Astrochemist Ashley Lindalia has been using Twitter to highlight Black astronomers and has used the #BlackinAstro tag to promote a week of Black astronomers sharing their own stories and experiences….
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PRIDE & BLM
This June is the 50th anniversary of PRIDE traditions. Did you know that PRIDE started as a riot? Did you know that we have Black trans women to thank for…

#MathMonday with Dorothy Vaughan
Dorothy Vaughan was a mathematician and computer programmer who made important contributions to the U.S. space program while working at the Langley Research Center. Dorothy was the first African American…

#WCW with Mayim Bialik
Mayim Bialik is an scientist and actress (playing Amy on The Big Bang Theory). 🔬 Although many may know of Mayim from her roles in the sitcom Blossom and as…

#SpaceSunday with Dr. Christine Darden
Christine Darden is an aerospace engineer and mathematician who started out as a high school mathematics instructor before going on to become a data analyst for NASA – National Aeronautics…
#TBT with Laura Bassi (1711-1778)
🔬 Laura Bassi was an Italian physicist and academic, earning her PhD at the University of Bologna. Laura was the first woman to serve as a physics professor at a…

#SpaceSunday with Vera Rubin
🔭 Vera Rubin was an astrophysicist who discovered evidence of dark matter in the universe. She was the only astronomy major when she graduated from Vassar College in 1948 after…

#MedMonday with Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is leading a team of scientists who began first-stage clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine, the first of its kind and the fastest progress toward a possible…

#SustainabilitySaturday with Vandana Shiva
🌱 Vandana Shiva is an Indian physicist and environmental activist. Vandana founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy in 1982 to develop sustainable methods of agriculture….

#TechTuesday with Ada Lovelace
⚙️ Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician who has been called the first computer programmer for writing an algorithm for a computing machine in the 1800s. Ada’s contributions to computer…