# @spelman_college on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUVwjLXjtjQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55135115-spelman-college-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/bc96f7d262.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-02-04T14:51:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Spelman College (@spelman_college) — https://gondola.cc/spelman_college

## Caption

Meet Joy Rutledge, C’2025, and Temple Dees, C’2027, the brilliant minds behind PlantGPT, an innovative project that lets you have verbal conversations with your houseplants about their current needs using real-time data. Their groundbreaking work, along with Grace Burch, C’2024, Jessica Obi, C’2027, and Devyn Washington, C’2026, earned 1st place at the AAAS Making & Innovation Competition in Washington, DC, showcasing how creativity, technology, and curiosity come together at Spelman College. From campus to the national stage, these innovators are redefining what’s possible. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackWomenInnovating #PlantGPT #WomenInSTEM

## Stats

- **Views:** 330
- **Likes:** 547
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 33

## Tags

plantgpt, womeninstem, blackhistorymonth, blackwomeninnovating

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