Celebrating Black History

This profile on Mae Jemison, is the thirteenth post in a month-long series of profiles on Black STEM innovators in honor of Black History Month. Today’s post is in honor of Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, in addition to being a doctor, teacher, and founder of two technology companies.

This profile on Katherine Johnson, Mathematician and computer scientist responsible for the NASA flight path of the first U.S. moon landing, is the thirteenth post in a month-long series of profiles on Black STEM innovators in honor of Black History Month. Today’s post is in honor of Johnson’s contributions to society in commemoration of her life. Johnson passed away today at the age of 101.

This profile on Dr. Kunle Olukotun, an inventor and professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University, is the twelfth post in a month-long series of profiles on Black STEM innovators in honor of Black History Month. Today’s post also celebrates Engineers’ Week, by focusing on Dr. Olukotun. 

This profile on Gerald "Jerry" Lawson, an engineer and inventor of the first home gaming console that utilized interchangeable cartridges, is the tenth post in a month-long series of profiles on Black STEM innovators in honor of Black History Month. Today’s post also celebrates Engineers’ Week, by focusing on Lawson. 

This profile on Kimberly Bryant, an electrical engineer and founder of Black Girls Code, is the ninth post in a month-long series of profiles on Black STEM innovators in honor of Black History Month. Today’s post also celebrates Engineers’ Week, by focusing on Bryant. 

This profile on Velma P. Scantlebury, M.D. is the eight post in a month-long series of profiles on Black STEM innovators in honor of Black History Month. Today’s post also celebrates National Organ Donor Day, by focusing on Dr. Scantlebury, the first black female transplant surgeon in the U.S.

This profile on Dr. Warren M. Washington is the third post in a month-long series of profiles on Black STEM innovators in honor of Black History Month. Today’s post also celebrates National Weatherperson's Day by focusing on Washington, who is regarded as one of the world's most influential climate scientists for his work on climate modeling.

The internet as we now know it, has an incredible amount of information available to people all over the world via computers, phones, and even gaming consoles—all we have to do is search. But before you could “just Google it,” the search process for information was much more time consuming and rigorous and much less fruitful.