Feb 28, 2022 | Education, Science, STEM
Nearly 25 years after the NASA moon landing ignited his passion for space travel, Harris achieved his longtime goal, embarking on his first space mission in 1993 and flying over 4 million miles in space. Two years later, in 1995, he became the first Black American to...
Nov 22, 2021 | Business, Higher Education, Science, STEM
Suppose George Washington Carver, Madam C.J. Walker, Garrett Morgan, and Percy Julian are known for touching every life with their technological advancements in the last millennia. In that case, these Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) winners are some of...
Sep 13, 2021 | Education, Higher Education, Science, STEM
Historically Black colleges and universities offer personal and professional support that predominantly white US institutions do not. Nearly 20% of the nation’s Black population who hold an undergraduate degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
Aug 23, 2021 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Science, STEM
Moses Namara is a researcher at Facebook in the United States of America (USA). He has stamped his position as a lead researcher of colour in the Artificial Intelligence field. The 29-year-old who was born and raised in Bushenyi district, last month was recently...
Mar 8, 2021 | Leadership, Science, STEM, Women
In January, Cell Mentor listed Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Kelly Cross as one of the 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America. In its note on the list, the selection committee, The Community of Scholars, wrote, “Black culture is...
Dec 28, 2020 | Detroit, Education, Science
Every Wednesday evening, 26-year-old Earyn McGee opens Twitter and asks her followers if they can “#FindThatLizard” in a photo of a camouflaged lizard. Hundreds of users play the “Where’s Waldo”-type game, tweeting McGee with either their excitement over being able to...
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