Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer and former astronaut. Ellen became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she spent 9 days aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Ellen…
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#SustainabilitySaturday with Susan Solomon
🌏 Susan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist and a leader in her field. Susan spent much of her career with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she was…
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall is a primatologist and anthropologist who has studied chimpanzees of the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania extensively to better understand animal behavior. Through assisting Louis Leakey, paleontologist…
#TBT with Beatrice Tinsley (1941-1981)
Beatrice Tinsley was an astronomer and cosmologist, whose work while a professor of astronomy at Yale University was a foundation for the understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow, and die….
#WCW with Clarice Phelps
Clarice Phelps is the first African-American woman to discovery a chemical element! Clarice is a nuclear chemist who helped discover tennessine (element 117) while working with the U.S. Department of…
Norma Sklarek (1926 – 2012)
🏛📐📏🛠 Norma Sklarek was the first African-American woman to be a licensed architect in the United States. Norma was also the first black woman to be elected to the Fellow…
#tbt honoring Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924 – 2017)
🔬 Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb was a biologist and educator who fought for the rights of women and minorities in science. In high school, Jewel read her father’s physician textbooks…
#wcw with Mareena Robinson Snowden
🔬👩🏾🎓👩🏾🔬 Mareena Robinson Snowden is the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Although she hadn’t considered engineering when she was…
#TechTuesday with Camille Hearst
💻 Camille Hearst is the CEO and co-founder of Kit, a social network for products. Camille graduated from Stanford before beginning her career at Apple, where she was one of…
#MathMonday with 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…
#SpaceSunday with Dr. Sian Proctor
🌏 Dr. Sian Proctor is a geoscientist, analog astronaut, and science communication expert. Sian earned her Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania before earning her…
#SustainabilitySaturday honoring Wangari Maathai (1940 – 2011)
♻️🌍🌏🌎🌱 Wangari Maathai became the first woman in either East or Central Africa to earn a doctorate in 1971, and won the Nobel Peace Prize for her “holistic approach to…