ProShares highlights IQMMM, ProShares Genius Money Market ETF

For market insights, IPO activity, and today’s opening bell, download the NYSE TV App: TV.NYSE.com

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