🔬Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is an assistant professor at Tuskegee University and one of less that 100 black women physicists in the United States! In 2016, she received a grant of…
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#WCW with Ayanna Howard
🤖🛠Ayanna Howard is an electrical engineer and roboticist. Ayanna has worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory until starting her own lab and becoming an associate professor at Georgia Tech. Her…
#mathmonday highlighting Euphemia Lofton Haynes!
🔬Euphemia Lofton Haynes is the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics! She worked to improve the education system, which hadn’t allowed black students to succeed in the…
#sustainabilitysaturday
♻️Sustainability is the study of how natural systems function. One focus of sustainability is environmental protection, which emphasizes the need to recycle, reduce power consumption, reduce CO2 emissions, and reuse….
“Trust in yourself, believe that your voice matters, and know that your words are good enough.”💻– Amber Gordon, founder of @femsplain 💻After working as a creative strategist at @tumblr , Amber…
#TBT with Dr. May Edward Chinn
🔬Dr. May Edward Chinn spent her career researching cancer, helping to develop the Pap smear and advocating for early detection of cancer. May was the first African-American woman to graduate…
With rising anti-semitism, now is a better time than ever to honor Jewish women in STEM like Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)
🔬Rosalind Franklin has made tremendous contributions to molecular biology, including being one of the scientists responsible for modeling human DNA. Rosalind grew up in a Jewish family in London and…
#SustainabilitySaturday – Green Halloween
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s a great chance to add some green to all the orange and black. Halloween should be fun, but it could also be sustainable….
#Sustainability
🌏🌎🌍Redwoods have been on Earth longer than humans have – roughly 240 million years! Redwood trees can grow up to 300 feet, making them the tallest trees on the planet….
“If you’re passionate about something and you want to make a difference, I guarantee there’s a way to do that with engineering.”🛠-Elizabeth Bierman🛠Elizabeth Bierman is a principal systems engineer for…
#TechTuesday
“All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things.” – Stephanie Kwolek🔬🛠Stephanie Kwolek is the inventor of Kevlar. Stephanie, a chemist, won the…
#SustainabilitySaturday
#SustainabilitySaturday with view from 3848 feet up on the summit of Mt. Diablo! On a clear day, you can see 40 of the 58 counties in California! But even though it’s…