Happy Black History Month! The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering celebrates Black engineers and innovators throughout history and celebrates those continuing to influence STEM fields today!
Video description: separate slides showing black and white photos of Black pioneers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (aka STEM). Included is Mary W Jackson, first Balck female engineer at NASA, Alan Emtage, who conceived of and implemented Archie, the world’s first Internet search engine, Kimberly Bryant, creator of the non-profit Black Girls Code, Marie Maynard Daly, the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a PhD in chemistry, and J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., former UChicago professor in mathematics and physics who also worked with The Manhattan Project.
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