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Bronx Students Get Hands-On Technology Training Through Partnership with City, LinkNYC & Partners

By SÍLE MOLONEY
LinkNYC teamed up with Digital Girl, Inc. and Fix It With Piggy to bring over a dozen high school students from The Bronx and Brooklyn together at the Brooklyn’s Gigabit Center in Crown Heights, which provides for hands-on training in fiber optic cable splicing, smartphone repair, and other in-demand technical skills. The Center is managed in partnership with NYC Office of Technology & Innovation.

Einstein College Opens IGNITE Community Teaching Lab to Expand Access to Bronx Science Education

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in Morris Park, has opened the IGNITE (Inspiring Growth in Next Generation Investigation, Training and Education) community teaching lab, the first of its kind in The Bronx. College officials said the state-of-the-art research lab provides high school and college students in Einstein’s pathway programs and across The Bronx with opportunities to experience science through hands-on learning and discovery.

Bronx Film Week Returns for a Second Year Featuring 42 Films at 14 Locations

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx Film Week is back for its second year, running from August 13 to August 22. Kicking off with a community party on Aug. 13, at SoBro Garden, 26 Bruckner Blvd, Bronx, NY 10454, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the event will feature filmmakers, Eif Rivera and Rashaad Ernesto Green, and will offer press, partners, and film lovers an early look at the week ahead.

UPDATE Feliz Critical of Fordham Road Redesign Investment Scope

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn broke ground on Wednesday, July 22, on the redesign of Fordham Road, adding new offset bus lanes from Sedgwick Avenue to Boston Road in The Bronx. They said the project will make commutes faster and more reliable for 130,000 daily bus riders while delivering critical safety upgrades on one of the borough’s highest-crash corridors.